Find new lure design are a challenge

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10-02-2025, 09:45 AM
Spoonminnow

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Find new lure design are a challenge

Have any of you heard of the Dice lure used for bass? It's nothing more than a cube of soft plastic with a silicone skirt.
Attachment 510309 https://texasfishingforum.com/forums...ename/dice.JPG

It gave me an idea: pull strands though a plastic lure using a fine wire with loop at the end.
example:
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The above was made attaching small tube bodies together after removing the skirts. The pill design has worked great since I discovered it last year along with other similar shapes rigged on light jigs. The quivering strands should get some great strikes worked mid depth considering how supersensitive fish are to finesse action.
10-03-2025, 05:58 AM
DWILL

Yours remind me of the old bluegill bug. Should work well.
10-03-2025, 06:07 AM
DWILL

Also, the dice lure I think came from Japanese fishermen. They have gotten popular here over the last year or so. If you like worm fishing with a finesse presentation check out the Inu rig or Tokyo rig.
10-03-2025, 07:09 AM
Spoonminnow

I used the Spidy-Pill yesterday and didn't notice much difference in the number of strikes. But what shocked me were the numbers of strikes on the modified 3" Sassy Shad lure which is similar in shape and action to the Runcl swimbait - but even better!
10-04-2025, 07:55 AM
JUNGLEJIMJIGS

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I've been doctoring some of my finesse floating worms with round reptile rubber using a hair rig tool used for carp fishing and it works very well with the Elaztech and regular plastics. Going to play with some panfish plastics today. Attachment 510369 Attachment 510370 Attachment 510371
10-04-2025, 08:19 AM
Spoonminnow

Should be great on the surface!
10-05-2025, 06:10 AM
JUNGLEJIMJIGS

I rig them weedless on a 1/32 - 1/8 head. Favorite this year is the 1/16. Summer hasn't ended here even though it's October with temps in the upper 80's still so keep fishing for bass waiting for cooler weather. Catch a lot of hybrid bluegill on these even with a 2/0 hook.
10-05-2025, 08:41 AM
Spoonminnow

WOW! sunnies on a 2/0 hook!!!
10-05-2025, 10:06 AM
DWILL

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Originally Posted by Spoonminnow

WOW! sunnies on a 2/0 hook!!!

Lure and hook size don't seem to matter to them on certain days and times. I've had them attack bass jigs that weighed more than the fish, in places the fish should not have been.
10-05-2025, 11:33 AM
Spoonminnow

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I've had them attack bass jigs that weighed more than the fish, in places the fish should not have been.

In Aug. I caught miniature sunfish on a flat no deeper than 3' that were in scattered school.
They hit micro lures at 2:30 pm under a bright sky. The lure that caught the small yellow perch was 4".
10-09-2025, 10:04 AM
dbowling

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Originally Posted by Spoonminnow

Have any of you heard of the Dice lure used for bass? It's nothing more than a cube of soft plastic with a silicone skirt.
Attachment 510309 https://texasfishingforum.com/forums...ename/dice.JPG

It gave me an idea: pull strands though a plastic lure using a fine wire with loop at the end.
example:
Attachment 510310
https://texasfishingforum.com/forums...iry%20pill.JPG
The above was made attaching small tube bodies together after removing the skirts. The pill design has worked great since I discovered it last year along with other similar shapes rigged on light jigs. The quivering strands should get some great strikes worked mid depth considering how supersensitive fish are to finesse action.

I used to make plastic bodies just like that when I was a teenager back in the early to mid 70s, caught a lot of bluegill in them.