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Offline Partycrasher

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Blade/Carrot Hybrid
« on: 08/26/14 09:58 UTC »


OK, maybe I have gone too far....  But it looks great in the water.  And in its first 30 minutes in the water it caught a smallmouth and a Pike in the Milwaukee Harbor on Saturday.

I cut the blade to leave a spike of brass to impale the carrot.  Its a 3" carrot so the entire bait is about 4".  The vibration of the blade transmits back to the carrot and it has a great wiggle.  If you flip the rod tip it darts left and right. 
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Offline Muskygary

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Re: Blade/Carrot Hybrid
« Reply #1 on: 08/26/14 10:02 UTC »
WOW, Talk about thinking outside the box!! You must be grinding the insert blade down to just a strip of metal?
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Re: Blade/Carrot Hybrid
« Reply #2 on: 08/26/14 10:26 UTC »
FINE Thinking!

I put together a similar Gumbo for fishing in the Gulf...a 3 oz. Flutter Jig with a 6/0 Gamakatsu SuperLine EWG that sports a 5" Skinny Carrot.  I wish I had a 4 oz. and 6 oz. FJ mold...

Good Job, PC!
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Re: Blade/Carrot Hybrid
« Reply #3 on: 08/26/14 10:30 UTC »
I cut the insert on a jig saw before I poured it.  Yes, its just a spike of brass with a little barb on the end. 
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Re: Blade/Carrot Hybrid
« Reply #4 on: 08/26/14 10:41 UTC »
I'm thinking about employing a Hitchhiker wire coil on the tail of one of my BladeBaits (store-bought), since seeing Your work here...
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Re: Blade/Carrot Hybrid
« Reply #5 on: 08/26/14 10:48 UTC »
Can you still feel the vibration if you rip it off the bottom? Or does the plastic eliminate that?
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Re: Blade/Carrot Hybrid
« Reply #6 on: 08/26/14 13:54 UTC »
The vibe is still there.  I am going to try a smokin shad tail next.
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Offline Fatman

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Re: Blade/Carrot Hybrid
« Reply #7 on: 08/26/14 16:40 UTC »
Very Nice!!!!!!!!!!
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Offline DF

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Re: Blade/Carrot Hybrid
« Reply #8 on: 08/26/14 18:20 UTC »
Such a cool idea!
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Re: Blade/Carrot Hybrid
« Reply #9 on: 08/26/14 20:43 UTC »
Hmmm 7" ribbon tail worm tail on that might be interesting on that.  Nice work!
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Re: Blade/Carrot Hybrid
« Reply #10 on: 08/26/14 23:35 UTC »
I have a 1/4 oz. blade the I use a owner screw lock that threads on and dose a great job of holding a 2" twister. I place it on the tip of the willow blade . There is a pic of mine in why we do it.
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Re: Blade/Carrot Hybrid
« Reply #11 on: 08/28/14 01:51 UTC »
Very Cool Idea !!
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Re: Blade/Carrot Hybrid
« Reply #12 on: 08/28/14 08:01 UTC »
Reminds me a bit of the "Dance's Eel" from 25 or so years back.
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Offline MonteSS

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Re: Blade/Carrot Hybrid
« Reply #13 on: 08/28/14 14:16 UTC »
Very cool. I need to try that.

I make my own parasite clips which should work well
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Re: Blade/Carrot Hybrid
« Reply #14 on: 08/31/14 14:06 UTC »
Good news and bad news....

Good news.... a brown and a big king on the hybrid this morning.  Bad news is that a king took me in the rocks and broke me off...the prototype!!!!

I made a template now and two more finished lures for tomorrow.  The Kings came in the harbor today.  Let the games begin. 

I'll keep you posted.  This bait is HOT!

Marc
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