Gone Fishin' ...

I am curious if we have any fisher-people in the house.I certainly enjoy it.I was there the day my son cought his first fish.Lets talk about the one that got away and the one that didnt.

I know we have at least one board member who likes to fish because he mailed me this hand crafted lure.

Eric

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Oh boy...I fish big time! Freshwater...Lake Erie, Niagara River in my back yard...Walleye and SMB's are the species of choice but I'll take a day on the lake over anything...pic of my daughter and a 8lb eye, and this summer with my son's first LMB Lunker!

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Eric i think if you hold the lure up to a light, and then turn the light off you may have a surprise. Check out those spectaflame blue scales, looking like a blue enamel j car.

That bass is sweet

Nice Walligator C....I grew up fishing L. Erie w/my pops. I love dem eyes as well, but unfortunately I have not been out on the lake fishing since I bought my house. I also live on a class A muskie lake,,,,,the fishing will come when the house is finished!lol..I have time:)

Not like I have far to go......
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Yep Love to Fish myself. Seasonal here though. Unless its ice fishin. Cant wait till spring

Slim, that is one heck of a view

Hey Jim, fire up the bar b que, I'll be there in a few hours. Thats a great looking hunk o earth you got there.
Jeff

Great pics,thankyou.

This picture of my son and I was taken about a decade ago.

Eric

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Jim,

I was fortunate to spend every summer from '73-'90 in Iola, WI, so before I had a driving license we had fishing license. So when your 10 with sibling 7 & 4 all we did was fish, fish, fish, eat pizza's and cheeseburgers...fish some more, then fish again. Lotta fishing...anyhow found this pic of my kid bro and his 1st ever Northern out of Wisconsin! I think this was Silver Lake in Scandanavia...I try to hit it once a week up here to keep my sanity. Where did u fish out of on Lake Erie?

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That is too much.....bobber fishing for northerns!lol Usually them damn things just hit the bobbers and not the bait! Back when I was younger we launched down by Monroe (Bolles Harbor).....not to far from the ohio border. Sometime we worked up into the Detroit river, but for the most part we stayed in the big lake. We usually trekked out to the shipping channel and worked that area for eyes.....I remember pulling up jumbo perch 2 at a time out there as well. Back in the day, now I just look out at the lake and then go back inside to work on the house. Pretty sad when I never put my fishing boat in the water last year, and I only took the pontoon out maybe a dozen times all summer. The time will come.........

Pretty soon i'll have the first batch of 2011 lures finished, everyone who has posted above will recieve at least one free of charge, i'll contact you later for mailing info. Thanks, Robert

Robert that is awesome!!! Many thanks in advance...pic of me and the boy casting some new hardware on local pond. Bobber fishing is all we knew how to do back in 1974!!!

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[QUOTE=Broilermaker;404280]Pretty soon i'll have the first batch of 2011 lures finished, everyone who has posted above will recieve at least one free of charge, i'll contact you later for mailing info. Thanks, Robert[/QUOTE]

Thats very cool Robert.

Eric

Way Cool Robert!:thumbup: Thanks in advance as well!!

Ok today i 2nd and on some 3rd coated 20 lures in primer, i had to let the linseed oil dry real well before i did that, i noticed 3 need a little touch up carving, i think i'll finishthese in tropical frog or bird colors, these should be investment grade fishable lures, whatever your pleasure, just give me a little time as these have to be right before i send them out after i put the colors on, they'll need to be coated for the marine environment, so it may be a week or so but i promise it'll be worth the wait.

Btw, i may accept a couple of more people to be fair

Take your time, it'll be a while before I get the boat out!:bored:

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Would a fish decoy be better?

Yes,I am ready
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Ok your in, next one in is the last for the free offer

Such a Cool thing to do. Thanks a Big Time Bunch!!

Your all welcome, still looking for another person

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Hey Robert,

Perhaps share a few more of your lure crafting skills.

The more fishin' stories and pictures the better.

Eric

Id love to start fishing, especially now that I live in central PA. When I lived down south, all I heard about was largemouth. Up here its smallmouth, muskie, and walleye.

I kinda like largemouth, though the others are nice also, you made the list so i'll get you info later.

Ok eric, since you asked, a little about me, i am atleast a fouth generation painter, my great grandfather was the forman for all of the finish woodwork on the titanic, my grandfather, amoung other things was a forman in aden at a refinery with 150 men under him, my dad retired as a financial secretary for the union, he also painted show cars in the seventies (mainly for free) and appeared in several magazines (the cars anyway) i achieved the title of master journeyman painter, i left the union after 8 years to work for the city, not a bad move and have been there for 18 years at the end of the month. I have to give credit to God because i couldnt do anything without Him. I have won awards for my carving.

Onto the lures originally i started off with the intention of exactly duplicating antique lures, i did a lot of research and even these lures are made that way, except i use rattle cans. Each lure is hand carved, this batch took 1/2 hour of carving for each lure, then they are sanded, i then soak for a min of 30 minutes in linsead oil to protect the wood for an aqua environ, each lure is sanded, primed at least twice, then they are spayed white, even if i pInt them black, several different colors get used, details added, then sealed again, then hooks are applied. These lures are my own design, based on old lures, if you dont catch fish with them either you cant fish or there aint no fish where you are at.

These lures are smaller than i like to make but they are just as effective, you wont find them in stores, and if you lose one you'll miss it.
I am sorry that at this time i cant post pictures, i havent figured out how to do it on the ipad, sorry

Anyway i also started two years ago to give or trade away roaks at the convention in LA, ca under the name Bobby Brazil, 2010 cars each had some form of body work done to it, making lures is more fun trust me

James B.. what in the **** would make you go north other then Busch Gardens as that is as far north as have ever been or want to go LMAO..
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I use to Bass fish in the early 90's and stopped in 1996 and have layed low since but i did get to go on 2 fishing trips this pass fall and i do plan to go some this spring.. also this just my wall hungs and not standup.

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Ok lets see the stand ups, and i'll decide if :confused: your worthy of a lure, i'd ask my friend eric, but he's a softy, so exactly how many pounds was that bass?

That was my first good fish while learning and came from tuckertown lake in 1992 and if i remember right it was 6 or 6 1/2 pounds .. i only fished for 4 years.

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Two day tournament on 2 diffrent lakes made the club classic which payed out $1500 for 1st place which was two man teams per boat and 16 hours of hard fishing.. also the last tournament i ever fished as i quit fishing after..

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Me as a young guy maybe 25 then (soon to be 44) .. and that big fish was 6+ pounds from Lake Lucas but me being 6' tall makes it look small.

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Me and my fishing Buddy (1993) and the one i learned from as he started in the early 70's .. but sadly he passed away in Jan 1997.. 3 months after that classic tournament and one reason i quit fishing..

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Well shoot ok, your in

This thread is a warm and fuzzy.

Eric

I am getting pumped already cant wait to hit the water.

Forgot about these, first trip to my father-in-laws friends camp in Quebec, I netted this one, a 42' Northern that tipped scales just over 20LBS...and the other one put me in the local club with a 31" 10lb 4 oz Wally...
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Nice Eye!!

Fun thread!

Here's a couple:

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Best bait ever used!!!!

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Scott thats the best story i've heard yet, but you dont get a lure, i got something else for you

I use to live 50 feet from the Truckee River in South Lake Tahoe,caught 100's of Brook Trout and now i don't like fish.

Dont like fish?

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Not really,Sushi sometimes but that is about it.