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Soft Plastic Bait Making => Soft Plastic and Plastic Baits - How To??? => Topic started by: MonteSS on 10/11/12 18:21 UTC

Title: Floating Toad
Post by: MonteSS on 10/11/12 18:21 UTC

Tried making some 3.5" swim toads that float.

I used the microballons. Four heaping tablespoons per 4 oz plastic. I also added one tablespoon of softener to the medium plastic. The heated plastic was VERY white and very opaque. I added ALOT of green and black color to get a decent green. I added 062 black and white glitter and they dont show at all.

Bait is soft and stretchy and seems fairly durable.

Using a 1/0 ewg Gammy it just floats. The nose floats but barely. I havnt tested yet, but braid or a high rod tip should fish it well.

(http://i453.photobucket.com/albums/qq257/zz430t56/259_0807.jpg)

.....Bill

Title: Re: Floating Toad
Post by: superharmonix on 10/11/12 19:49 UTC

Dang.  You are braver than me, Bill.  I will not mess with those microballoons.  Scares the heck outta me. 

With that said, though- thanks a bunch for figuring out the formula to float the hook.  But- a 1/0 hook?  I may be a bit off tonight, but isn't that a bit small for that frog?  (feel free to set me straight!)

Title: Re: Floating Toad
Post by: hawgthumper on 10/11/12 20:44 UTC

Quote from: superharmonix on 10/11/12 19:49 UTC

Dang.  You are braver than me, Bill.  I will not mess with those microballoons.  Scares the heck outta me. 

With that said, though- thanks a bunch for figuring out the formula to float the hook.  But- a 1/0 hook?  I may be a bit off tonight, but isn't that a bit small for that frog?  (feel free to set me straight!)

I was thinking the same thing. It might work though.

Title: Re: Floating Toad
Post by: wubbawurm63 on 10/13/12 11:07 UTC

Awesome Toad! Just my opinion, but I think a 2/0 or 3/0 light wire hook would work fine for this one. I use them on my croaker and they work fine.

Title: Re: Floating Toad
Post by: ctom on 10/13/12 13:31 UTC

I have what is called a "core cutter" somewhere around the house. A couple years back I used it to cut cores out of solid body frogs like the one shown entering from the rump end and then I just nipped the ends off the cores and glued them back in the holes so the frogs had three or four hollow chambers. I used a double hook on them so I wouldn't compromise the chambers and it worked slick.

I should get a frog mold since fishing them and top-waters are the only ways I really like fishing bass.