shareing my first pours :)

RC · February 09, 2008, 07:30:23 PM

i poured some baits today for the first time. i think for my first attempt they turned out pretty good. i poured about 5 of each, a few didnt turn out, a few did. not bad for my first attempt.

for the senko i made a plaster mold. for the swimbait, i had a custom mold made. im still learning.......things will only get better

thatjohnkid · February 09, 2008, 08:21:41 PM

The swimbait looks pretty good, I'd like to get into tackle craft, but sadly I don' thave the time to go fishing enough to make it worth it right now.

javelin225ho · February 09, 2008, 08:41:54 PM

not to shabby for the first pour. dont forget, save your trimmin's, you can melt them down and repour them. Loco, if you are interested, i have all my dye, softener, salt, plastic and powder's for sale under the swap board. i also have about 4lbs of plastic trimmin's, worms and such that can be remelted.

Lee Smith · February 09, 2008, 08:42:18 PM

Wow Loco, if that's your 1st pour, your gonna do great!!

And I really like the colors

Lee

RC · February 09, 2008, 08:52:53 PM

thanks alot. i was very excited with the way these turned out. i was also happy with the way the swimbait turned out. im also working on another design for the swimbait.

the color was clear on the bellys then watermello with a hint of white for the rest of the bodys.

GotstaFish · February 09, 2008, 09:37:22 PM

Dang Loco

Take it from somebody who has poured their fair share of plastic, thats an awesome first pour

You have the knack my friend, good job

OCBassman · February 10, 2008, 07:55:16 PM

Looks Great loco.

That Swimbait looks storebaught Im impressed.

lugnut · February 10, 2008, 09:17:29 PM

nothing like fresh plastic served on a silver platter.

they look awsome.

hornytoader · February 13, 2008, 02:40:19 AM

Great Job Loco, really like the color combo....where do u get your "eyes" for the swim bait ?

RC · February 13, 2008, 06:22:44 AM

i purchased a beginners pouring kit from lurecraft and added the eyes to my order.

thanks for all the kudos everyone !

Bassinkorea · February 13, 2008, 06:26:50 AM

You've done a great job

RC · February 14, 2008, 08:40:59 AM

thanks everyone. im going to work on a few more molds, and do some more pouring this weekend. i'll let everyone know how things turn out.

pretjah · February 14, 2008, 10:05:29 AM

no don't work on more molds...work on more pours...

how much for 5 of those swimbaits??? B-)

RC · February 14, 2008, 11:06:42 AM

ive had an idea floating around in my head for about 2 weeks now, its been driving me crazy. i'll report back after the weekend and let you know how i make out.

dont worry pretjah, i have the house to myself (no wifey and kids) saturday evening, so i plan on doing some pouring. pm me your address

tmiller2 · February 15, 2008, 04:41:59 PM

looks good to me dude....i really need to get into pouring plastics it seems like a lot of fun once you get the hang of it

RC · February 15, 2008, 10:01:14 PM

thanks. i had some more fun tonight. these are colored "natural" with "clear" belly's. some have silver flake, some have green. my camera is not good, so its hard to see the clear belly's. ive also, improved from my last pour with an idea that i had. these turned out fantastic ! (in my opinion

) they eyes are also molded under under the plastic. this way they cannot come off while fishing.

please tell me what you think, maybe how i can improve them.....

Julie · February 16, 2008, 03:24:41 AM

Quote from: loco on February 09, 2008, 07:30:23 PM
i poured some baits today for the first time. i think for my first attempt they turned out pretty good. i poured about 5 of each, a few didnt turn out, a few did. not bad for my first attempt.

for the senko i made a plaster mold. for the swimbait, i had a custom mold made. im still learning.......things will only get better

Wow that looks great we bought some online from ad here in this message board they arrived yesterday . They are same color as yours as someone told me order dark/green types and low and behold they worked we caught few fish tonight but all small so we let them go.
Yours are good enough to sell

RC · February 16, 2008, 09:38:45 AM

the difference between mine and whats on the market is that the store bought baits are hollow. mine are solid. im also leaving a "V" shape in their back for the hook tip. another good thing about these are that since they are solid not hollow, the biats will last forever. the hollow ones get pretty torn up after a few fish.

i am in the process of perfecting a mold that wil allow me to pour some hollow ones. i'll post some pics once that is done !

pretjah · February 16, 2008, 11:21:56 AM

dude you sure are getting this swimbait pure down...they look freaking awesome

RC · February 16, 2008, 09:25:45 PM

thanks. im having a ton of fun with these. here are some i did tonight. i call them "bleeding loco shads"......LOL

clear with bright red thru the center
watermelon with red belly
white with red belly
purple with silver flake and red belly

lots of fun !!

Julie · February 17, 2008, 12:43:02 PM

Quote from: loco on February 16, 2008, 09:25:45 PM
thanks. im having a ton of fun with these. here are some i did tonight. i call them "bleeding loco shads"......LOL

clear with bright red thru the center
watermelon with red belly
white with red belly
purple with silver flake and red belly

lots of fun !!

They look like candy feel like eating them lol. I know close to nothing about fishing have gone a few times but the advice here I got about using dark lures and watermelon color have paid off those colors work.
You find the bright colors work for you?
You should consider selling your lures as imagine many would buy them the hollow ones do get torn up after fish bite them a few times imagine you could make them with hooks inserted allready for those who prefer that.

pretjah · February 17, 2008, 04:33:05 PM

dude don't knwo if it's possible...but if you put a bit of yellow in that green one it'd make a great blue gill imitation!!!!

RC · February 18, 2008, 07:40:21 AM

oh yeah, i could do it no problem. good call !

yellow is the only color i dont have, i'll add that to my list for my next color order.

RC · February 18, 2008, 07:54:52 AM

i went fishing yesterday and spent alot of time fishing my swim baits. here is what i found.

i spent some time throwing the original basstrix and found that they swimm very well, but only when you use a 4/0 or 5/0 weighted hook. im referring to the hoks that have a fairly large weight permenantly attached to the shank of the hook. since they are hallow, they will not swim without the weighted hooks. and they do swim very nicely when weighted on the bottom !

next i threw mine with a standard 5/0 worm hook with no weight. with an extremly slow retreive, they swim pretty good with no weight. once i added some speed to the retreive they would twist around upside down and would not swim belly side down.....

next i added one of the weighted hooks that i used when fishing the basstrix. now they swam very nicely, but were very heavy. almost to heavy. this caused me to have to use a fast retreive to keep them from hitting the bottom.

after some thinking, i went back to a regular 5/0 worm hook, but attached a slip shot/pinch weight to the bottom of the hook. the little bit of weight was just the right amount to keep them swimming belly down, with plenty of tail action. now, to me, this was a good thing because i wont have to spend money on weighted hooks. i have plenty of 5/0 worm hooks and plenty of slipshot weights. PERFECT !!

WebBASSter · February 18, 2008, 08:04:46 AM

Great looking baits!!! They all look great but I love the watermelon/red and the white/red. Well done. I'm either gonna buy a starter pouring kit or an airbrush. I can't decide which way I wanna go. You've got me leaning back towards pouring.