'Chubby' lures worked good

I've been messing around with soft plastics recently as everyone knows and I decided to dip some lures in hot liquid plastic to thicken them. One lure design it seems to have improved is the curl tail.

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Another is the straight tail:

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It seems the bulkier lure gets more strikes than the original size. Now I have much more confidence in curl tails than before. 71 fish yesterday under a bright sun was convincing enough.

Pure awesomeness

Very cool. Beautiful fish in the first pic. Green sunfish?

Nice !

Pumpkinseed.
Lately I've found pumpkinseeds in schools - the last fish I'd expect to be caught one after the other.Man were they aggressive ! - hitting lures five times on the retrieve/ missing getting hooked and getting hooked on the 2d or 3rd retrieve!

The other thing I noticed for sunfish in general: the longer you had them out of the water (like to take photos), the more the colors faded. The bluegill I caught had bright orange bellies and bright colors when caught. After 30 seconds, colors faded and darkened.

Very nice!

Amazing coloring on those fish!

Real creative approach to modifying your baits. Now you got me thinking........................TACO!

thick body ,slower fall , larger profile , great idea , congrats

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Originally Posted by Ketchn

thick body ,slower fall , larger profile , great idea , congrats

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...the design to a T!