Look who finished something - Page 2 - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

ProfessorM · 04-16-2012, 07:41 PM

thanks guys.
Chris the glass rattles I get from ebay. Biggest you can find. Mill out a slot, or drill holes next to each other in bottom of plug and finish to make slot with exacto blade and epoxy them in. Can of corn and work real well.
Douglas the concave is done by hand and eye, no machine. I have put concave bottoms on my canal pencils so I have done it before and I have been looking at the front end of a South Bend Bass Oreno on my bench for a few years and thought I need to make that shape in a plug so why not a darter, also thought of a Nike too but have not tried that yet. I use a tube, pipe, and wrap sand paper around it and rub it till I get stock removal I want. I use my eye to get to where I want to be. Rougher paper to start and finer to end. I cut the slope same as ordinary darter but leave more material on so I can get a complete concave radius. Kind of started as a hoot but now I am determined to get them to work consistently and so far I still have interest. You do need pretty deep water for them as they will bump bottom in shallow stuff. I can take a pic this weekend to show what the set up looks like if U got interest. Hope that helps.

BTW most of these plugs were turned last few years so all I needed to do is paint and finish this year which accounts for the amount done in fairly short time invested.

stripermaineiac · 04-16-2012, 08:43 PM

Those darters are sick Paul. I've gotta see how they work. Sweet.

fishbones · 04-17-2012, 08:38 AM

Wow, Paul! Nice job on everything. I especially love the howdy's. I've had some nice fish on Bernzy's the last couple years. And the small pencils are great looking, too. No need to say anything about the darters, as i think everyone else has already expressed my thoughts. You've outdone yourself even if you didn't have a lot of time to put in on them.