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I've been watching a ton of YouTube videos about injection-molding plastic lures. '''

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I know, I know...with all the cheap plastics available from Temu, on amazon and from bulk suppliers like Lockett, what's the point?

Well, the point is that for every big ol ...

Pulling my conspiracy theory tinfoil hat down tight..here goes.

The MLPAs that were selected by a political (not scientific) process were designed specifically to shut down the areas closest to the harbors, in order to force the boats to travel father to get on some fish. The goal was to make half ...

Great weather, tide and wind not bad, a bit of chop.

Had a full day.

There were three red skiffs, four kayaks and two float tubes pounding a certain dock...not much happening there and everyone left.

Except me...got a bite as I was leaving and hung around a while....and the USN security boat ...

match the hatch...

Tons...okay, fifty pounds...of plastics. Some hardbaits. Leadheads that I poured. A couple dozen used casting and spinnng rods, freshwater and bay use.

Most Rods are five bucks each...unless they're shimanos....or Lew's.

Brand new never used ugly stick travel combo, never used...25 bucks (bought ...

you need another set of shelves for your garage.......

Goofing around with some very pricey molds and injectors. Practicing making laminates, using (mostly) remelted plastic left overs. Gonna quit 'til the new non-bleed colorants show up. No point in making a really sweet lure if the colors are just gonna blend together.
The first shot has a 2" sexy ...

Dude, I just bought some dive booties for $40 but these are way better. Thanks for the tip, Rob!

How do they fit, size wise? I'm a 9ish and have to switch between 9 and 10 depending on the brand. Do they run big or small?


They seem pretty roomy. The 9s will probably do you just fine. And free ...

Triggered. Some of us are very particular about the nomenclature of our partially hydrogenated, guar-gum-and-high-fructose-corn-syrup, dairy-adjacent foodlike materials. Cool Whip is in a tub. Reddi Whip (among others) is the stuff in a can. Come for the fake whipped cream, stay for the nitrous.

More 'speriments....
Using up some random blends of plastic, shooting single colors.

Clear w blue glitter. The carrot shape is very soft, and coaxed a few micro calico bass out of the rocks two Sundays back when jigged. Also got spotties on the ned rigged carrot...and the fluke. And four short-and ...

go poking around on the fat guys fishing website.

They have a crapload of available molds for injecting plastic and pouring lead. A crapload.

So there was a particular type of mold I wanted....couldn't find it, but emailed 'em to see if they had something like blah blah blah....

Nope.

Good ...

Shrimp...fresh or frozen...works well. Stays on better than anchovies but not as well as squid.

this is a great video as far as showing what it looks like inside the fish's mouth; how to grab and turn the hook. But a pair curved forceps makes the process like butter, and even works on much smaller fish....waaaaay smaller fish.

three bucks on amazon for a set of 5 1/2 inch forceps. $6 for the ...

Managed to get out for a couple hours on the creek.
Previously, the new tiny fluke thing was getting whacked pretty consistently just flylining it.
Figured I would stick to dropshotting it this time out.
I mean, it looks like a shrimp or a bug or something anyway...

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Dusted off the shrimp pumps and fished with a couple new friends Sunday.
It was their first time shore fishing Mission Bay, and we did pretty well through mid-day. We got six or seven YFCs, couple spotties, a small sandy and two round rays.
I stayed through the afternoon and got another croaker and ...

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Saw this on channel 8....

There are a couple of local creeks that are a lot of fun...and you can hear traffic whizzing by on the street, and hikers and mountain bike riders passing by. Most of the fish are small, but every so often....

Used to get spotfin like this all the time..

I WISH. Was just bragging about this fish to a couple of new friends....and it was caught 21 years ago. When the truth's getting old, ya gotta lie....

All the cool kids are making coreshot swimbaits. $pecial molds with rods that leave a hollow center down the length of a clear or opaque bait. Pull out the rod, Trim the ends of the lure , load it back in the mold and shoot a dark bloodline.
The not-so-cool kids on youtube are fabbing up their own ...

Not quite ready for bed? Fire up the microwave and make a few baits. Or a few dozen.

This was made by...doesn't matter. Wish i could reproduce this happy accident..
Pink, silver, chartreuse trout worms about half melted in the mold, then shot through with clear plastisol.

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