The best bait of the world - minnow plug

Step 1 Body

find the piece of linden (dry)

Comments

[jnauert]

how did u shape the wire????

[sgraydon]

do you have to use a special paint?

[bleeper]

wonderful. nothing puts fish on the dinner plate than floating minnows..bob

[Evil is the name]

one thing to keep in mind BE CAREFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I wasn't now my deck is cherry red

[dragonsniper]

wow i get it cherry red from blood

[zume]

nice work guys oh one thing did the guy who cut himself skip the part about using wood??? a lesson in its own. read carefully. And it is unfortunate that one needs to learn this way!

[FewAcres]

Thanks for posting this - love it ... 
I am going to make a bunch while I watch the ice melt :)

Happy fishing

[playmoboy]

Nice, i been carving wood for a while and a tip is to start with pink foam insulation. Doing that will gill you something to look at while carving the wood.

[scavanger]

 Great post, a good simple solution and a money saver too!
I thought you might want to know that I included your Instructable in a recent blog post I wrote.

Hey everybody don't forget to rate this Instructable, click the little stars up above and show your appreciation!

Thanks again, great job

[pepitosbazzeguti]

Hi,I have made these during the break on the work using balsa wood,silver paper from cigarette packets,colours and flatting. I have more then 70/80 of baits,but i have dismissed to fish !!! Greetings from Italy..............CIAO !!!

[Atrophius]

Those look pretty nice. I make my own swimbaits and crankbaits also.

[Ben-buddy]

Thanks!
I made one today, but for step 3 i just drilled a hole thorugh it (carefully).
And I didn't paint it well because I'm not arty!  Cheers from New Zealand

[Evil is the name]

in step 3 how did u make the insions

[sp33dstix]

Nice sized perch you got there =D
You have any tips on making spinner baits?

[Evil is the name]

try wire, a soda can, a hook, feathers, and water proof glue

[covey12]

look on my profile soon i will have some how-tos on that

[creative zen]

i cut my finger up using an exacto knife trying this.

[sp33dstix]

Always cut AWAY and not towards yourself, much less likely to cut yourself that way.

[xACIDITYx]

Also, I should add, don't be stupid when you have sharp stuff in your hand. A lot of people seem to skip this step

[covey12]

learned this many times, and the times i did cut myself i was thinking"should i be doing this becuase in boy scouts i member no to cut towards me" ends up with no skin on my pinky lol

[PuddleOfMudd25]

i just did too :(

[covey12]

the bottom left one looks best good job on those

[covey12]

also it is very important to make the eyes large and big pupils, becuase small pupils normally mean its a prey fish, large pupils are the food

[covey12]

holy crap thats a very smart way to make lure bills, i had always used pieces of sheet metal from home depot called gravity caps, i tink there for chimneys there onlye 18cents for a 6in. square

[rrowsome]

Great video and Instructable in general. Well done! I am definitely going to try this.

[creative zen]

how do you get a clear cd? and how do you cut it?

[sp33dstix]

The clear CD is usually the CD on top of a spindle of cd's It is used to protect all of the existing ones. You could also trying using Acetone (nail polish remover) on the top of an existing cd. I think acetone should work.

[PuddleOfMudd25]

the best way to cut a cd is to put it in hot water, and when its moist, cut it with scissors

[stonefly]

great job thanks

[PuddleOfMudd25]

dude! i am soooo doing this!!!!!

[dsaavedra]

dont forget to put 2 coats of clear epoxy over the paintjob so that it wont wear off.

[zuneman]

can you use douglas fur or pine for the lure?

[jjay10]

where can you get linden if you don't know what does the tree look like

[whiteoakart]

I have so much linden growing on my property, it is a nuisance. The trees have shallow roots and tend to blow over in storms. If anyone wants a chunk, let me know by email. I will send you some for the cost of shipping. Might be cheaper to buy it for bigger pieces, but for a small piece to try it out, I would guess the postage would be a couple of bucks for most of US. I am in Michigan and it is true, there are loads of bass here.

[lordkenyon]

In Step 7, how did you attach the front treble hooks to the other models you made? Nice project.

[msolek]

I added picture with that (step 7 )

[lordkenyon]

Thanks! Looks great. I'm anxious to try and make a few of these.

[meddler]

Nice, I have carved a few baits from basswood. Haven't tried them yet, here in idaho there isn't much bass fishing like where i grew up in michigan, maby up in north idaho. I love bass fishing, best store bought night time bass bait i ever used is the hula popper, if there biting they will hit it.

[Tool Using Animal]

Oh yes, I wanted to add, the piece you're calling the "wheel" is called the "lip" in English.

[GorillazMiko]

Amazing! Nice job getting featured, and that's a good fish you got there! +1 rating.