Cedar Skorps |
Post Reply |
Author | |
Fysshe Salmon
LureLovers.com Fanatic Fysshe Lures Joined: 04 Jan 2011 Location: Taylors Beach Status: Offline Points: 2747 |
Post Options
Thanks(1)
Posted: 27 Jun 2015 at 1:30pm |
We've been getting a nice run of Doggies off the beach lately and the lure of choice has been the 125 DD scorpion in flouro green. Unfortunately, something large came off the bottom and relieved me of it last week!! Our local tackle shops only had the 3 and 8 metre ones in stock, so I decided to have a go at making a couple... I have a good supply of Red Cedar (thanks to Gavin OCD), so I marked out a few blanks roughly the same shape as the Halco ones. I made an Ally bib from 1.5mm plate and a 2mm Poly bib. The Ally bibbed model was made in the "Classic" style while the other was to be towed from the bib. After gluing and sealing the lures, they looked too good to paint , so I had to leave one as a nude! The other two I just painted flouro yellow with lime backs. Emerald green on the heads to highlight the big yellow eyes. The standard Scorpions have 3 trebles which seem to do a lot of damage to the fish, so I've only fitted 2 hooks on these. (2/0 HD trebles I got off the Bay) |
|
Fysshe
|
|
bignanny
Stall Holder CAM Lures Joined: 18 Oct 2011 Location: North Qld Status: Offline Points: 1869 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
Great looking lures mate. Regards Chris
|
|
Fysshe Salmon
LureLovers.com Fanatic Fysshe Lures Joined: 04 Jan 2011 Location: Taylors Beach Status: Offline Points: 2747 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
The nude turned out very nice and will look nice in my lure cabinet. I've called them "Skorpians" and I hope to get out next week and feed them to the Doggies and Grey Mackerel...
|
|
Fysshe
|
|
JKR
Senior Member Joined: 16 Feb 2013 Location: Canberra Status: Offline Points: 254 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
Beautiful
|
|
steiny
LureLovers.com Fanatic Joined: 29 Jul 2011 Location: Mackay Status: Offline Points: 5285 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
Very nice Ian....these look awesome mate!
|
|
cheers steiny
|
|
Nicho
Stall Holder Nichos Maulers Joined: 25 Feb 2010 Location: POMONA QLD Status: Offline Points: 8752 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
nice lures ian...keen to see fish pics soon!!! :)
|
|
Nichos Maulers Homemade timber lures....THEY CATCH FISH!
YA DONT KNOW...IF YA DONT GO...SO GET OUT THERE AND... FISH IT |
|
Strangalures
LureLovers.com Fanatic Joined: 08 Jun 2012 Location: Zeehan Tasmania Status: Offline Points: 2080 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
They look nice Ian , the fish will love them
|
|
Fish Choking Lures :)
|
|
horrorhead
LureLovers.com Fanatic LureLover of the Year 2020 Joined: 14 Jun 2011 Location: Cooktown qld Status: Offline Points: 14028 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
NIIICE AS - looking real good
|
|
Martin-
you don't havta be pretty to fish |
|
Jack5
Senior Member Joined: 16 Aug 2014 Location: Mackay Status: Offline Points: 141 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
Great job as usual Ian .the sooty lures got of
You for my son where a hit |
|
Vicious Fishes
Member Joined: 01 Dec 2009 Location: Sunny Canberra Status: Offline Points: 99 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
Good looking lures Fyshee,
That cedar always gets me. Looks pretty ordinary until you seal it and then I wish I had sanded the centreline completely so it could remain a nude. Steve |
|
Mr Viper
LureLovers.com Fanatic Viper Lures (Still Young) Joined: 23 Dec 2010 Location: BaysideBrisbane Status: Offline Points: 1990 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
Yes, up to your usual standard Ian
|
|
Fishing ??? Lets do it !!!!!!!!!!
|
|
Nativeman
LureLovers.com Fanatic Joined: 02 Jun 2010 Location: The Switch Status: Offline Points: 1447 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
Bloody Beautiful Ian,,,love it..
|
|
jaybonnie
LureLovers.com Fanatic Joined: 19 Nov 2011 Location: Queanbeyan Status: Offline Points: 1071 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
Well done mate
|
|
THE CODFATHER
|
|
Fysshe Salmon
LureLovers.com Fanatic Fysshe Lures Joined: 04 Jan 2011 Location: Taylors Beach Status: Offline Points: 2747 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
Finally got out this morning to test the lures. Both swam well and we took quite a few strikes and managed to get two small Doggys and a small Cod to the boat. Unfortunately, the wind came up a bit and we didn't make it out to the offshore shoals. The lures are now a little worse for wear...
|
|
Fysshe
|
|
horrorhead
LureLovers.com Fanatic LureLover of the Year 2020 Joined: 14 Jun 2011 Location: Cooktown qld Status: Offline Points: 14028 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
Well done and be proud of those battle scars on them
|
|
Martin-
you don't havta be pretty to fish |
|
matt fraser
Stall Holder Barambah Lures Joined: 12 Jan 2010 Location: Rochedale South Status: Offline Points: 1047 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
Good work Ian! Must be nice to put them to work, and come up with the goods! I reckon the Spaniards would love them too.
Love the Scorp shape with a distict Fyshee head shape/eyes/paint. Matt |
|
Fysshe Salmon
LureLovers.com Fanatic Fysshe Lures Joined: 04 Jan 2011 Location: Taylors Beach Status: Offline Points: 2747 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
Thanks guys, I couldn't get the action i wanted with the ally bibbed one, so I removed the towpoint and drilled the bib. Now it has a real wild action that doesn't seem to affected by speed. It runs about 3 metres on the troll and the poly bibbed one at 4 metres plus.
|
|
Fysshe
|
|
Fysshe Salmon
LureLovers.com Fanatic Fysshe Lures Joined: 04 Jan 2011 Location: Taylors Beach Status: Offline Points: 2747 |
Post Options
Thanks(1)
|
My daughter and son in law are up at the moment and needed a feed of fish, so we launched his 4.85 Sea Jay Saturday arvo to try for macks on the making tide. Light winds and a 60HP Yammy on the back had us on the shoals pretty quick!!
I used my new Skorp and I suggested to Sarah to use the Flouro green Halco. I took my hand held Gps to get us on the reef and first pass over the marks, Sarah hooked up to a nice Doggie.. We had fun for about an hour landing 5 good sized ones but we mat have dropped over a dozen!! I don't normally use wire when using big minnows but these fish were frantic and we were lucky to lose only one lure. Teeth marks all up the 60lb Jinkai leaders!! A lot more battle scars on my lure now... |
|
Fysshe
|
|
Ducks
LureLovers.com Fanatic Joined: 24 Feb 2012 Location: Point Clare Status: Offline Points: 2142 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
They certainly seem to like it.
Better start a production line. |
|
steiny
LureLovers.com Fanatic Joined: 29 Jul 2011 Location: Mackay Status: Offline Points: 5285 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
Good stuff Ian!
|
|
cheers steiny
|
|
Nicho
Stall Holder Nichos Maulers Joined: 25 Feb 2010 Location: POMONA QLD Status: Offline Points: 8752 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
nice pics...gods country up there, thanks for sharing.
|
|
Nichos Maulers Homemade timber lures....THEY CATCH FISH!
YA DONT KNOW...IF YA DONT GO...SO GET OUT THERE AND... FISH IT |
|
steiny
LureLovers.com Fanatic Joined: 29 Jul 2011 Location: Mackay Status: Offline Points: 5285 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
Good feed of fish for the family too!
|
|
cheers steiny
|
|
horrorhead
LureLovers.com Fanatic LureLover of the Year 2020 Joined: 14 Jun 2011 Location: Cooktown qld Status: Offline Points: 14028 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
Good looking lure that - full of character
|
|
Martin-
you don't havta be pretty to fish |
|
rodsncods
LureLovers.com Fanatic Joined: 27 Nov 2011 Location: somewhere Status: Offline Points: 4250 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
thats what a good lure should look like, well done.......mick
|
|
BEER IS PROOF THAT GOD LOVES US AND WANTS US TO BE HAPPY!!!
|
|
Strangalures
LureLovers.com Fanatic Joined: 08 Jun 2012 Location: Zeehan Tasmania Status: Offline Points: 2080 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
The lures holding up well on the toothy critters , top stuff
|
|
Fish Choking Lures :)
|
|
Fysshe Salmon
LureLovers.com Fanatic Fysshe Lures Joined: 04 Jan 2011 Location: Taylors Beach Status: Offline Points: 2747 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
Unfortunately, we have oil washing up on the beaches following a spill south of Townsville 10 days ago. Sarah had to use turps to get it off her feet after retrieving the boat on Saturday. I just noticed blotches on the ramp when looking at the photo. Workers had cleaned it before we launched but more must have washed up on the flood tide...
|
|
Fysshe
|
|
Fysshe Salmon
LureLovers.com Fanatic Fysshe Lures Joined: 04 Jan 2011 Location: Taylors Beach Status: Offline Points: 2747 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
Weather and tides have been good to us this week and have been able to get out for a couple of trips. The Doggies have been in plague proportions but we found a small rubble shoal that the "Nomads" from the van park haven't discovered yet...
Double hookups were common when we hit the marks but after changing to "Spot" style lures, we got some nice Greys over 80cm and even a couple of Spaniards. |
|
Fysshe
|
|
Fysshe Salmon
LureLovers.com Fanatic Fysshe Lures Joined: 04 Jan 2011 Location: Taylors Beach Status: Offline Points: 2747 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
Carl sent me a few old lures awhile ago including a large old Cordell Spot that I repainted. It was the best lure today with two big Broad Bars and a Spaniard. It looks a lot worse now...
|
|
Fysshe
|
|
grey nomad
LureLovers.com Fanatic Joined: 18 May 2010 Location: Maryborough Status: Offline Points: 1146 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
Ian, when did you paint the head of the lure black, and did it make a difference ??
|
|
Gristy
|
|
Fysshe Salmon
LureLovers.com Fanatic Fysshe Lures Joined: 04 Jan 2011 Location: Taylors Beach Status: Offline Points: 2747 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
To spice up the afternoon, I got out the old Bass baitcaster with 2kg line and rigged a 4" jerkbait on fine wire. We dropped the MinnKota on the shoal and teased up a few residents with a hookless lure then flicked out the soft plastic.
Hits were numerous but getting a decent hookset on the light line was difficult. I did get two in the boat, the best 1.97kg and the "decky" got one at 1.5kg. (Her first attempt on light line) Good fun though!! |
|
Fysshe
|
|
Fysshe Salmon
LureLovers.com Fanatic Fysshe Lures Joined: 04 Jan 2011 Location: Taylors Beach Status: Offline Points: 2747 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
Carl, I painted the head black when I ground off the front towpoint. It looked a bit messy so I just masked the bib, put some blu tack on the eyes and gave it a quick squirt of black. It seem to attract a lot more hits now...
|
|
Fysshe
|
|
grey nomad
LureLovers.com Fanatic Joined: 18 May 2010 Location: Maryborough Status: Offline Points: 1146 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
Interesting ?? might have to paint one special in that colour and keep in tackle box as backup .
|
|
Gristy
|
|
horrorhead
LureLovers.com Fanatic LureLover of the Year 2020 Joined: 14 Jun 2011 Location: Cooktown qld Status: Offline Points: 14028 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
You can't argue with success and macks are my fav table fish
|
|
Martin-
you don't havta be pretty to fish |
|
Fysshe Salmon
LureLovers.com Fanatic Fysshe Lures Joined: 04 Jan 2011 Location: Taylors Beach Status: Offline Points: 2747 |
Post Options
Thanks(1)
|
After another season on Mackerel, Cod and Coral Trout, the two original proyotypes were ready for a refresh. The old red cedar had stood up reasonably well and only needed some filler and a coat of high build primer. I'm trying two different colours for next season.
|
|
Fysshe
|
|
Post Reply | |
Tweet
|
Forum Jump | Forum Permissions You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot create polls in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum |