Fishing lures

[Auzzie turner]

I fish at least 4 hours a week, and have seen hand-turned lures on ebay etc: for extravagent prices. I was wondering if anybody else had any experience in turning fishing lures?

If so, post a link, or what you know.

Regards.....Joash:)

[ss_11000]

you can also make 'poppas', dont know what they are exactly but my dad wants me to make some lures and poppas.

cheers

[Auzzie turner]

Poppers, are the only ones you can make out of wood. They float on water, usually a lure is referring to a lure made of metal etc: So than it can sin and not float.

[clubbyr8]

Check these sites out:

http://www.luremaking.com/howto/

http://www.luresonline.com.au/index.htm



Bob

[Auzzie turner]

thanks mate

[Rookie]

Poppers, are the only ones you can make out of wood. They float on water, usually a lure is referring to a lure made of metal etc: So than it can sin and not float.

I beg to differ. Floating lures with a diving bib are very popular in snaggy areas. They are normally a light wood such as, but not always, balsa, or a synthetic of some sort.

Having said that, not many have a shape which lends itself to turning, more to carving.

[ss_11000]

theres a guy at the local turning club who hand carves lures out of cedar. maybe you could give carving a go.

regarding poppers, the article in a mag that dad saw ( the guy was using a GMC lathe :eek:) said to use pine or a hardwood.

cheers

[TEEJAY]

Caught my biggest fish on a home made lure, the 28.5kg (63lb) mulloway (jewfish) was caught on a luminous fibreglass minnow at a river mouth during flood times - lost bigger one's too as is always the case. :)

Some guys also turned wooden plugs filled them with lead - fairly crude but they caught heaps of big fish on them too - would cast them 100m consistently with overhead gear 50lb line - aarh the good old days. I have some examples of these plugs at home but they are pretty heavy duty stuff - weigh about 4-5oz.

[Auzzie turner]

Caught my biggest fish on a home made lure, the 28.5kg (63lb) mulloway (jewfish) was caught on a luminous fibreglass minnow at a river mouth during flood times - lost bigger one's too as is always the case. :)

Some guys also turned wooden plugs filled them with lead - fairly crude but they caught heaps of big fish on them too - would cast them 100m consistently with overhead gear 50lb line - aarh the good old days. I have some examples of these plugs at home but they are pretty heavy duty stuff - weigh about 4-5oz.
so can we see photos?

[Stuart]

How do you find time? 4 hours a week fishing, on top of 10000 hours turning that you have done on at least 1 lathe (which equates to 8 hours a day, every day since you were about 11 :eek: )


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I have done around 10,000 hours of woodturning on that lathe!!!

Regards.....Joash

[Auzzie turner]

ummmm, if you look back on that thread, you will see someone else spoted that, and I calculated it out for everyone. Scroll down and have another look. It works out at around 1200

[weisyboy]

4 hours is that all. i spend a all day every satrday fishing, 8am to 4 pm and in the winter 4pm to 1am.

[ozwinner]

Meep meep.

Look out for the falling anvil...

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Al :)

[Lignum]

How do you find time? 4 hours a week fishing, on top of 10000 hours turning that you have done on at least 1 lathe (which equates to 8 hours a day, every day since you were about 11 :eek: )

Geez Stu dont you know anything:confused: Auzzie takes his lathe with him fishing

[martrix]

Meep meep.

Look out for the falling anvil...

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Al :)

ohhh...woops, sorry bit slow on the uptake there, now i hears ya.........;)

[cedar n silky]

Geez Stu dont you know anything:confused: Auzzie takes his lathe with him fishing
Not such a bad idea actually. especially if he gets his dream machine- It comes with reverse and variable speed. Think of the possibilities. He could turn a lure, then cast it and retreive the big fish using a modified chuck on the lathe.
Or better still turn a reel on the lathe, and load up the line, and your away!:D
That brings me to the original thing I was going to mention Auzzie tirner! I was fishing up the bend of a river one morning, and a very nice turned cedar hand line floated to me, and I have it to this day! While your turning lures, you could turn hand lines!!:)

[powderpost]

Auzzie Turner, Don't know where you got your ideas about fishing lures and making lures from. I lived in Cairns for twelve years, made and sold hundreds of lures through the tackle shops, all made from wood. In fact I was one of the first in Cairns to make lures by hand. Some were loaded with lead to sink, for trolling for pelagics, some were bibbed types. Poppers from 50mm up to 150mm were turned on a lathe. Some were fitted with rattles. We made lures with the bristles from brooms, lead sinkers and the "fingers" from plastic gloves, almost anything was fair game.
Jim

[Caveman]

Hey Joash,
I'm sure you did a search on the forum.....just in case you didn't here it is:
http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/search.php?searchid=1013159
A few things 'popped' up.

I mostly manage about 8 - 10hrs fishing a week. Largemouth Bass, Tilapia & catfish - probably a wee bit different to what you are after!

If you make any lures, let us know how it turned out.

[Rookie]

Every Saturday fishing here, 8 to 10 hours fishing in Kenya there. You Kenyans and Queenslanders are spoilt. We mexicans have to work hard to earn our little fish down here. Up north, just plop anything with a hook on it over the side and a fish commits suicide on it. :D :D :D And a big fish too. ;) Lucky buggers.

Anyway. I think Auzzie with his comments about poppers being the only wooden lure is probably talking about a) salt water, and b) agressive pack feeders such as salmon and tailor, plus others. Please correct me if I'm wrong Auzzie.

There are many, as has been mentioned above, people who still prefer wooden lures for both deeper diving and surface luring. Some friends of mine who picked up metre plus Barramundi in QLD just two weeks ago, exclusively on wooden bibbed lures would agree. Metal lures in camparison, have a fairly limited scope.

Still, I can get into this type of controversy on the fishing site my fishing club belongs to. Don't need it here. Have a great day.

[Auzzie turner]

Yeah, my lures will be used on sammon, tailor, dhuies, etc: all the big fish. Here at Yanchep, we have a reef where the drop off is 15 meters or more. In season, we get huuuuuuge fish. I have a a Parker 7000(It's big enough to handle Marlin) and a 12 foot surf rod. I am a salt water fisher. The lures will be quite big, up to 12" long. I saw the topic on finishes, I was ondering if mettallic paint would do?

Anyway,

Regards.......Joash

[TTIT]

4 hours is that all. i spend a all day every satrday fishing, 8am to 4 pm and in the winter 4pm to 1am.

I suppose it's safer than the shed !!!;) Knives, hooks, water, poisonous fish...... go home and watch TV - - - - - - please!:D

[Stuart]

ummmm, if you look back on that thread, you will see someone else spoted that, and I calculated it out for everyone. Scroll down and have another look. It works out at around 1200
Must admit, once I saw you say it was 10,000 hours, I thought "what a load of crap" and never went back for another look. Even at 1200 hours, that is about 1190 hours more than me :rolleyes: Jealous? me? definitely. Wish I could dedicate that much time to developing a woodturning skill.