Thread: Made two inch perch minnows today

Originally Posted by boat49

Those look awesome!! Makes me want to try making my own!!

Boat 49. .... I decided to make some special ones for myself. This imitation is tedious because you first have to make a complete orange minnow then cut off the tail and gut area and save them. Then you remelt black plastic to form the eyes and perch stripes. I use a long needle mbedded into a wooden dowel I made to do this. Place the orange tail and belly area back into the mold. Clamp it as tight as you can. I am using my workshop screww press to clamp my molds. Reheat your lime chartreuse with a drop of orange in it to dull it a bit. Heat until is runs faster than syrup. Inject it into the mold and keep pressure on it for 45 seconds so that everything bonds well.