Homemade stickbaits
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Category: Saltwater Fishing
Forum Name: Popper and Topwater Fishing
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Printed Date: 07 Jun 2026 at 7:31am
Topic: Homemade stickbaits
Posted By: Marknado4000
Subject: Homemade stickbaits
Date Posted: 18 Feb 2016 at 11:36am
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Hey, heres a few pics of some stickbaits ive been making, any pointers?? go easy its my first stab at it. All Cedar, S/S through wire with Owner 700lb swivels, lead weighted Ended up making 8 now, its kind of addictive, all different shapes and weights and swim quite different to each other, ones hopeless. Raw plug    Rigged and waterproofed for testing, next to Hots Kieko  Paint Finished - Yet to Rig  Done   |
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Posted By: Cheeko
Date Posted: 18 Feb 2016 at 12:12pm
Wow they look awesome!! Well done  |
Posted By: Gowest
Date Posted: 18 Feb 2016 at 12:36pm
Looks sharp 
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Posted By: Marknado4000
Date Posted: 18 Feb 2016 at 1:51pm
| Thanks! hopefully the fish feel the same way about them, havnt had a chance to give them a good go yet. Just a few rats and kahawai so far |
Posted By: PE Pete
Date Posted: 18 Feb 2016 at 4:20pm
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Geez Mark there art mate. Very nice ------------- Tight lines PE Pete |
Posted By: cmac
Date Posted: 18 Feb 2016 at 5:23pm
Master baiter?  they look great mate. can't wait to see a few fish on em! |
Posted By: Fishing Addiction
Date Posted: 18 Feb 2016 at 10:49pm
| Gonna be lethal |
Posted By: Wallopit
Date Posted: 23 Feb 2016 at 6:10pm
| bloody brilliant! love the look of that plug in the fist pic! |
Posted By: Tortise01
Date Posted: 05 Mar 2016 at 10:23pm
| Great to catch fish on lures you have made. Those look awesome. |
Posted By: spin king
Date Posted: 16 Mar 2016 at 9:17pm
Nice dickbaits 
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Posted By: calcal
Date Posted: 13 May 2016 at 8:00pm
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Did you make your own plugs? |
Posted By: Marknado4000
Date Posted: 13 May 2016 at 8:25pm
| Yeah mate |
Posted By: calcal
Date Posted: 13 May 2016 at 8:50pm
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How do you shape them? Are you using a lathe or just sanding them down to size? :) Looking at making ones similar these! They look great
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Posted By: Marknado4000
Date Posted: 16 May 2016 at 9:10am
| I cut the basic side profile on the bench saw and then shape on the linisher, and finish by hand. Cant see a lathe being much use unless youre making something symmetrical. Good luck! |
Posted By: Fishy11
Date Posted: 16 May 2016 at 9:08pm
Marknado4000 - are you interested in selling any of thesse at all or just making for personal use Be intersted to know/see what sort of action you're getting out of them. |
Posted By: Marknado4000
Date Posted: 18 May 2016 at 8:17am
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Not looking to sell anything sorry mate, just making them myself as a hobby. Im still playing with them getting them perfect (in my eyes) aiming for long smooth wide swimming action, but they all swim a little different as theyre very different in shape. Ive got a few swimming really good and still going on some, looking forward to top water season.
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Posted By: calcal
Date Posted: 18 May 2016 at 3:27pm
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How are you testing them? In the pool? The ones you have working the action that you like do you imagine you would be able to redo it or is each one too unique? (Asking because if one turned out to be your favourite how easy it'd be to make two favourites) |