View Full Version : Awesome Custom Cranks you might like!
Stormcrow
04-16-2009, 10:01 AM
With the shad spawn right around the corner I had a friend do some custom painting on some crankbaits for my summer night tourneys that I have coming. I gave him a picture to work from and...WOW! I gave him 2 Xcalibur Knockers, a Bandit 100 series and 2 Lucky Crafts.
I got the crankbaits from him today and I'm so impressed with his work that I thought I would share with you guys. I know this kind of work is old news but I'm amazed at how well he worked from the pic I gave him!
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i191/prewittmd/shadcranks.jpg
calico killer kevin
04-16-2009, 10:15 AM
Nice! Looks like a sickass smelt pattern.
DarkShadow
04-16-2009, 10:34 AM
Nice threadfin pattern.
Your buddy does good work.
Reminds me a lot of the work this guy does:
http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/5982/b3991jpg.jpg
Stormcrow
04-16-2009, 10:40 AM
Nice threadfin pattern.
Your buddy does good work.
Reminds me a lot of the work this guy does:
http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/5982/b3991jpg.jpg
I cant see the link Dark cuz Im in my classroom and our filter blocks it but the guy who did these is Bob Risner of BER custom. I didnt want to mention his name because he gets overwhelmed with work. Hes one hell of a smallmouth fisherman though.
lurk 182
04-16-2009, 10:46 AM
those xcaliburs and the LV 500 look sick. i'd die if i lost one, but i'd have a lot of confidence throwing something that close to the real deal. i'd silence the rattles before i gave him mine. beautiful work, your guy too DS. megabait?
Stormcrow
04-16-2009, 10:53 AM
those xcaliburs and the LV 500 look sick. i'd die if i lost one, but i'd have a lot of confidence throwing something that close to the real deal. i'd silence the rattles before i gave him mine. beautiful work, your guy too DS. megabait?
How can you silence rattles in a crankbait? Can that be done without destroying the crankbait?
calico killer kevin
04-16-2009, 11:02 AM
How can you silence rattles in a crankbait? Can that be done without destroying the crankbait?
From my experience, no. You won't completely destroy the bait, but you
have to drill a few strategic holes and pop the little BB's out. What class
do you teach?
Stormcrow
04-16-2009, 11:45 AM
I teach 4 sections of biology and one section of ecology.
lurk 182
04-16-2009, 01:14 PM
i'll take some step by step pics and post something up. i've done it to cranks, traps, hard jerkbaits, spook type topwaters, you just have to think a little bit before you go drilling and gluing willy nilly. normans are real easy to do. i don't remove any of the weights, just glue them in place so they don't bounce around in their chambers. sammy's are way better after surgery, they don't float straight up and down like the ones from the factory. traps don't sound like underwater maracas when you tug em. in clear water me no likey rattles.
LunkerLover
04-16-2009, 08:05 PM
I teach 4 sections of biology and one section of ecology.
Crow - don't you hate how I.T. has EVERYTHING from photobucket blocked??? I'm on FNN everyday from my room and I have to wait till I get home to see any fish porno
Stormcrow
04-16-2009, 08:45 PM
Crow - don't you hate how I.T. has EVERYTHING from photobucket blocked??? I'm on FNN everyday from my room and I have to wait till I get home to see any fish porno
Amen man, totally sux.
DEADROOTS
04-17-2009, 12:20 AM
Those look sexier than the sexy shad pattern! Does he do this for others as well?
Nessie Hunter
04-17-2009, 08:24 AM
Jason, throw those baits away and buy some Dynamite........
Ive seen you fish..... :ROFL:
Stormcrow
04-19-2009, 07:05 PM
Jason, throw those baits away and buy some Dynamite........
Ive seen you fish..... :ROFL:
:ROFL::ROFL: I almost fell out of my chair! I keep dynamite in the trunk just for days when I skunk! LOL
bassassassin
04-19-2009, 10:49 PM
man id just put those on the self and look at them, because i would just worry about losing them the whole time i was throwing them
hughpam
04-20-2009, 06:22 AM
Crow - don't you hate how I.T. has EVERYTHING from photobucket blocked??? I'm on FNN everyday from my room and I have to wait till I get home to see any fish porno
Get an air card and bring your laptop to work. That's how I do it. Where do you teach?
jim532
04-20-2009, 02:32 PM
Crow - don't you hate how I.T. has EVERYTHING from photobucket blocked??? I'm on FNN everyday from my room and I have to wait till I get home to see any fish porno
I've blocked a lot of web content here, so some of the employees here use some web surfing proxies to circumvent the blocked website content. You might want to give that a try
Mojave River Angler
04-20-2009, 06:05 PM
Hey, don't be affraid to ask the guys over in IT to open the door for photobucket. They have that control...and unless there is black and white policy prohibiting...they just might crack the door for you. It helps a little if you can find a legitimate academic purpose for it as well.
IT guy at another school.
MRA
Stormcrow
04-21-2009, 08:16 AM
Hey, don't be affraid to ask the guys over in IT to open the door for photobucket. They have that control...and unless there is black and white policy prohibiting...they just might crack the door for you. It helps a little if you can find a legitimate academic purpose for it as well.
IT guy at another school.
MRA
You can also throw in a case of Heineken. Thats what I did!
lurk 182
04-27-2009, 09:30 PM
i said i'd mention something about silencing the rattles in crankbaits and other hardbaits. the biggest problem is finding the chambers that the rattles are contained in, and drilling the hole in the right place. here's a pic that shows pretty well where the balls are going to be located in most crankbaits (somewhere in the belly, in the front half of the body).
http://www.predatorbassbaits.com/id96.htm
normans are maybe the best b/c both balls are in their own fixed chamber. some baits have the ball just loose in the center of the bait so that it can go to the tail when you cast. on these baits, you can still silence them by pinning that weight to a fixed spot, right behind the bill, in front of the belly hook, but you lose casting distance (the Flat CB series of lucky crafts are like this).
after drilling you're holes, one per rattle/ball, i just make sure the ball is in the center of the chamber and drip gorilla glue in the hole and let that set up (the GG expands in the hole and some excess may come out-wipe away). i then re-drill the hole slightly so there's no glue blocking the plastic, and i use surfboard UV cure resin (for fixing dings-any surfshop's got it- could use epoxy too) to seal the hole and sand flat. the norman's and fat free shads are probably my favorite ones in that they're real easy to do.