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The #3 bait weighs 2.5 ounces. This is the first one in that size. I'm going to make some more and play with the balance and lip size/angle more. I suspect there is a sweet spot in there somewhere... Then I'll go to a thicker piece of wood and give that a go. What I like about the thinner piece of wood is the the bait sits vertical in the water without any weights, so it can be tuned.
(Easily, I hope...) I'm pretty sure that the thicker wood is going to need lead in the belly right from the get go, which introduces another variable before the bait even hits the water. I think overall, this is a bait profile that wants to be fished with a soft touch. I'd like to get it to the point where it can be fished like a jerk bait. We'll see.
Last fall, I made other versions of the #2 baits but with a much larger lip and they would roll out pretty easliy, until I got a pretty good row of split shot buried along the length of the belly. Then they swam pretty nice, but real deep.
Sandman, hope this was helpful...
BTW, what's your mag minnow bait look like?
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