This "Is" the Place - 2012 - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

Ryan560 · 03-03-2012, 08:34 PM

Thanks again for the help with those pbadad, I weighted them with 3x 8 gram slugs one in front of hook hole and 2 behind. I'm going to spin up a few more and try out the weighting technique you described. Bummed I missed Plugfest

Muskyslayer96 · 03-04-2012, 08:36 AM

Good Morning fellas,

I hope everyone had a great time at Plugfest yesterday, i really wish I would have been able to make it

, hopefully next year!
I started making some smaller swimmers for my buddies as walleye season is just around the corner. i don't have a lot of experience making smaller plugs and I'm finding it more difficult than the larger ones. I'm wondering about where to start for weighting?
They are 4-3/8 inches long, 0.75 oz (20g), made from basswood. I'm pretty sure the old Rapalas were weighted a little in front of, and behind the front hook?

Thanks in advance fellas,
MS

nightfighter · 03-04-2012, 09:56 AM

I'm suffering a plugfest overload.... While I would love to jump into some turning, I need to clean up all the sawdust from around the lathe station, reorganize the hardware racks with new stock from M&Ds, put away handtools and paint/epoxy stations. Then catalogue the wood stock I got from pbadad and PNG (thanks guys!). Only after that will I be able to start making new profiles from new masters I traded for and building some new jigs I saw yesterday...