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Guess I'll try adding photos and hope they won't be gigantic like my other post.
I work with plastic and molds to make lures, but modifying lures is always primary. I have molds for curl tail designs and figured that
maybe if the body was made thicker, it might generate more strikes in murky water. To do that I dipped premade lures in hot (300 degree) plastic one or more times and allowed to cool. They seem they do better with the plumper bodies:
(Note the clear plastic lures that caught fish.)
In line with the chubby lure idea, I came up with what I call the light bulb lure design - a hand-poured lure named Mo Magic by the company that makes the mold. I cut off the front bulbous front of the straight tail grub. This is the original which does well:
I add it to a smaller body and use it with a light jig.
The ones at the top along with other dipped plastics:
The same shape is achieved by cutting off the end of this Softy Worm on the left:
Here I added a Crappie Magnet tail to a Mo Magic dipped segment:
The above were discovered in the last three months and have caught hundreds of fish.
I work with plastic and molds to make lures, but modifying lures is always primary. I have molds for curl tail designs and figured that
maybe if the body was made thicker, it might generate more strikes in murky water. To do that I dipped premade lures in hot (300 degree) plastic one or more times and allowed to cool. They seem they do better with the plumper bodies:
![Mhlkpod.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FMhlkpod.jpg&hash=8b7a10019185343a396a4fc6ce1e94e2)
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![Ap43RM4.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FAp43RM4.jpg&hash=42f62e3253fbdef063590dd1499291f5)
![ZEjRFwv.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FZEjRFwv.jpg&hash=65747058c17b69afacab5962a8060819)
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(Note the clear plastic lures that caught fish.)
In line with the chubby lure idea, I came up with what I call the light bulb lure design - a hand-poured lure named Mo Magic by the company that makes the mold. I cut off the front bulbous front of the straight tail grub. This is the original which does well:
![gIBbGqH.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FgIBbGqH.jpg%3F3&hash=c9ae9436feb05d2068267d8392528ab8)
![Enu4jhq.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FEnu4jhq.jpg%3F1&hash=134043d6d6b40f7e200954781d3778a3)
I add it to a smaller body and use it with a light jig.
The ones at the top along with other dipped plastics:
![YKZxGZ6.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FYKZxGZ6.jpg%3F1&hash=8c158343056820fdcea6c5e1f71d2217)
![IYvBMZw.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FIYvBMZw.jpg&hash=19a2e80f52cbda8d8451f5458b392c7b)
![NLYmvpQ.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FNLYmvpQ.jpg&hash=0708ec8c4120883d48338c474b50f19c)
![Fh3xUBw.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FFh3xUBw.jpg%3F1&hash=8d7a3e4b7df0db0455c77fba2e13f5e5)
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The same shape is achieved by cutting off the end of this Softy Worm on the left:
![SS55OyC.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FSS55OyC.jpg%3F1&hash=7fb5fbf04c376ce57e349ac936642af5)
![nYnUFl7.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FnYnUFl7.jpg%3F1&hash=6f40fc3a66f45ab31d7322502d010e0f)
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Here I added a Crappie Magnet tail to a Mo Magic dipped segment:
![aAoRr5C.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FaAoRr5C.jpg%3F1&hash=0ed152469ea8969fb4ef30d2afef9443)
![lIG6QGO.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FlIG6QGO.jpg&hash=b9da28d8440d373b3046b28626814ac5)
The above were discovered in the last three months and have caught hundreds of fish.
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