Making Baits

FlyinRyan12 · 10-18-05, 05:19 PM

If done right, can making your own baits be more affordable then buying them.

Travis

10-18-05, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by FlyinRyan12

If done right, can making your own baits be more affordable then buying them.

Travis

From reading these post, I believe most people make them as a hobby.

KH. · 10-18-05, 06:37 PM

on spinnerbaits,if you get the custom blades its not,but other stuff maybe

Fish On · 10-18-05, 07:27 PM

Hair jigs pay for themselves. Crankbaits as well. Crankbaits take so much time though.

Rebbasser · 10-19-05, 12:11 AM

Depends on what you are making. I recently started making my own spinnerbaits, and I think the cost of raw materials is less, no labor costs, and not only can I get combinations you can't find on the market I flat enjoy making them.

Carolina_Chip · 10-20-05, 03:23 PM

Making baits has nothing to do with money...... Its about the art... making rods, making nets, making whatever.. enjoy the personal pride in making your own lures!

Chip

Fish On · 10-20-05, 03:44 PM

I want to learn how to make rods and nets.

FlyinRyan12 · 10-20-05, 10:16 PM

It's about saving the money, not making the money. If I can make 10 cheaper then I can buy them, you bet.

lizardsrule · 10-21-05, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by FlyinRyan12

It's about saving the money, not making the money. If I can make 10 cheaper then I can buy them, you bet.

Please do make your own

But I think it's fair also to point out, just getting into it, there is more of a "start up cost", you also don't know how the fish will react to them, so you might make 10 cranks, and only one of them actually catches fish. I realize anything will catch a bass at the right time or place, but you gotta remember the cranks that are bought over and over, and done so because they catch fish. If making your own is something you want to do, then great. But it could end up costing a lot of money for baits that aren't consistant fish catchers, therby costing you more in tourney's. Just a flip side to this, there has been a lot of baitmaking stuff posted lately. Do it for the challenge or the satisfaction, but don't do it for the money savings, it just isn't there, except on plastics IMO.

Lizards

pig n jig · 10-21-05, 05:31 PM

It isn't about saving any money.Its about putting the components together to make a lure that you want to fish. Sometimes someones idea of what a idea bait is alot dfferent than what most fisherman would think would be better.I am constantly modifying things to see what effect it has on catching fish.

P N J

FlyinRyan12 · 10-21-05, 08:50 PM

I'm talking about spinners, buzzes and jigs, I aint got the patience for cranks

KH. · 10-21-05, 09:03 PM

jigs dont take long,you never know,you might make a multi-million company with one lure??????

FlyinRyan12 · 10-24-05, 02:03 PM

I aint trying to make money with this stuff. All I'm trying to do is save some. If they work, then I know I am doing something right. If I'm not, I'm not out 5-6$ per lure. Thats all.

River stumps · 10-24-05, 03:02 PM

I agree with Lizardsrule. Do it for self gratification and not for savings. For example. The spook is one of the better topwater baits at about 6 bucks and will almost put fish in the boat every time conditions are right for it. It's ready made and on the shelf. They have been proven just as other mass produced baits have been. If you are going to make your own then do it for the pleasure of doing it.

Fish On · 11-02-05, 10:28 PM

Here are two crankbaits I made. Made for night fishing.

I am in process of making 4 more. 2 black and silver
2 black and gold

WTL · 11-03-05, 01:45 AM

With all the crap I've made before for bass fishing, it is amazing looking back and realizing that almost none of it has worked worth a damn. The best two things I've ever made were a modified spinnerbait and a fly made out of soft plastic for stocked trout.

Fish On · 11-03-05, 04:22 PM

I have caught on my first crankbait 3 years ago. the lip was made from a milk cartoon and I did amaZing on it.

zooker · 11-03-05, 05:56 PM

i make it for the satisfaction of fooling a fish with some simple hardware parts. that and it works better than cookie cutter baits..

zooker

Fish2win · 11-04-05, 11:08 AM

I make my own spinnerbaits and air brush paint a lot of my own crankbaits. Is it cheaper ;NO,but it sure is a great way to pass the long cold winter nights. It also gives you the opportunity to custom tweek lures for exact situations. Many times I have practiced for a tournament then went home a made a spinnerbait with the colors and vibration or flash that I felt would work best. Some of those times it got me a check and others it didnt. When you build a bait you learn a lot about it and its uses.Great hobby. Fish2win

KH. · 11-13-05, 10:54 PM

i am still waiting on mine, f2w

10-18-05, 05:19 PM	#1
FlyinRyan12 BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Warner Robins, Ga Posts: 17	Making Baits If done right, can making your own baits be more affordable then buying them. Travis

10-18-05, 06:37 PM	#3
KH. BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,316	on spinnerbaits,if you get the custom blades its not,but other stuff maybe __________________ and god said let there be bass, and there was bass

10-18-05, 07:27 PM	#4
Fish On BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hauppauge, NY Posts: 368	Hair jigs pay for themselves. Crankbaits as well. Crankbaits take so much time though. __________________ David Scott

10-19-05, 12:11 AM	#5
Rebbasser BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 10,142	Depends on what you are making. I recently started making my own spinnerbaits, and I think the cost of raw materials is less, no labor costs, and not only can I get combinations you can't find on the market I flat enjoy making them. __________________ It's happened to the best of them: John 21:3

10-20-05, 03:23 PM	#6
Carolina_Chip BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Lake Wheeler, Alabama Posts: 446	Making baits has nothing to do with money...... Its about the art... making rods, making nets, making whatever.. enjoy the personal pride in making your own lures! Chip __________________ carolinachip.com

10-20-05, 03:44 PM	#7
Fish On BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hauppauge, NY Posts: 368	I want to learn how to make rods and nets. __________________ David Scott

10-20-05, 10:16 PM	#8
FlyinRyan12 BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Warner Robins, Ga Posts: 17	It's about saving the money, not making the money. If I can make 10 cheaper then I can buy them, you bet.

10-21-05, 05:31 PM	#10
pig n jig BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Avoca, NY Posts: 3,508	It isn't about saving any money.Its about putting the components together to make a lure that you want to fish. Sometimes someones idea of what a idea bait is alot dfferent than what most fisherman would think would be better.I am constantly modifying things to see what effect it has on catching fish. P N J

10-21-05, 08:50 PM	#11
FlyinRyan12 BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Warner Robins, Ga Posts: 17	I'm talking about spinners, buzzes and jigs, I aint got the patience for cranks

10-21-05, 09:03 PM	#12
KH. BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,316	jigs dont take long,you never know,you might make a multi-million company with one lure?????? __________________ and god said let there be bass, and there was bass

10-24-05, 02:03 PM	#13
FlyinRyan12 BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Warner Robins, Ga Posts: 17	I aint trying to make money with this stuff. All I'm trying to do is save some. If they work, then I know I am doing something right. If I'm not, I'm not out 5-6$ per lure. Thats all.

10-24-05, 03:02 PM	#14
River stumps BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Va Posts: 246	I agree with Lizardsrule. Do it for self gratification and not for savings. For example. The spook is one of the better topwater baits at about 6 bucks and will almost put fish in the boat every time conditions are right for it. It's ready made and on the shelf. They have been proven just as other mass produced baits have been. If you are going to make your own then do it for the pleasure of doing it. __________________ God is good!

11-02-05, 10:28 PM	#15
Fish On BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hauppauge, NY Posts: 368	Here are two crankbaits I made. Made for night fishing. I am in process of making 4 more. 2 black and silver 2 black and gold Attached Images __________________ David Scott

11-03-05, 01:45 AM	#16
WTL BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Huntsville, Al Posts: 7,466	With all the crap I've made before for bass fishing, it is amazing looking back and realizing that almost none of it has worked worth a damn. The best two things I've ever made were a modified spinnerbait and a fly made out of soft plastic for stocked trout. __________________ Selling live waterdogs for less since 2005.

11-03-05, 04:22 PM	#17
Fish On BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hauppauge, NY Posts: 368	I have caught on my first crankbait 3 years ago. the lip was made from a milk cartoon and I did amaZing on it. __________________ David Scott

11-03-05, 05:56 PM	#18
zooker BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: denton nc Posts: 13,441	i make it for the satisfaction of fooling a fish with some simple hardware parts. that and it works better than cookie cutter baits.. zooker __________________ the godfather.. aml in remission since 7-20-09

11-04-05, 11:08 AM	#19
Fish2win BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Norris Tennessee Posts: 469	I make my own spinnerbaits and air brush paint a lot of my own crankbaits. Is it cheaper ;NO,but it sure is a great way to pass the long cold winter nights. It also gives you the opportunity to custom tweek lures for exact situations. Many times I have practiced for a tournament then went home a made a spinnerbait with the colors and vibration or flash that I felt would work best. Some of those times it got me a check and others it didnt. When you build a bait you learn a lot about it and its uses.Great hobby. Fish2win __________________ Norris Tennessee set the hook! They dont have hands.

11-13-05, 10:54 PM	#20
KH. BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,316	i am still waiting on mine, f2w __________________ and god said let there be bass, and there was bass

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