Pike Fishing - Jerkbait making
Things didn’t go as planned this weekend and was left with only a 4 hour outing on Saturday morning. The silver fish weren’t giving themselves up too easily so it was down to the trusty smelt! They didn’t let me down and had a couple of jack pike of them. No bigger fish were about from what i could see, maybe this was down to location or the strong cold wind that was hammering the little lake.
Sunday was lure building day, i’ve been trying my hand at making some wooden Jerkbaits. And to be honest i’m quite impressed with what i have managed to produce out of old bits of wood in the garage! After several coats of paint to seal them up i managed to have a quick test run in the local river to see how they move on the retrieve. Blimey i even amazed myself, on casting it just settled in the flow and just the top was above the water line. On making small jerks with the rod the lure swung to the right and then to the left, it looked spot on. I really cannot explain how chuffed i was with the results, it darting from left to right excellently. My epoxy resin should turn up towards the end of the week ( Envirotex Lite ) and then i can seal them properly and give them a go! I’ll let you know how i get on! I cannot wait to catch my first pike on one of these… i think its the whole ‘i made it myself’ to this newly discovered art forum!
I’ll post pictures soon of the finished product!
