Friday, October 5, 2012

Big Ten Inch

I haven't made any "small" cranks in a long time. So it was time. This one is 10" long, all Cedar with a "Supernatural" style clevis pin lip.The beauty of the clevis pin design is that the bait always wanders, but always comes back to center without "blowing out".  This is due to not having a fixed tow point. This design has been proven on the "Supernatural" line of baits and the ones that I have made using this set up. I can't wait to drag this one around!

Let's get Vertical

I have had lots of luck the last few years vertical jigging the deep weed lines on my home lake. I made a few rubber baits that were unique (those pics soon). For some reason I never thought about a wood version. Until now. This one is cedar and is 12" in length. It has an amazing action on the pull and the drop. Much more wiggle than any of the plastic. It looks like a giant rattlebait on a straight retrieve. I can't wait to get it out the river this fall too!!

custom 14" Rumor



All Cedar. Foil Sucker pattern. This one has already scored a few fish this summer and no longer looks so pretty. Just the way it should be :)

Smolt

I just updated the "Smolt" for 2013. Slightly larger than the previous version . Rubber version pics soon .

my Dad

Well I have to post a pic of my Dad. It is his fault that I make lures,kind of. He instilled in me the pursuit of excellence and the value of paying attention to the details. At least that is what I think he was talking about during the hour long lectures he used to give my brother and me when I was in trouble ;)  Thanks Dad!

perch twosome

I made these for a friend from overseas this summer and just got around to posting some pics.

Guppies





I realized that I haven't posted any pics of Guppies yet! Probably the most popular style I make. so I was cleaning out my camera from this summer and found these pics :)  Here you go....

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Glider time

Made this one for this fall. I am liking the foil Muskie fingerling color lately:) The bait is all cedar and is 11" long .  It already  has one fish to it's credit on the very first cast. Hopefully there will be many more this fall ;)

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Burbait


I wanted to make a rubber burnout looking bait. I did something a little different to make this bait run a little deeper than usual. The tail is down turned and has a 90 degree bend in it . The shape also helps it stay and deep. It has great action in the water!

New "Alias" spinnerbait



Hi gang

. Just trying a mobile update from my phone. This is the 2013 version of the Alias spinnerbait.  Made a little more " fishlike". I have been really happy with way it turned : )

Thursday, June 7, 2012

It has been a little while since I have had a chance to post anything. Fishing season is finally here !! In my home state, the muskie opener was this past weekend (June 2nd). Here are a couple of pics from our opener.


The first pic is me with a 51". First fish in the boat this year and first in my buddies new Ranger. The second pic is my friend Todd Rasmussen with the big fish from this past weekend, 54". In addition to these two, we were able to boat a 53.5" ( buddy Matt). The pic was pretty bad so I didnt post it. A 49" , 48", 47" and a few 41's. pretty good for three days out :) Reminds me of why I do all of this .

Saturday, May 5, 2012

top time

11" long , all cedar.

tremor

Happen to have this pic "laying" around. One of my favorite baits to throw.

Flaptail-o-rama



Been a little busy lately. let's see if I can get up to date with some new stuff. First up-Flaptails. These are about 8" long .they have a great "Mechanical" pinging noise to them. They are going to get chewed big time this year :)

Sunday, March 18, 2012

Rubber room





I have been playing around with rubber baits for a number of years. Here is the 2012 version of the "Komodo". Last year this was the "go to" bait for me. Strange weather patterns and stranger location patterns - it was Rubber time all year long!

These are slightly larger than a pounder in size and have a much different action. This is due to the width of the bait being located in the middle of the bait (like a real fish) not the at the head.

Monday, March 12, 2012

Orange you glad you looked

I was kind of in an orange mood or something. Here are a few "different" styles.
First up is a 14" twitch bait. They troll nice as well, but I weighted them off of the axis so that they twitch amazing. A lot of big fish caught on the protypes, including a 51" in the Frank Schnieder tourney.

Next up is a "TailDragger". I am working on a new tail,but until then they catch lots of fish with the tails they come with.

Last up is a 12" "Rumor". It is really hard to get a good pic of this bait for some reason. Oh well, you get the idea.  The "Rumor" runs deep if desired. I use it to fish deep coontail about 12 feet down. The front has a morticed lexan lip for rocks and for a slight wiggle. It is one of the few dive and rise baits that figure 8 great! It also has a killer "death rise" when you give it straight up pull at boat side.





back to the basement for me...

Saturday, March 3, 2012

A Few "Hustlers"



A few more "Hustler" pic.  Not much to say about these. The colors are Cisco, Golden Red Horse and Citrus shad.  I hope you like.








Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Been busy lately cutting,sanding, weighting, sanding , sanding , sanding and finally painting. I will have quite a  slew of pics up soon. I'll start out with some Cisco flavored goodies. I wish I was better at the picture taking part. The pics never look as good as they do in person. I guess that is not that bad. There are lot of guys out there that take great pics. Then just let you down when you see the baits in person.  That won't be the problem here. My baits definitely look better in person.;)

Couple of 9" "Hustler" drop belly styles. One is foil based and the other is straight up paint. Then I have a "TailDragger". I was too lazy to find my box of white rubber tails for the pic session,so glow it is. You get the idea though. These are all cedar, including the "TailDragger".







O.K. I am off to go sanding...

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Redesigned "Heckler" topwater



New "Heckler"

I posted these on another website a few days ago. This is the "New" Heckler topwater shape. Slightly updated from years past, a little longer length (9.25") and a little wider (1.5"). I used to always put 7/0 hooks on my older Hecklers even though I originally designed it with 5/0 hooks. They worked out great, but I wanted to redesign the shape with the 7/0 hooks in mind.

This bait is "painted" usiung individual gold leaf scales. Pretty intensive. I wish trhe pics would show the gold better. It was really hard to get a good photo. You get  idea the though.

Thursday, February 9, 2012

I am excited to get my blog started. I feel that this format will be the best fit for me. I am a very fluid bait builder . I am always changing styles, colors,components ,etc.

 My website was always obsolete within days of putting it up. Hopefully this will keep anyone that is interested in my baits up to speed. I plan to add pics of friends baits as well. I am very fortunate to have some pretty amazing bait builders friends. This will be my chance to showcase them as well.

Ill start out with some pretty standard stuff. This first set is a pair of "Hustler RT's" . They have a foil base that is hard to see in the pics. The tails are replacable. Still the only Gliders that I know of that have a rubber "fish tail" . They are 9" long and1" thick.They look amazing in the water and this style has put some big fish in the boat for me and many others.