Custom Spinnerbait?
Custom Spinnerbait?
What would be a reasonabl price for a custom built Titanium spinnerbat? The one I am getting is a 1 ounce double colorado and will be somewhere around 15 bucks. Is that a reasonable price or am I getting ripped?
- Lunkerlurker
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Tell us more about this spinnerbait. What are the options and what fish are you gonna use it for.
Here a few things to consider:
1 once spinnerbaits are not as common as 3/8 or 1/2 oz.
Quality sampo ball bearing swivel cost about 1.5$ to 2.5$ depending on size and setup.
The titanium wire is expensive + you need a snap to close the wire on the swivel.
Skirt material can be expensive ex: lumaflex.
A good paint job on the head take time because of multiple paint layers.
The blades usually are std except for some stuff like paint and gold/silver plating.
+ 3D eyes...
Then there is the workmanship...
LL
Here a few things to consider:
1 once spinnerbaits are not as common as 3/8 or 1/2 oz.
Quality sampo ball bearing swivel cost about 1.5$ to 2.5$ depending on size and setup.
The titanium wire is expensive + you need a snap to close the wire on the swivel.
Skirt material can be expensive ex: lumaflex.
A good paint job on the head take time because of multiple paint layers.
The blades usually are std except for some stuff like paint and gold/silver plating.
+ 3D eyes...
Then there is the workmanship...
LL
I think LL is right on the money.
Anyone can buy and build there own spinnnerbiats, heck even I can do it
Trust me when I say the parts make up the whole. It would be very easy to use cheap parts, but that's not to say yours is made of cheap parts, it is just as easy to make them using the best parts.
I make 3/8 ounce spinnerbiats and I do my best to buy the best parts that I can and my cost for 1 is around $4.00, depending on the customs guys, sometimes I get dinged and sometime I do not get dinged for customs taxes and that does add to the costs.
If you catch a fish of a life time on it then isn't it worth every penny?
Anyone can buy and build there own spinnnerbiats, heck even I can do it
Trust me when I say the parts make up the whole. It would be very easy to use cheap parts, but that's not to say yours is made of cheap parts, it is just as easy to make them using the best parts.
I make 3/8 ounce spinnerbiats and I do my best to buy the best parts that I can and my cost for 1 is around $4.00, depending on the customs guys, sometimes I get dinged and sometime I do not get dinged for customs taxes and that does add to the costs.
If you catch a fish of a life time on it then isn't it worth every penny?
Riverratlures.com
These guys make the best Muskie spinnerbaits I've seen yet .Tie jobs are tight and sealed they use true bucktails and they use powder coat paint which doesn't come off.
And I have caught at least 2 major bass and even large pics on them while high speed trolling for Muskie
And you can customize them yourself
all for approx $20 and they last for years
These guys make the best Muskie spinnerbaits I've seen yet .Tie jobs are tight and sealed they use true bucktails and they use powder coat paint which doesn't come off.
And I have caught at least 2 major bass and even large pics on them while high speed trolling for Muskie
And you can customize them yourself
all for approx $20 and they last for years
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Bass and pike Hey...
A few more things to consider.
The titanium wire as been known to break in the R-bend. Personnally I used titanium and it happened.
I would not use them in a tournament situation because it's rarely the dinks that break your spinnerbait...
One more thing about titanium is the vibration factor that is increased, at leat what you feel trough your rod. This is subject to a lots of debates and I wont go there unless somebody wants my uoinnion on this.
If the guy knows his stuff he will tune and balance the spinnerbait for the speed and depht that you intend to use it (deep slow roll of ledgebuster type?) That's the critical part as far as fishability. The quality part is about durability...
I've built mine since 1995. I'm still experimenting as far as desing is concerned but I have a few faithfull desings that I use 95% of the time given the specifics of the season, water clarity and the weather.
Hope that's help
LL
A few more things to consider.
The titanium wire as been known to break in the R-bend. Personnally I used titanium and it happened.
I would not use them in a tournament situation because it's rarely the dinks that break your spinnerbait...
One more thing about titanium is the vibration factor that is increased, at leat what you feel trough your rod. This is subject to a lots of debates and I wont go there unless somebody wants my uoinnion on this.
If the guy knows his stuff he will tune and balance the spinnerbait for the speed and depht that you intend to use it (deep slow roll of ledgebuster type?) That's the critical part as far as fishability. The quality part is about durability...
I've built mine since 1995. I'm still experimenting as far as desing is concerned but I have a few faithfull desings that I use 95% of the time given the specifics of the season, water clarity and the weather.
Hope that's help
LL
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My last post said I make 3/8 ounce spinnerbaits but I am brain dead, I haven''t made 3/8 ounce in years, I make 1/2 ounce.
Now the batch I got last year were a great proce for an already painted head but I found out very quickly that you do get what you pay for. A 3 pound bass was bendiing them so I went back to where they are stronger and a bit more pricey but they'll stand up to the toothy critters.
You are not going to know what you've got until you try it, same thing if you were buying it at a store.
Now the batch I got last year were a great proce for an already painted head but I found out very quickly that you do get what you pay for. A 3 pound bass was bendiing them so I went back to where they are stronger and a bit more pricey but they'll stand up to the toothy critters.
You are not going to know what you've got until you try it, same thing if you were buying it at a store.
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Strike King Magnum King JR.
JB,
Strike King Magnum King JR's are the bomb for Pike and Big Bass.
They are hard to find and maybe even discontinued?
They are 1.25 OZ and have No. 7 blades.
When you find they will run around $10 each.
G
Strike King Magnum King JR's are the bomb for Pike and Big Bass.
They are hard to find and maybe even discontinued?
They are 1.25 OZ and have No. 7 blades.
When you find they will run around $10 each.
G
This is a 1 ounce spinnerbait ( same one I ordered but standard wire) beside a 3/8 ounce red eye. Not much difference in size. I like having the heavy head so I can work the bait a little faster. Those big colorado's provide alot of lift. Plus I can cast a mile with them. I usually don't catch many big fish (10+) on them but I do raise alot of them and catch them pitching suckers or flukes. Great search baits. But them 5 pounders do quite abit of damage. Thx for everyones input.
Grumpy that is the spinnerbait I used last year. I still have it an will use it this year but it is beat up pretty bad.
Grumpy that is the spinnerbait I used last year. I still have it an will use it this year but it is beat up pretty bad.
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Japan Baits
JB,
Japan has some pretty cool looking large SB's out. There not cheap but you obviously know that good baits cost some $$$.
Take a Look.
OSP Typhoon $20
Evergreen SR $12.50
MegaBass V3's $12.50
Japan has some pretty cool looking large SB's out. There not cheap but you obviously know that good baits cost some $$$.
Take a Look.
OSP Typhoon $20
Evergreen SR $12.50
MegaBass V3's $12.50