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NufoSat Jul-23-11 01:44 AM
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#3800, "RE: DIY Top Water"
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Sat Jul-23-11 08:58 AM by Nufo

          

>Cool photos. Nice to see a ton of hard work paying off. What
>does this bait do that a 6" lunker punker wouldn't?

Thanks for the kind words

1. Give me the satisfaction of catching fish on something I made
2. Hook placement. The front hook rarely fouls on your line when doing big gliding strokes and allows me to use a clip (and still doesn't foul). Also I only use 2 hooks (even on the 10"ers) and it gets the stripers stuck with both lips shut on the front hook. When you use 3 hooks on a big lure, the fish gets hooked on both middle two and is able to leverage with the big lure and some how pop free (I have lost a couple PB fish due to this). I have yet to loose a hooked striper on my two hook design and have caught fish up to 22lbs so far.
3. Heavier duty hardware to hold up to big stripers
4. Ugly paint jobs

I personally was looking for a consistent glide. I mostly fish at night and need a nice constant glide so the fish can find it and hammer it. #2 & #3 have what I call false strokes where some times they jump or bounce eratically.

I used to build rods but this is way cooler! Wait till you see some of the wakebaits I'm working on.

  

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DIY Top Water [View all] , Nufo, Mon Jun-27-11 08:16 PM
  RE: DIY Top Water, Carrot Top, Jul 08th 2011, #1
RE: DIY Top Water, Nico, Jul 21st 2011, #2
RE: DIY Top Water, Nufo, Jul 23rd 2011 #3

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