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Soft Plastic Bait Making => Soft Plastic and Plastic Baits - How To??? => Topic started by: Lamar on 03/07/19 17:26 UTC
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Just got this 4" G tube from Do-it in the other day and loving it. This is my take on blue craw.
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Lamar great color 8)
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Looks like a winner to me. Good job Lamar!
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Yes sir that is a fine combo.
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I know you're a green fanatic but that blue really goes well with it. Looks fishy.
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I know you're a green fanatic but that blue really goes well with it. Looks fishy.
I bass fish with a tube more than I like to admit. When I use to fish federation at every tournament they gave away bags of tubes. I seriously had a tote full of tubes and I haven't needed to make any. One of my favorite colors is this blue craw and last year I ran out. I told myself I'm not buying a bag of tubes when I know I can make them. I've been making the smaller ones for smallmouth so I had the splines. This 4" G tube is the perfect size. All I did was make the tube in blue and put a 1/4 rod in it and dipped the head in watermelon brown with purple flake. The thing I really like about it is it's going to give me that hand dipped action that the store bought tubes wouldn't. And that makes up for the price of the molds.
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They'll be one tough tube doing it that way. Great idea.....thanks for sharing!
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Nice work Lamar. I see you noted about hand dipped action. I've seen the comment from others as well over the years. I don't fish tubes much at all and if I do its usually crappie baits. I'm wondering what the difference is in the action between dipped tubes and injected tubes. I mostly fish walleyes and I know tubes would be great walleye baits too.
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Mike from what I have read on the differences of the two is the dipped one has a different action to it because the plastic has a nonperfect thickness that you get with a injected one. Lamar correct me if I miss spoke on this matter.
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Mike from what I have read on the differences of the two is the dipped one has a different action to it because the plastic has a nonperfect thickness that you get with a injected one. Lamar correct me if I miss spoke on this matter.
That is correct. We had a post on this a while back and I've been playing with it a bit. What I've come up with that works the best for me is I Texas rig the tube with an 1/8 oz. weight and I don't peg the weight. When I fish it I pull it up slow and then snap it. That separates the tube and the weight and allows the tube to swim freely to the bottom. The tube that is hand dipped will dart around differently each time and will get you more bites.
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Lamar
Do think there might be a way to rig up a chatter bait with the tube?
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Good idea SteveJ. I think it can be done.
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Lamar
Do think there might be a way to rig up a chatter bait with the tube?
You could Texas Rig it but my first thought is it’s a bad idea because a chatterbait uses a straight hook and I think the tube would try to ball up on you on the hook set.
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What if you made a chatterbait out of poison swingtail then you could use what ever hook you want. And would it work to make a solid tube.
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Not say you couldn't do it just for me I make my chatterbaits with an open hook. I've tried them with weed guards and skin hooking the plastic but the hook up rate goes way down. A tube because it's hollow is a bad one for balling up until you learn how to use it on the right hook.
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My thought was to place the bullet nosed jig.
https://store.do-itmolds.com/Bullet-Nose-JigbrSz-18-14brHk-410-or-413brCollar-Double-Barb_p_421.html
Inside the tube so that the eye is at the correct angle for the chatter connection.
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I bought some tubes from Denny Welch. I already have the bullet nose jig. I need to get a hold of some chatterbait blades and connection hardware to give it a try SteveJ. I'll keep you posted.
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My bullet noes jig arrived today and am awaiting the blades from China.
Will be using the tube mold from Anglin ai.
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Awesome!
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Interesting !
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Thanks Lamar and WW that makes sense. I remember a post about why dipped tubes were better but wasnt sure why they were. I've been wanting a tube mold so this gives me some ideas.
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Sweet looking color,one can do a lot with tubes these days 8)