Making Plastic Swim Baits

After my Avail Party boat trip I knew I was going to need a lot more swim baits. The way I figured is the DIY way, grabbing a block of Sculpty putty  I went to work forming some swim bait shapes, most were standard but I made one ribbon tail (I didn't use it) and one Rock fish type I made for a larger jig head.Once I formed them to my liking and baked them I sanded them smooth.

4 swim bait blanks

Rock Cod Swim Bait
Threw together a box out of scrap n my garage and aluminum taped it to a baking sheet.

I bought a lb of Alumilite RTV Type III and short poured the mold. Had to wait 4 days and pay another $15 shipping to finish my mold and even then there were weak spots. So I covered them with some porous cloth for strength.

Once it cured I pulled the mold off the sheet.

Used a razer blade to clean up the top of the molds.

I could not wait, I mixed up some pearl for the bellies and a small batch of florescent orange for half and motor oil for the other half.

The final product turned out nice.

I really lie the way everything turned out.

I am excited to see how they work. If I were to do it again I would have gone for the 3lb tub of RTV and done a few shorter skinnier swim bait blanks.

Thanks for reading.
Dan

Sweet! Im pretty sure your going to catch fish on those 

Thanks for the read

Very cool!  Just getting into pouring myself.  I know there are few guys that pour on here already, lets see em' boys!

Whoa dude, that's bad ass!  I love the one in the last shot!

I had a chance to test my own poured swimbaits recently at the ORC.  They were at least as productive as anything I have ever bought.  I used a three layer pour, similar to the Big Hammer Halloween and caught lots of Cabezon, Lings and rock fish.  I add glitter to the Alumisol after it has been heated and the glow effect is really good.

I had a chance to test my own poured swimbaits recently at the ORC.  They were at least as productive as anything I have ever bought.  I used a three layer pour, similar to the Big Hammer Halloween and caught lots of Cabezon, Lings and rock fish.  I add glitter to the Alumisol after it has been heated and the glow effect is really good.

Martin - PM me next time you are going to pour. I am having problems with my  2 and 3 color designs sticking together.

Will do Scott.  I think the key is to pour the layers as quickly as possible, leaving just enough time for the layers not to mix together in the mold.  I have had a couple that separated but for the most part they seem to be as solid as a single pour.


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mian i diggin that rockcod swimmer,when you start mass producing ill buy some from you

Thanks guys, so I've been melting through some plastic lately...









i got down to a bottle of plastic and melted all my scraps before I figured I should slow down...

It is addictive, hopefully I get to hit the salt soon.

More at the blog
http://theimpracticalfishermen.blogspot.com/2012/06/colors-colors.html

You have been a busy man.

They look sweet bro. Go Get 'em!!!

Looking good!  Thanks for sharing GIF.

we'll see how they do tomorrow.