Homemade Tuna Stickbaits

[bersim]

Well it's been far too long since I've had the time for a fish but I have had a spare hour here and there to make a few lures. I've been playing around with making tuna lures for a while now and these are the first finished ones and I'm pretty happy with how they have come up. I started off by shaping the timber and adding weights into the lures. After that the lures were sealed multiple times, then painted and epoxied. Here's a few photos of the process as well as some finished photos and a video as well. I've also purchased some casting resin and silicon, so in the next few weeks I'll be making a 'master' lure so I can pour some! Very keen to start that!

Weight holes added...

Sanded into shape

Primer stage

Once they have been painted and epoxied they rotate on a lure dryer I made for about 2 hours. This stops the epoxy from sitting in the one spot.

Final Product!

Here's a video showing their action. Now it's holidays I can finally fish again :woohoo:

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James

[samsteele115]

They look great James. It's a shame we couldn't find fish the other day to have a cast. Great action! Keen to see what your slimmer profile and resin lures turn out..

[Dinodadog]

Your mother told me you had your head in your books, lure making books.

Dino

[bersim]

Your mother told me you had your head in your books, lure making books.

Dino

Hahaha. These were all made last holidays and painted a few days ago after I finished my exams. It's good to have all my exams completed now! NPD tomorrow!

James

[bersim]

They look great James. It's a shame we couldn't find fish the other day to have a cast. Great action! Keen to see what your slimmer profile and resin lures turn out..

Yeah I'm keen to see how they work too!

[Luvit]

Excellent mate.

Are you going to start selling them?

[bersim]

Thanks Wayne. At the moment I'm not going to be selling them but I'll definitely consider it when I start pouring resin lures. If I can get a good production line going and they have a nice shape and action I will.

James

[Luvit]

If you need some people to test them, let us know.

[kmcrosby78]

They look AWESOME James - gotta be happy with that outcome!!! What did you put into the weight holes - melted lead?

[bersim]

They look AWESOME James - gotta be happy with that outcome!!! What did you put into the weight holes - melted lead?

Yeah just lead. Just bashed a few sinkers into the right shape (melting them would have been way easier but I didn't have the equipment!). Forgot to mention the weight and size of them... 60grams and 110mm long.

James