Homemade topwater lure

[JLadner]

I had some free time this weekend and found some light wood in the shed so I sanded it into a opwater lure. Resembles a spook but it has a flat back. I painted it and sealed it and took it fishing in my neighbors pond the next day. The only bass I caught came off of that lure

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[Facepunch]

Awesome job man. Carving is addictive to say the least. You can get basswood blanks from hobby lobby that work great for carving floating baits. Here are a couple of mine.

[JLadner]

Wow, those are awesome! What do you make the lips out of? I was wanting to make a few diving lures

[Facepunch]

You can get an 8x10" sheet of lexan from lowes for like $4. Don't use plexiglass or it will break. You can also use the dividers from a takle box, but I can't speak for how well they hold up because I haven't thrown my brown rat much yet.

[Facepunch]

Here is the big one that I'm working on.

[JLadner]

That's crazy! Very impressive, man! Thanks for all the help too

[Facepunch]

If you decide that you want to try your luck at molding a master of anything so that you can try making resin baits let me know. I have an Email from a good friend who is a custom swimbait builder that explains the whole process.