I Tried My Shot At Carving Some Custom Baits!!

[Big Bass Man]

Fist off, I would like to say a Big Thank You to Lincoya on TU for the how to tutorial on carving baits!! Also like to thank all of the other TU guys that gave me tips along the way.(Dave, Gene & Ben) I would also like to thank Marty Burns for the super glue tip!! That was a great way to test them out, before I painted them!! If you ever want to learn anything about making baits, TU is a learning place to go. Here is a link for the How To of bait carving:

http://www.tackleunderground.com/commun ... wood-lure/

I started buying up my tools needed for bait carving back in July. I just bought a little at a time until I had enough to start on them. I actually carved these last week but was just now able to get them finished up this weekend, my painting has been keeping me busy :sweating: :sweating:

Here is my first try at carving some custom baits, all the baits ran great. Had to adjust the ballast on the two jerkbaits to make them a little lighter,so they would suspend.

This was my very 1st carved bait. I painted it in a Olemiss keepsake for my daughter. Hopefully she will keep up with it and pass it on to her kids one day.

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This was my 2nd carved bait. I painted it in Foiled Photofinish Bluegill.

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This was my 3rd bait carved. I painted it in Foiled Photofinish Pumkinseed.

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This was my 4th bait carved. Painted it in Foiled Photofinish Dark Pumkinseed.

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These are my 5th and 6th baits carved. Tried to carve them to the size and shape as a pointer 78. Painted them in a foil style, posted by deranglerundmehr in the how to section of TU.

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I really enjoyed building these!! A lot of time goes into building them, but a great feeling of accomplishment when done!! I have already carved out several more but have not completed them yet.

[zmanlane]

nice lures...good first ones.

[adyy]

nice stuff !!!

one sugestion: on those coverred in aluminium foil, try to make the transition from the paint to the foil not so abrupt.

[Drop Shot]

Nice work.... How long on average bait start to finish?

[Blackhawk78418]

Nice job

[l2yan]

Nice work! That looks like a LOT of work!

[Big Bass Man]

Thanks guys!!

The carving takes a few hours each to make. Then by the time you add the ballast, hook hangers, test the bait out and then paint it, I lose track of how much time it takes.