Making your own baits...
 

Well I finally did it. I started making some of my own baits. My first
bait was a giant paddle tail creature bait. I really planned it for a late
summer big fish hunter, but I had to try it, and I've caught fish on it 4
out of 5 times I've fished it. I really didn't throw it much the 5th time
as I was having success on other baits.

My second was a fluke like type jerkbait. I think the tail design is better
although only an angler or a designer would see the difference as glaring.
That one has been a smashing success. I shot some of my first baits with it
the is last Tuesday and Wednesday. Wednesday afternoon I tried it in one of
the little pockets I like to fish. It got bit well dead sticking early and
worked really well as a surface breaking twitch bait and as a wakebait after
sunset. I fished it in a tournament yesterday and it easily got more bites
than anything else I threw both on top and dead stick. I'm even considering
using it as a flip bait although I didn't think of that until after I came
off the water.

So far I have 4 molds. All programmed and CNC machined myself on my little
bobby CNC machine. I do not have a good CAD program, so a lot of the
process are backdoor figured, or just hand written and coded. I just picked
up and started to learn how to use a new CAM program that should allow me to
do a lot of the design work faster.

All the molds are totally my own designs although some are influenced by
others. There are only so many overall profiles for a minnow twitch bait.
I do have some ideas for more improvements on some though. All molds are
designed as two or more piece injection molds rather than for hand pouring.
I also made my own injector on the lathe, but I need to make some
modifications and maybe redesign it.

The guys at Tackle Underground have been invaluable at helping me figure out
how to do some things also.

Bob La Londe
www.YumaBassMan.com

Making your own baits...
 

Sounds like a cottage industry starting up!! Bob's Bassing Baits!"



"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
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Well I finally did it. I started making some of my own baits. My first
bait was a giant paddle tail creature bait. I really planned it for a
late summer big fish hunter, but I had to try it, and I've caught fish on
it 4 out of 5 times I've fished it. I really didn't throw it much the 5th
time as I was having success on other baits.

My second was a fluke like type jerkbait. I think the tail design is
better although only an angler or a designer would see the difference as
glaring. That one has been a smashing success. I shot some of my first
baits with it the is last Tuesday and Wednesday. Wednesday afternoon I
tried it in one of the little pockets I like to fish. It got bit well
dead sticking early and worked really well as a surface breaking twitch
bait and as a wakebait after sunset. I fished it in a tournament
yesterday and it easily got more bites than anything else I threw both on
top and dead stick. I'm even considering using it as a flip bait although
I didn't think of that until after I came off the water.

So far I have 4 molds. All programmed and CNC machined myself on my
little bobby CNC machine. I do not have a good CAD program, so a lot of
the process are backdoor figured, or just hand written and coded. I just
picked up and started to learn how to use a new CAM program that should
allow me to do a lot of the design work faster.

All the molds are totally my own designs although some are influenced by
others. There are only so many overall profiles for a minnow twitch bait.
I do have some ideas for more improvements on some though. All molds are
designed as two or more piece injection molds rather than for hand
pouring. I also made my own injector on the lathe, but I need to make some
modifications and maybe redesign it.

The guys at Tackle Underground have been invaluable at helping me figure
out how to do some things also.

Bob La Londe
www.YumaBassMan.com

Making your own baits...
 

"geoff" wrote in message
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Sounds like a cottage industry starting up!! Bob's Bassing Baits!"

That's really not part of the plan. I'm not saying I won't ever get in the
bait making "business." Just that I do not plan to. Just want to have
something a little bit different than anybody else when I hit the water.

Making your own baits...
 

Understood..

Just checked out your website. Nice place..



"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
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"geoff" wrote in message
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Sounds like a cottage industry starting up!! Bob's Bassing Baits!"

That's really not part of the plan. I'm not saying I won't ever get in
the bait making "business." Just that I do not plan to. Just want to
have something a little bit different than anybody else when I hit the
water.

Making your own baits...
 

"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
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"geoff" wrote in message
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Sounds like a cottage industry starting up!! Bob's Bassing Baits!"

That's really not part of the plan. I'm not saying I won't ever get in
the bait making "business." Just that I do not plan to. Just want to
have something a little bit different than anybody else when I hit the
water.




Talking about making baits, what ever happened to Gil?

Making your own baits...
 

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"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
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"geoff" wrote in message
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Sounds like a cottage industry starting up!! Bob's Bassing Baits!"

That's really not part of the plan. I'm not saying I won't ever get in
the bait making "business." Just that I do not plan to. Just want to
have something a little bit different than anybody else when I hit the
water.




Talking about making baits, what ever happened to Gil?

Archibeque? Last I heard he was rebuilding machine tools in Germany.

Making your own baits...
 

"geoff" wrote in message
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Understood..

Just checked out your website. Nice place..


Thank you.




"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
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"geoff" wrote in message
...

Sounds like a cottage industry starting up!! Bob's Bassing Baits!"

That's really not part of the plan. I'm not saying I won't ever get in
the bait making "business." Just that I do not plan to. Just want to
have something a little bit different than anybody else when I hit the
water.