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I cooked up a new color today, new to me anyway. I'm going to call it baby bow for a reason.
This was shot in a Bear's 1" Ice Minnow mold by hand pouring the blly section then injecting the remainder, keeping solid pressure in the pump for ten seconds after the rod stopped. The top plastic was shot in at 365 degrees and no cold joints were seen when un-molded.
This is an unreal color in this bait and I only wish I could dunk it in some open water right now.
Here it is....
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Seems the ice minnow has a good following. I like the color. Bait looks neatly made.
they are outstanding looking .
Those look great....love that color.
Those some really neat looking baits.
they look awesome, i just do not have a steady hand to pour the bellies without making a mess.
Awesome!!!!! I tell yea there is some talent on here! What size head/hook are you using with that little guy? I've gotten in to "big" baits for crappie for so long I need to get bad to the micros. I know I over size the bite alot of times
This 1" ice minnow is more like 1.3" in length, about 1/2 is tail. I have a couple rigged up on 1/32 heads cast with #6 sickle hooks and they have plenty of hook clearance. I tried a couple on the same head size with a #8 sickle and that was fine too.Quote:
Originally Posted by MO QWACK
Man, I love those things. Got some spring tournaments I'd love to try them in. You just producing for yourself?
Look great, bet it would be great for clear water
Nice looking baits for sure.Thumbs Up Like already mentioned...some outstanding talent on all these boards.:)
Nice coloring.
Great color, should be a clear water killer.
You have a pm regarding your question.Quote:
Originally Posted by fished-out
How are you guys "hand pouring" the bellies on these baits. They look awesome.............
The belly cavity on this mold lies on the side with the alignment studs, so everyone has an idea.
I keep a plain old teaspoon sitting atop a bowl of plastic that is hot, but not able to let the spoon sink. The spoon is used to fill the small cavities. It takes some getting accustomed to, but it works darned good when a guy gets the hang of it. Basically I dip the spoon in the belly plastic, wipe the bottom off on the cup rim and quickly fill one cavitity. I repeat this on the other cavities. Where the care comes in is figuring out just what is the right amount of plastic to get in the spoon so you don't get a blob. When the cavities are filled, I hold the mold section up to the light and look to see that the cavities are not mounded way beyond the top of that section of the mold. When I close the mold and inject it, I heat that color of plastic to around 365 degrees and keep pressure on the pump for a ten count after the rod stops when filling. The pressure and extra heat seem to give me a better weld, but with the eyes and cover dip I don't get too nervy about cold seperations.
Thanks for tips...... All you guys are making it real hard to not get into this injection stufffffffff.......... The $$$$ is the only thing holding me back..... Plus my buddy FUDD already has a lot of stuff. He just lives about 1.5 hrs away. : ) Awesome looking baits