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6" Ripper for all you swimbait guys. Enjoy!
Item#95328
$89.00
Live and on our website available for purchase at https://store.do-itmolds.com/ripper
6" Ripper from Do-It Molds on Vimeo.
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Let's see. I take a straight shaft wire with two number ten blades and a spinner body; put it in front of that six inch ripper and I got a $29.00 dollar musky / northern lure!!
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OOO-oui, dat loo goot!
(Or however BKJ might say it.)
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Holy Honker. How much plastic does that bad boy take?
And where's the 2 1/2" Ripper at now?
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Need to get a couple of them. How about the other end of the spectrum /2.5”
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Nice !!!!
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Holy Honker. How much plastic does that bad boy take?
I actually thought about this in the opposite context, meaning I like the fact that it has a super sturdy body.
I can't count the number of 'skees I've taken on big plastic shad, but I will say it is one of my best lures for taking them (especially with high pressure). The problem is these baits tend to have a single fish life simply because the tooth length on these bigger fish are longer than the plastic is thick and they cut completely through them... sure, I can take a lighter and melt them back together (which I have), but the action is always limited after these repairs.
With the proven action of the ripper on a beefed-up body, I think this new king-sized plastic is going to do quite well in the combat zone.
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Plus... this thicker body has more provision for foam, so I am already thinking of a floating/surface version of this, which would be essentially a weedless version of the Hawg Wobbler.
(Set one aside Brennan.)
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efish....wouldn't adding some hardener to you plastic help against tooth tearing or would that impair the action?
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It's definitely a big hunk of swimbait goodness. Here is a photo for size reference. That's an original 3.5" Ripper in the Redbug color 2nd from the left and the new 6" on the far right.
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3", 3.5", 4", 6"
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efish....wouldn't adding some hardener to you plastic help against tooth tearing or would that impair the action?
Doubtful (though I've not tried)... certainly hardener would change the action to some degree (which may or may not make a difference in presentation), but the caveat (IMO) is that it would not add an appreciable toughness/resilience so that the razor-mouths would have much less effect... I really think overall durability in said baits is going to be based on a ratio of tooth length to plastic thickness.
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It's definitely a big hunk of swimbait goodness. Here is a photo for size reference. That's an original 3.5" Ripper in the Redbug color 2nd from the left and the new 6" on the far right.
:o WOW, the side by side comparison really shows its size.
Although we are months from the musky opener, I'm already starting to pant now...
(...Brennan!)
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efish....wouldn't adding some hardener to you plastic help against tooth tearing or would that impair the action?
When I first started out I used the hard formula or medium with some hardener for that reason Tom. I didnt notice anything on the action at the time but the baits were stiff. Once I switched I found out what action meant. I dont have toothy critters like a musky or pike down here but speckled trout have 2 "vampire" teeth top and bottom that is probably comparable. What I found when I switched to medium, than eventually ES is that the softer baits bend and fold better than the harder baits in the fishes mouth. So it can move away from the tear and the bait seems to pinch in my case. I have had fish cut them in half after 1 strike and I have caught 10 on 1 bait. But in my experience the harder bait ripped or tore more than medium plastic baits.
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Softer baits have more action and I think they catch more fish. With that being said it is very expensive to buy baits (at a high cost) that only catch one fish.....But now we can make our own!!! Lower cost per bait and baits colored and rigged like we want!! This mold will sell!
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I fish crappies and walleyes but catch the occasional muskie and northern while doing so. Bass I will fish while the crappies take care of spawning business and that's where I really find teeth in northerns and dogfish.
When the concern came up I was just curious if that was an option for ya'll. I use nothing but Essential and as a rule soften it and its plenty tough for the crappies and waldos. The other toothie incidental fish don't cause me to harden anything personally. I have some Crystal Clear firm formula that I use at times for tube bodies but that's about all I experience with firm or any other formula.
I think Gary is right....when we can make baits specific to our needs cheaper than buying them it matters not so much if they're a fish or two bait.
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That's not something you're just going to toss out there and fish. That's something you're going to HURL out there with both hands. You better tighten up your big boy paints when you fish this thing. Only real men need to inquire !
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Are you taking some of those up to Rainy Kyle? Haha. I honestly think it would be worth throwing it a little bit up there.
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Are you taking some of those up to Rainy Kyle? Haha. I honestly think it would be worth throwing it a little bit up there.
I’m going in May and will throw the 4” quite a bit. Rainy has some nice Smallies but dunno about a 6” swimbait. Be a mouthful.
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I know but a 3.5"er looks tiny in a decent sized walleyes mouth! This is a 3.5" on a 1/4oz poison tail in a 28"ers mouth. Cant barely see it lol. I'm not saying its ideal but ide throw it a bit just to see what happens.
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MJ it nice when they take them like that. They don’t have any trouble wacking # 13 Rapala so you might need a bigger hook or a stinger in that 6”. It will be a great size for the upsized chatterbait for pike and muskies. I once had a bass hit a big jointed pikie minnow when muskie fishing. The bait half as long as the fish that hit it.
https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Creek_Chub_Jointed_Pikie_Crankbaits/descpage-CCJP.html
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I’m going in May and will throw the 4” quite a bit. Rainy has some nice Smallies but dunno about a 6” swimbait. Be a mouthful.
I've got a six inch Believer bait that looks like a walleye. I like to fish it around water falls and make it look like a wounded walleye that just went over the falls. I catch mostly big pike on it but I've also caught some giant walleyes on it. A big walleye will take a bigger bait than one might think to fish.
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A big walleye will take a bigger bait than one might think to fish.
I totally agree... (but I also caught plenty of sub-legal walleyes on monster baits during the spring when their feedbag is really on).
Before I started making my own plastics with Do-it's molds, my number one spring walleye bait was an 8" tomato core lizard (as it was the only thing I could find having the relative size and color I was looking for). And since the 7" Ribbed Ribbon Tail is one of my main baits during the early part of the year, I know I could catch those underwater white-tails on a 6" Ripper as well.
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I gotcha Mike. The Walleye are a by-catch for us up there. We are strictly after the Smallies. This one my son caught would take a 6 inches easily.
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I gotcha Mike. The Walleye are a by-catch for us up there. We are strictly after the Smallies. This one my son caught would take a 6 inches easily.
Nice fish
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I gotcha Mike. The Walleye are a by-catch for us up there. We are strictly after the Smallies. This one my son caught would take a 6 inches easily.
Heck yeah! That's what I like too see. Fishing the flooded timber in South Dakota you catch walleyes smallies pike and muskie all in the same areas so I never know what is gonna thump my plastic.
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Are you taking some of those up to Rainy Kyle? Haha. I honestly think it would be worth throwing it a little bit up there.
I will definitely have a small arsenal of 6's with me to try! Rainy is not the place to play small ball unless the water is really cold, that is for sure. A couple of years ago I had an afternoon on Rainy when they were favoring a 5" Essential Series Paddletail, which as you know, has a huge profile to it. It's much thinner than the 6" Ripper but the profile may actually be larger, and they had these 5" paddletails engulfed. You know what those bites feel like!
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Awesome I'm sure we will see pics of walleyes with 6" rippers in their mouths next month. Good luck Kyle!
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Well, I got mine yesterday... and somehow it just doesn't seem to be as big as I thought it would be from the pictures... I guess I was somewhat expecting to see a kielbasa with a tail, but the body is actually more like a jumbo frank or small brat. Don't get me wrong, it's definitely a substantial step up from the 4-incher, and I'm not at all disappointed, but it wouldn't have bothered me if it was larger either... my intent was/is to use it as a musky swimbait (which I'm really looking forward to), yet there is no doubt in my mind that our walleyes here on the Miss will eat this as well.
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Well, I got mine yesterday... and somehow it just doesn't seem to be as big as I thought it would be from the pictures... I guess I was somewhat expecting to see a kielbasa with a tail, but the body is actually more like a jumbo frank or small brat. Don't get me wrong, it's definitely a substantial step up from the 4-incher, and I'm not at all disappointed, but it wouldn't have bothered me if it was larger either... my intent was/is to use it as a musky swimbait (which I'm really looking forward to), yet there is no doubt in my mind that our walleyes here on the Miss will eat this as well.
For some reason guys alway make six inches larger than it really is.
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For some reason guys always make six inches larger than it really is.
Are we talking length or girth? 8)
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Kyle how much plastic dose it take to make that 6” Ripper
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Kyle how much plastic dose it take to make that 6” Ripper
~ 1.33 ounces of plastisol
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Thanks Kyle
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For some reason guys alway make six inches larger than it really is.
Mine isn't nearly as large.
I received my 2.25" ES Paddletail from Barlow's today. Looks absolutely perfect for my intentions.
Owner 5313 #1 will go into the Erie 1/8 oz. and tote these smaller, very-common-sized Shad bodies shot in Hard. Probably Silver Pearl but you know how We are 🤣
It appears the aft side of the 1/8 oz. Erie will match up to the front of this plastic quite well, rounding out the Shad profile plenty well-enough.
I see throwing this bait as a single bait or a double. It's a versatile size that Sacalait, many versions of Bass, Speckled Trout, Flounder, and Redfish will love to gobble. I'll have to get a bigger size or two of 5313s for the heavier targets.
Overall lure length when rigged will be a little over 2.5", which is a size common to even Bass Cranks.
"Yyyyeeeeeaaaahhhhhh"
~Conservative Twins🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
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That 2.25" ES Paddletail is a sweet little bait. Dresses up real nice with some eyes.
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Received the Owner 5313 #1 hooks today. Talk about nice!
This is what a 90-degree jig hook should be. Surprisingly-stout, but they're Owner 😁
Just ordered some 5313 2/0 for the bigger size, after comparing the #1 against Barlow's awesome grid display of the hook sizes.
I love a #1 jig hook for most of my smaller 'heads for freshwater, usually aimed at Sacalait and White Bass, and others of their size range. This 5313 #1 will handle rigors of braided line and fish bigger than typically targetted with this size of hook, so call it an insurance policy.
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Gary....You're on the coast. Do you see any finish durability differences between the black nickel and bronze finishes on hooks when fished in brackish/fresh water? I've noticed since switching to using black nickel finished hooks from bronze that the hooks are immensely sharper out of the box and stay sharper much longer than bronze hooks, but I have also seen darned near a total lack of rusting issues with the black nickel hooks as compared to bronze finished hooks.
I really like those 1/0 and 2/0 5313 Owner hooks in 1/8 and 1/4 ball heads with keepers for casting walleye plastics off a Mississippi River's breakwater's rip rap. Dragging jigs thru all that rock can be hard on points but these hooks seem to stay sharp a LOT longer in spite of the aggressive crap I toss them into. Other Aberdeens of the same sizes won't hold up as well.
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Roger on'nat, Tom!
I despise bronze hooks. I moved away from bronze hooks many years ago and I won't go back to them.
Bronze hooks rust very quickly and I've never met a bronze hook with any apparent quality.
Bronze hooks may have been nice when OG Oilfield guys were crew-changing by Pterodactyl, but I could rub a bronze-finished hook on my sweaty head and use my all-natural scalp grease to keep corrosion at bay better than bronze.
This is ONLY MY experience (all of it).
Results may vary!
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Now, Black Nickel is where it's at.
Owner hooks tend to be superior to begin with. Their choice of steel is obviously top shelf, and their processes for obtaining the correct balance of hardness and durability are unbeatable, IMO.
Sharpness of Owners are killer.
I've found Black Nickel to be the ONLY way to go, and unless a BN hook is abused or neglected, they just don't rust.
The other side of the BN/BR coin is that Bronze hooks will degrade in the water much faster than BN hooks, which is actually a plus in terms of safety, with non-human well-being being front and center.
Despite that safety concern, I only accept BN hooks.
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BK....have you tried the new Victory hooks? I have some of the 10575 Aberdeen and a few of the 11149 V-Loc hooks in smaller sizes and think they are about the sharpest hooks I have ever handled. And they seem to stay that way. Of those I tried last fall on the big river's backwaters where lots of big rocks abound the lead on the head is about beat off, hook loose, no paint left and those hooks are still sticky sharp. O cannot recall Lil Nastys or the old Matzuos ever keeping a sharp point like that. I also have some Mustad 32833 hooks in black nickel in small sizes and those suckers keep a point too. I have only a few lil nasty hooks left and think when they're gone, I'll just use the Victory's. I'm very happy with the way the stay sharp and rust free. Sharp and rust free.... those two issues are perhaps the two biggest points of contention that other hook makers should maybe focus in in the future even if it drives the hook pricing up a bit. Next in line would be consistency in the leg length from the shank to the eye.
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I bought 100 Victory 10777 hooks recently but haven't started messing with them yet. That particular hook has a ton of potential, but time will tell the tale on its quality.
The 10777 does have it's work cut out for it in proving and establishing its worth with me, though. As years have gone by I've condensed my hook options down, and the ones that remain have set the bar high.
The fun part will be putting the 10777 through the paces 😁
Even if heartbreak finds me during said, well, that's Fishin'!
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I have a few of the Victory hooks and will say I like them. Haven't really tried them out much because of getting them later in the season. I did fish their drop shot hook last year and that's what got me to buying other styles.
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I have a few different styles of the victory hooks and so far they have worked very well. Nice finish, sharp and seem to keep their point well and for my applications they have been pretty stout. I use them in my magnum shaky head mold and they're absolute beasts of a hook. Caught several nice largemouth and magnum spots this summer dragging big 8" mag finesse worms and they held up without issue.
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Received my 100 Owner 5313 2/0 hooks today...
😍😍😍
Very versatile overall size, and not too heavily wired, but very stout. Wire diameter is still light enough that lighter line/gear (minus ultralight) won't have a problem securing a hook-set, but it's plenty strong enough to withstand fairly heavy pressure from the majority of common gear and species.
Very, very pleased. Even stoked. I should've done this years ago.