Hey just one thing when you are putting lead in the bait make sure your separate pieces have the same sink rate that way there will be no friction between your joint so it will swim way better.
I drill holes into blank areas of a metal sinker mold to make belly weights. I score the bottom so I can add a wire hook hanger if I want for crankbaits, or leave the wire off for other belly weights. I seal the bait, assemble it, then use masking tape to tape belly weight on to test in a tub or pool. I can move the weights around, add and subtract to get the exact sink, rise or suspend I want. Once I have it weighted correctly, I take hooks off, hinge pin out, and drill holes and epoxy the weights on. I smooth over the belly weights by making wood putty with fine sawdust from the band saw and epoxy. I sand it down, one more seal coat, then paint, clear coat and final assemble. Great looking bait u made.
Definitely into the bait making videos. I’m pretty big on woodworking and definitely love the wood based bait videos. Learned some tricks on the approach from you already. Let’s see some crank action. I wanna see them airbrush skrillz 😉
Awesome bait here bro. I've really grown to love your channel, and if you and Josh or the Zark ever come down to Georgia I live 20 minutes from Lanier and fish it almost every week. You guys are more than welcome to come stay with me have plenty or rooms. I'd love to hunt down some massive Lanier stripers and spots with you guys!
Been making clay prototypes all winter, and have 4 bigger-profile, soft plastic custom baits that I am gonna throw all this year. It's going to feel awesome to be different on the water. Your glide looks cool! It really is such a cool feeling to see a lure that You made, come to life on the water!
Pre-drill with a 3/16” bit after center-punching your hole spot. Then your big bit will go so much easier!! Looks great bud! Gonna hafta bring one over to Dale Hollow and see what our big Brown-backs think of them!
Awesome bait. Lookin good. Good job on replicating the shad colors and all that stuff. Action on the thing is great. Looks good in the water. Wouldn't have any hesitation on it catching fish. Again great job. Keepem comin.
Watching this episode brought back so many amazing memories of watching my grandpa make his lures. I use one of his buzzbaits to this day and it still catches some monsters. Thank you so much for this. Loved it
Hey, great video!! What about trying to make something small, kinda like a 4" or 5" broke back/hinged rapala with a lip on its front? And where can I buy an air brush setup like you have ? Thanks for the videos, I love watching all of yours... BIG fan here !!
Just a little advice brother next time you use your bandsaw drop the roller bearing guide to about 1/8" or so from your work peice. It definitely helps keep the cut a lot straighter up and down with less room for the blade to flex. Awesome job as always Ben and keep up the awesome videos brother!
I said it last time that photo realism is awesome and bait making on point other than not putting baking soda and super on the lead you would give marling a run on ur finishes awesome work keep it going
Let’s see a 3-4 jointed top water, snake or baby bass color. Always wanted to convert one of those wooden snakes from my childhood to a top water.(1980’s)
hey you want swiveling hook hangers try the Spro cane swivels the heavy duty ones that can hold like 250 lbs. just drill a hole in the side the swivel in the bottom of the bait and then glue the swivel in. BOOM! swiveling hook hangers.
You may want to invest in an orbital sander if your interesting in making more of these. Easy to get the shape your looking with one. Palm sander would help too. Great job.
Excellent vid, they aren’t as hard to make as the pros want you to think lol. I am interested to see how your tweeks will affect the action...so I can get the one I make balanced!!
1) Thx for another cool ass vid. I really like watching your lure making vids. 2) U SCARED THE PISS OUTTA ME when you first accelerated the video. I thought you slipped or something. LOL 3) Your kid looks like mine did at his age so I really like seeing you take the time to make him a part of vids sometimes. 4) I wish you could make a spider lure. You crush bass with that more than anyone else I've seen. LOL
Awesome job man. You would probably be better off cutting the joint with a hand saw part way through before shaping. And using a 45° jig. Great work. I love the bait making videos.
I would really like to see you make another swim bait similar to this one but I'm thinking a baby bass would do really good give it a try even if it dont catch good which I think it will it would most definitely be unique thanks dad.
Need a collaboration with Marling:
“MF’ER-ONE DAY”
Definitely.
I was literally about to comment this......
yes! i really want to see this!
Shoulda read this before I commented lol
Definitely was going to say that
Hey just one thing when you are putting lead in the bait make sure your separate pieces have the same sink rate that way there will be no friction between your joint so it will swim way better.
Looking good, you dont need a drill press but you definitely need a vice
I was gonna say the same thing needing a vice.
But, i believe he had 1 towards the end of his process.
I drill holes into blank areas of a metal sinker mold to make belly weights. I score the bottom so I can add a wire hook hanger if I want for crankbaits, or leave the wire off for other belly weights.
I seal the bait, assemble it, then use masking tape to tape belly weight on to test in a tub or pool. I can move the weights around, add and subtract to get the exact sink, rise or suspend I want.
Once I have it weighted correctly, I take hooks off, hinge pin out, and drill holes and epoxy the weights on. I smooth over the belly weights by making wood putty with fine sawdust from the band saw and epoxy.
I sand it down, one more seal coat, then paint, clear coat and final assemble.
Great looking bait u made.
I can't imagine you having much time but it'd be awesome to see you do more of this type of stuff!
This was such an interesting watch, never expected it to be done this way, thanks ben
Would Love to see you and @marlingbaits do some sort of competition on a one day build to catch!
Cool, man! Basswood is great for guitar bodies too!
You forgot to seal it before you tested it, be careful doing that moisture in the wood can cause the clear coat to bubble and peel
and make it heavier
Love to I have one of those you're interested in selling one let me know
I sure enjoy watching you make some Fishing Lewers cool as hell
Definitely into the bait making videos. I’m pretty big on woodworking and definitely love the wood based bait videos. Learned some tricks on the approach from you already. Let’s see some crank action. I wanna see them airbrush skrillz 😉
Love the bait making videos man. You and Marling Baits should get together and do some ONE DAYS!
Nice job Ben. That thing is definitely gonna get bit. Thanks for sharing.
Start cutting your joint when bait is still square then finish cutting after bait is carved
Awesome bait here bro. I've really grown to love your channel, and if you and Josh or the Zark ever come down to Georgia I live 20 minutes from Lanier and fish it almost every week. You guys are more than welcome to come stay with me have plenty or rooms. I'd love to hunt down some massive Lanier stripers and spots with you guys!
There's even some big ol Walter heads for Josh. Lanier is good year round!
Love the bait making videos! Gotta make a “make your own bait” fishing challenge video
Been making clay prototypes all winter, and have 4 bigger-profile, soft plastic custom baits that I am gonna throw all this year. It's going to feel awesome to be different on the water. Your glide looks cool! It really is such a cool feeling to see a lure that You made, come to life on the water!
Pre-drill with a 3/16” bit after center-punching your hole spot. Then your big bit will go so much easier!! Looks great bud! Gonna hafta bring one over to Dale Hollow and see what our big Brown-backs think of them!
Great shad buddy
Awesome bait. Lookin good. Good job on replicating the shad colors and all that stuff. Action on the thing is great. Looks good in the water. Wouldn't have any hesitation on it catching fish. Again great job. Keepem comin.
Watching this episode brought back so many amazing memories of watching my grandpa make his lures. I use one of his buzzbaits to this day and it still catches some monsters. Thank you so much for this. Loved it
Hey, great video!! What about trying to make something small, kinda like a 4" or 5" broke back/hinged rapala with a lip on its front? And where can I buy an air brush setup like you have ? Thanks for the videos, I love watching all of yours... BIG fan here !!
definitely do more of these!! maybe even try a bullshad style one and then do a VS video. Awesome video as always!
Bluegill next obvious choice. You did a great job making it.
Just a little advice brother next time you use your bandsaw drop the roller bearing guide to about 1/8" or so from your work peice. It definitely helps keep the cut a lot straighter up and down with less room for the blade to flex. Awesome job as always Ben and keep up the awesome videos brother!
That's a really great looking finished product. Nice man.
Make more of the bait making vids!!! Awesome video!
Love the bait making videos keep them coming looks great 🤙🤙🔥🔥🔥
I said it last time that photo realism is awesome and bait making on point other than not putting baking soda and super on the lead you would give marling a run on ur finishes awesome work keep it going
Good job on the bait. Looks spot on.
Let’s see a 3-4 jointed top water, snake or baby bass color. Always wanted to convert one of those wooden snakes from my childhood to a top water.(1980’s)
This looks like it’d be a great project for the winter, I’ll definitely have to give it a shot
This guy does amazing things with his wood... Wait, no, he can sure handle his tools....Wait, he handles his wood like a pro.. Shit, cool video.
Warren Hopkins how’d u get that think beside ur channel name 😂
Fishing The Southeast deadass
great work! look forward to seein some big catches with it on video
Great bait Ben. Nicely done!!
hey you want swiveling hook hangers try the Spro cane swivels the heavy duty ones that can hold like 250 lbs. just drill a hole in the side the swivel in the bottom of the bait and then glue the swivel in. BOOM! swiveling hook hangers.
You may want to invest in an orbital sander if your interesting in making more of these. Easy to get the shape your looking with one. Palm sander would help too.
Great job.
Cool Custom Shad Glide Bait
That was a pretty cool build! Hopefully next time you can catch something on it
Damn good bait. I been watching Marlin myself awhile. It's cool to see it all come together.
Sick glide man love your channel. Watching you make that glide inspired me to make some of my own. Keep up the good work!!
Very nice job making the baits, keep it up Ben.
Hells yeah....bro that came out super dope....
Great video Dad!! Love these type of videos and the lure looks FANTASTIC!!
Beautiful Bait!
*HUG!!!* 👍🎣
You have to put these on the market!!! It looks amazing!😳👍
This video is badass! Would definitely like to see more!
Nice job man. Should definitely hook up with Marling!
Bait videos are awesome man keep it up! Mayb when u get a lil better 1v1 bait making contest with marling baits
Or you vs pornstache
Excellent vid, they aren’t as hard to make as the pros want you to think lol. I am interested to see how your tweeks will affect the action...so I can get the one I make balanced!!
Actually pretty darn nice. With all the labor involved now I see why those big swim baits are so expensive.
I'm with u Tim, Very impressive.
I was thinking the same thing.
I think in 1 of his videos he said around $200.00.
I would throw that all the time!!great job Millikan
1) Thx for another cool ass vid. I really like watching your lure making vids. 2) U SCARED THE PISS OUTTA ME when you first accelerated the video. I thought you slipped or something. LOL 3) Your kid looks like mine did at his age so I really like seeing you take the time to make him a part of vids sometimes. 4) I wish you could make a spider lure. You crush bass with that more than anyone else I've seen. LOL
My wife has a uv light for nails you might want to look in to it. Looks like it would work perfectly for what your doing.
Forgot to say; you did a hell of a job on that bait. Damn good work.
Dang that thing looks awesome
Dude you should make your logo into a tail for a glide bait. Super sick
Basswood, Ash, Poplar, Buckeye, and Soft Maple would all be great. They have a common density (hardness).
Cringing watching the drilling into the hands...lol...be careful Milli!!!🤣🤣👍
Would like to see you make a bluegill glide bait.
You definitely need to go make some lures and videos with Marling baits.
Awesome job man. You would probably be better off cutting the joint with a hand saw part way through before shaping. And using a 45° jig. Great work. I love the bait making videos.
That is actually dope dude
17:57 its best if you seal the wood before you water test so it doesnt soak up water and make it heavy weaker and eventually rot
Yes. The bait making is bad ass.
Really good job mate!!! Make pig shad strike pro soft lure🤔😎
Just use a tiny drill bit in the lead to remove small bits and lighten it up if you wanted to slow that sink a little more
Bait making beats ice fishing for bluegill. Try a big plopper style bait.
You need to make A crappie next and love the bait making videos
Badass man! Dude, maybe like a jointed spook type bait or a popper?
Saw your ring and thought “oh shit, he done got a finger!” Lmao
I saw a guy making blade baits out of pop cans, lead weights, and googly eyes. Dunno if that sounds like a DIY you are interested in 🤷♂️
Great lure thx again for the videos keep it
That was cool to see u make a bait agen u should do a little bit smaller bait makeing. But looks great tho keep the good work up with makeing baits to
Looks real good.
For the Shad print, do you need to use a specific type of printer or just glue stick tissue paper to regular paper and print on any printer?
Yes!! Bait making “big swimbaits”
Awesome effort.
M'Fer Baits world wide. Can I pre - order , are do you have to somebody.. Thank you Brother. That slo mo I could watch for literally hours.
I would really like to see you make another swim bait similar to this one but I'm thinking a baby bass would do really good give it a try even if it dont catch good which I think it will it would most definitely be unique thanks dad.
I've made all kinds of different baits. My bread and butter is crank baits. I'd love to see you make a crank! Deep/ shallow it doesn't matter 🤗👍🏻
A few questions…
Gear ratio?
Knot choices ?
Retrieve angle?
Thanks and congrats on your BASS win….
Ben might be heading to Georgetown Kentucky for work. Any places you can recommend for a Canuck out of his area?
Have to say, that bait looks pretty slick in the water... look out Mike Bucca!
Resin cast a real Gill, or any kind of fish I spose
That was awesome.
Would love to see a photo finish in crappie pattern, like a 5-6 incher
Did you finish to coat around the hinges so the water doesnt get intomthe wood?
Fish catcher for sure
Want to see you catch stuff on the baits!!
Are you using channelock pliers your using. Those are made in my hometown chances are I know the guy who put it together in the factory haha.
Keep up the bait making vids. They are awesome and very inspiring. I want to make my own now. I want to see you land one on that sexy shad!
Do a mold of the Henkel and see if you can improve it
Dude, get a small vise to stay steady your work piece and use both hands on the drill. Seems simple enough!
Nailed it
Looks like it will get bit!! Good job..
Hey broski! Any new updates on the tourney? I can't freakin wait!!!
I can't either
That thing is badass,definitely gunna catch a SLAUNCH I want 1 damn it,awsome video
That is awesome work
Love your vids, can you do a vid when you make a photo finish baby bass