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Been awhile since I posted anything on LJs. Just wanted to show a few of the first maple fishing lures I made on the lathe. Just experimenting on shapes, colors and patterns. Will they catch fish?... who knows. These were all turned from maple cutoffs and fancied up with an airbrush. Coated...

This is a first experiment with lures. it is made out of Sugar maple and has a high gloss CA glue finish, a friend of mine who is a better fisherman than I, is going to give it a dip and see if it catches anything.

I made a fishing lure with diving planes like those on the conning tower of a submarine. The idea was for it to dive deep but stay horizontal, like a sub's mid body planes. Ah…. didn't work. The behavior of the lure is unstable. But, the carving of a piece of Maple and the paint job ain't bad...

Another Crankbait. This time a deep diver (the long bill does this). I seem to have gone from posting furniture to fishing lures here. My interests often go through phases. Thing is I can crank out a crankbait (see what I did there?) in about three to four hours. Much easier than making a...

Just a few more topwater lures turned on the lathe out of maple spindle stock. Twin glass rattles added to the tail section and a lead belly weight added to help them sit right in the water and wake the fish up. Excited to toss them in the lake this weekend. Hope they inspire you turners out...

Today I made a lipless crankbait. It's made out of hard maple. I used it because I wanted a sinker and with dense wood you can add less ballast to get it to drop. There is a video of the build and also getting it wet here. It's only about 10 minutes long should you care to see it. Small...

This is the walnut fishing lure that I am sending to Grant.

Yesterday I made another crankbait. I call it the unknown crankbait because I have no idea what kind of fish it might represent. It looks a bit yellow perch'ish but it's not. Anyway I like it. In the water it has nice action. It's made of white pine with createx airbrush paint and a UV-resin...

I've made a lure that is a segmented bait with hinges. Thing is it has two hinges but four pivot points. (you'll see in the video). The motion is almost fluid like. It's a rough build. In fact I wasn't even going to paint it, just make it to see if it worked. I decided to finish it up anyway...

Time to kill. I thought about making a hard bait that incorporated feathers into the body. It was a strange assembly but in the end I came out with something. The next one will be better. I don't know if anyone else does this. The thing is made out of white pine, finished with feathers, an...

About a month ago I decided I wanted to fish with some of my own lures. I spent a long time researching how to make a crankbait. Youtube certainly is a great way to learn stuff. Well, it's about a month later. A bunch of new tools, and armed to going from making beds and benches to a wood...

Well, I made my second crankbait. I posted the first and it came out pretty good but I messed up on the epoxy mix and it never dried and probably never will. So, I decided to remake it. this time measuring the epoxy correctly. Yes it hardened and yes I took a couple of casts and it wobbles and...

This is the second of this bait I've made. The first one (it's original twin) was lost yesterday in a tree of all places. Thing is, just before that it was the first time I had caught a fish on one of my baits. Then I cast it into a tree. So, this morning I went out and nearly duplicated the...

This is the third bait I've made. Some differences are shape, deep diving bill, through wire, and carved gills. It's carved out of pine and painted with an airbrush Here is a link to my youtube channel showing the build

I've been wanting to make a foiled lure for some time now. I'd never made one. Foiling is what it says. Putting foil, in this case household tin foil, on the sides of a lure to embed scale markings into it. It went pretty good for my first one. As usual, I make everything but the hooks. BTW...

My attempt at a bluegill segmented bait. It has a unique internal aluminum hinge. That, and the tall profile made this one a challenge to make it work right. It's made of pine and maple. All parts are hand made except the hooks. A video of the build:

I have a crank bait I made early on that has a really nice action, a deep thumping movement. I'm duplicating it with different paint patterns. This one is a sort crayfish pattern… sort of. Made of cedar. Everything is handmade except the hooks. This is a video of the entire process.

Well, I humbly post a video of a lure build that just didn't work. Looks half decent but I probably won't be fishing it. I'll try again though at some point. A very humbling video ensues.

A relatively simple carving and paint job on this crappie crank bait. It's made of the same piece of pine I've used for most of my baits from a tree I cut down in the early 70's. Painting is done with an airbrush. Everything except the hooks are handmade. If you're interested in the video of...

Really getting into this bait making now. This is my fourth one. I get it from piece of pine to ready to paint in about an hour. It's so nice to work on something that fits in the palm of my hand instead of something I need two people to move around to work on it! I will have to wait till...