Making your own lures, How may of you guys try making your own

Working on a few more

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Nice job Chuck..
I think there's going to be a bunch of fish with splinters in their mouths this upcoming season...lol

Those lures look great.

I make my own walleye spinners. They work really well and it seems my buddies always borrow them and I never get them back - lol.

Those plugs look like a lot of work but it would be really neat to catch fish with them.

Thanks Dave. Cant wait to catch something on them.

Thanks muskyhunter. I'm starting on a musky bait. I'll post pics when it's done.

Great looking lures:) I just bought a belt sander for the exact same thing. I'll be making some topwater's as well. Just curious, where did you get the eye screws, and what size did you use? The only ones I could find, were some with a short threaded end. Also, if you don't mind, What kind of paint are you using? Thanks, Scott

Hey Scott. On a few of my lures I made my own eye screws from stainless steel wire, but the eye screws I'm getting from a site called luremaking.com. I set them in 2 part epoxy
, the paint is just acrylic paints from Michael's with a clear epoxy coating once the paint has dried for a day.

Chuck

This one I got on a homemade perch pattern.

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I know of a guy who Charters for Musky and makes his own lures and often has more success with them. I'm sure there is a great deal of pride in making the lure that caught the fish and makes you feel more connected with nature and your catch.

I see this becoming very popular. The big lure companies would not like it so much, but would start to make kits where you can create your own lure.

Yes there is a good sense of satisfaction catching on a homemade lure. I love starting from scratch and not following any kind of pattern. Just go with what's in my head and h0owever it turns out it turns out.