Redneck Spy-Baits

[jolicious]

No need to go spending $15 per lure......

Just get REALLY BORED at your house, round up a few eye-screws / props / super glue, and in about after an hour of sanding/gluing/grinding/drilling/a little cussing (allegedly-I'm not copping to anything); you too can have some Redneck Spy-Baits

Seriously, I was messing around last night with some blanks that I order, and I must say - I'm going to give them a whirl Friday morning!

PS - I'll get that last hook on the 110-copy tonight - I left one at home.

[fishingaddiction]

Good looking reproduction jolicious! Do the blanks you used have internal weights so that they sink slowly like the duo realis spinbait 80? If they don't I suppose you would have a suspending spy (jerk) bait with front and rear props. Interesting.

[jolicious]

The top one is a blank from a Megabass Vision 110 copy. BUT - I finished it with foil, so it should sink slowly.

The bottom one is a surface / wake copy (like a grown up Bomber Long A). I put the heavier hooks and also affixed metal tabs to each end in hopes it'll sink. If not, it may be a good devil's horse type bait.

I'm not picky lol

[fishingaddiction]

Cool. Let us know how they work out after your fishing trip Friday. Good Luck

[Fish24/7]

neat, I like it

[dtrs5kprs]

Beats $15 all to pieces. Nicely done.

Would think you could get them pretty close to right with some dots or strips. Maybe not exact, but close.

[Ham]

I've got a couple of broken Megabass that I might try to covert into spy baits

[fishingaddiction]

Where have you been Dave?

[mattholder]

Very nicely done!

[jolicious]

First test runs didn't yield any fish, but I think it may be because they baits glided (is that a word?) Back to me without any wiggle/bobble. I am going to either try a little bit of weight offset to one side, or may get plumb crazy and put a tiny bill in the middle of the under bellies to get a little sway.