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Soft Plastic Bait Making => Photo Gallery => Topic started by: ctom on 12/04/19 14:53 UTC
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Here are 6 of 42 Fat Forkss I did up today. 32 are just like these and 10 have black bodies. Both colors would be good to go walleye fishing as they sit, these will all get air brushed eyes added and dipped in clear to seal. I made some thin inserts that go into the hook slots on the undersides of these baits for when the clear dip gets applied.
(https://i.imgur.com/ifZ099y.jpg)
While these in the picture appear white they are actually a nice, rich, pearl made with some of the original Caney Creek Pearl liquid colorant and a couple drops of the old Caney Creek white. There's a dollop of the UV enhancer powder in there too.
I've made a rod that will get heated and pressed on to the plastic for the eyes so they'll adhere better given the deep machine embossing on these baits. With tomorrow still supposed to be fairly warm yet I hope to get some of these sprayed up and finish dipped. Lake Pepin has open water yet and I'd like to sneak down there Saturday and give these a little water time in a known walleye hole reachable from shore. Maybe the last chance at open water for this year with below zero temps forecast for next week. When does winter "officially" start? Its was too soon for this crap to be coming in at -0.
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These are sweet ctom! I can't wait for these to hit the website. I know that I can call and order but I like to collect points when I can.
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Walleye candy for sure. Keep us posted 8)
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Nice bait’s the TOM .
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These are sweet ctom! I can't wait for these to hit the website. I know that I can call and order but I like to collect points when I can.
Alwrenn these should be visible on the site very soon. I will post a link on this thread when the molds are live on the site.
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This is a very easy mold to work with. Very please with the baits I made today.
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Alwrenn these should be visible on the site very soon. I will post a link on this thread when the molds are live on the site.
Thanks Brennan!
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I'll be watching also! Nothing better than a new mold.
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Great looking baits.
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Just wondering what type of action this bait will have. Will it glide like a jerk bait or will this be more of a twitch bait?
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I’ve got the small one but didn’t get a chance to play this fall because of OT at work from August and still
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The Fat Fork is now live on the site: https://store.do-itmolds.com/Fat-Fork--4-cavity_p_1277.html :o
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Thanks sir!
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My molds and sticker arrived last night!! Fresh to def!!!
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Sweet promo pic...
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Great looking baits I'v done well on the one's I'v made catching a variety of species on drop shot but I but I'v caught bass up to 6 pounds using them on a 1/16 oz. darter head.
The only problem I have is that I get dents on one side of the mold. Do you have any suggestions?
Thank you.
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Maybe inject cooler. Maybe slower. Top off the injection port. I have seen no denting in my 4" mold at all, so I haven't had to do any dinking around.
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Most likely you are shooting to hot. Take your plastic to 350F to fully change state (and stir so all of it is the same temp!) and let it cool to 330 and see if the dent goes away. If not, try 220.
The problem is that the skin of the bait cools first and the hot center contracts as it cools causing the bait to "suck in" somewhere (called differential cooling). The hotter the core is, the worse the dent is.
When you reheat, only reheat to the best temp for that mold. I shoot a lot of molds at 320F, as long as the flow is good enough to fill legs, tails, etc.