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Jigs, Spinnerbaits and Sinkers => Crappie / Pan Fish Jigs => Topic started by: ctom on 02/08/20 18:36 UTC
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A local baitshop folded a year ago and just now some of the goodies the shop used to make baits have come available. I picked up this 6 cavity mold for $15.00. Its Canadian made and I have no idea what company cut it, but it makes a nice bait that will fit right in with several of my other paddletail molds I inject for my crappie arsenal. Got a different body shape to it that I can't decide what its supposed to mimic. Anybody here seen this critter before and maybe a name of the bait or who the cutter was that created the mold? The baits are spot on at 2".
(https://i.imgur.com/yqhnJha.jpg)
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That is an Enforcer mold and you made out like bandit on that.
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Its Curts at enforcer molds Sel 200
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Thanks guys.
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The baits are spot on at 2"
I'm betting they are more likely to be 5cm if they are Canadian, eh.
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You can’t have to many size’s and shape’s of paddle tail. Heck of a deal too.
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Actually this bait shop that went under has a box full of Do-It cnc molds that I am going to inventory and post for sale here. These molds will be priced very nicely so keep your eyes open . I may do the inventory tomorrow.
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Northern crappie will not touch that bait. SO, you may as well send it South for $15 and I'll pay the shipping!
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Lol....that has been tried before basskat....and unsuccessfully I might add.
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Just in case your wondering. That mold sells for $74.99 plus $10.99 shipping. So I think you did OK. I also have that mold and it's a good bait, but I had to pay full retail.
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I'm betting they are more likely to be 5cm if they are Canadian, eh.
Nope. Exactly two inches...unless 5cm equals two inches...which is short of two inches by about 1/64.
So Gary...do you do well with this bait? Crappie? Sunfish? And I think I saw on the website that there's a 3" version of the same basic bait. Got That one?
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It's a good mold; however I like the Thumper small fry better. I fish it for crappie; usually under a bobber. Don't have the three inch.
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I have 2 of the 3 inch, really good mold has a nice affect on sea trout. I dont swim it much though.
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Thanks Gary. Hope all is well on the home front.
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Great deal!
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Oy yeah Curt makes great & affordable molds. I have several myself.
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Since its almost illegal to live anymore I have had some time in the clean shop to play with molds I haven't messed with in a while, this Canadian paddletail being one of those. The first couple of injections had lines of tiny bubbles running thru the bodies after injecting a second color to weld the tails so I parked it until we warmed up a bit more....which got us to yesterday. It rained most of the day so I put some heat in the shop and brought plastic from in the house out and worked with it to get two color shot to see if the warmer atmosphere took care of the bubbles. It did. So now today I'll go back out, turn the tunes up high, pour a bit of bourbon in my nice little sipping glass and go to town with this mold hoping to make up a nice box of about ten color variations.
I don't know if it was cooking ice cold plastic that made tiny bubbles in the plastic or if the cold created a tiny air leak in the injector or just what the cause was but I didn't care for the bubbles in there. Honestly though the small lines of minute bubbles would offer more surfaces inside the baits for light to bounce off from which would be good and they certainly would not have compromised the strength of the plastic so they probably didn't mean much since selling was not happening. They're currently in the pile [but not in this picture] to go into the box and will get fished.
(https://i.imgur.com/g93f0lP.jpg)
Everything seen here is a Do-It product. The chartreuse really took of after I added a wee bit of blue hi lite to the juice. It doesn't show up well in the picture, but the blue hi lite helps bring the x2 green chartreuse out a bit stronger when mixed with the regular X2 chartreuse for the tail color but really make the color in the picture snap to attention. Violet hi lite in chartreuse is another great twister for the plastic color. Not much of either hi lite will make chartreuse, or a blend like I made here, really pop. In sunlight this chartreuse just glows and in this picture its no exception to that using just natural light coming thru the shop window with shaded sunshine.
The glitter I mix in bulk and is called my bluegill mix and goes straight into clear plastic after getting to the 350 degree conversion temperature. Equal parts of blue, green, purple and copper glitters. This plastic/glitter blend can be re-heated about three times before any bleeding is seen in the plastic. On re-heats I may or may not get a clear base plastic. Since the combination of glitters can be fickle to heat I make this in relatively small batches to get around the issue.
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Sweet paddles!!
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Love those ctom. So that's how you get that beautiful chartreuse looking tail huh? I like that shade and love that bluegill mix. I whipped up a bit of bluegill mix but I should have added more flake by looking at your picture. I bet that little bait right there is really awesome with the Crappie.
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The small bit of blue hi lite helps bring some green out of the ultra bright chartreuse. Just gives it a bit more depth.