Sharing the wealth.....glide baits
 

Mark aka Reebok was nice enough to give me a box of about 70 unfinished "Nantucket Missile" bodies for my little cousins to paint. Well after about 4 of them they got bored and where more interested in playing Xbox.

Anyway after looking at the profile and style I decided they would make great glide baits. I sanded down the edges and drilled a belly hole for the swivel and drilled out the lead weight and debris in the thru wire hole.

I added a small belly weight in the first hole, which I crushed down to fit and filled both holes with a water proof two part epoxy. I also did some with no weight at all.

Sanded the epoxy down and rigged them up and test swam them today. Didn’t seal them yet, just wanted to try them before I went thru the sealing and paint process for nothing.

The weighted one had a pretty quick sink rate and great erratic side to side action. The unweighted version had a moderate sink rate and even better action.

So I have about 21 extra bodies that I would like to share with anymore here on this forum. Figure 4 to a lot, so 5 lots are available. You can pick them up or I can ship them. Wanted to share the free goods and maybe offer someone else the opportunity to do something cool with them.

I even put a lip slots in some of them, wait see about those.

So PM me or say that you’ll take a lot and I’ll send them out.

I'm in
I wanted to make some of those
I didn't know he was there at plugfest with those.
I think they'd be great for the canal and easy to make

I grabbed these from him a couple weeks before plugfest.

There pretty cool and i think have a lot of options as far what to do with them.

They would make great topwater plugs, which is what there designed for, but i wanted to do something different with them.

i'm in,
thank you, i can send you the shipping fee,

Slipknot and Kevinthegood yours are set aside. PM me your address and Ill get them out this week.

3 lots left guys.

thanks Chris
i only need one to copy

I'm in if any left. Thanks for the opportunity.

yeah Finactic you got one. PM me your address.

2 Lots left

I would like a set if possible. Thanks

I'll take a set please.

RIsurfishing and striperman36 got the last two lots!!

Guys PM me your address and screen name and Ill send them out this week.

Enjoy and thanks for the oppurtunity to give something back.

Hey guys plugs will be send it on Wednesday, got caught up in work and personal stuff today. let me know when you get them.

Do you ever get over to Aquidneck? I work there, I could meet you

Do you ever get over to Aquidneck? I work there, I could meet you

Yeah i live in warren, so im close, no biggie either way.

Striperman, I work on Aquidneck Island too, just curious as to where you work?

can i get one from slips seeing he only wants one?

That's classfied

I have to be in Needham tomorrow, but expect to be down here in Middletown Friday, I'll meet you somewhere if you want to safe some postage.

sure

I can bring on Sat. to MSBA show if it gets here by friday and you are going to the show. otherwise maybe meet ya at M&D's some weekend.

I sent everyone 4 blanks to play with, even though slipknot only wanted one, hes still getting four.

Plugs were shipped today and you guys should have them tomorrow or friday.

Enjoy and post some pics of the finished works.

How to
 

Somewhere I saw a cool web site from Europe by guys who make their own pike jerk/glide baits out of flat stock like this.

Neat stuff!

Thanks Bruce, i'm heading to M&D's on Sunday if that will work, at least i think i am. No MSBA for me, saving the dough for RISAA:uhuh:

i might be headed that way to m n ds on sunday, i can bring some of my stash if you want. need to pick up some stuff.

Got mine today. Thank you Chris. will post pictures when i can get them finished.

Got mine too,
why two holes on the one side?

the two holes are for where the lead is supposed to be poured for the "nantucket missile" i have some at my house, real bottom heavy and cast....well like a missile.

I put a crushed .200 oz lead weight in the front one and filled the second with two part wood epoxy, you can see the in my pics.

I liked the action of the unweighted version better, but for the channel or a boat the weighted version might be the way to go.

ill post some pics of how i did mine this week end.

Thanks :uhuh:
got mine

I like the simplicity and the small size, should be great for canal when smaller bait is in and big pencils get less attention. they appear to be red oak, for some reason I thought they were white oak.

THANKS CHRIS,
they arrived yesterday,like i mentioned i'm gonna try something for
tuna on one of them. i have some abalone shell pieces, might try to inlay the shell and epoxy over. the shell pieces i have are flat and
they look like rainbow mother of pearl.

i have plans for three of them, if anyone would like the 4th one
pm me your address and i will mail one out.