{"id":59,"date":"2025-07-19T10:20:52","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T17:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lunkerresearch.com\/blog\/?p=59"},"modified":"2025-08-10T08:15:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T15:15:54","slug":"starting-in-soft-plastics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lunkerresearch.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/19\/starting-in-soft-plastics\/","title":{"rendered":"Starting In Soft Plastics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I have always tinkered with fishing gear and modifying what I could buy to catch me more fish. My first custom soft plastic design was for an invention fair in 6th grade. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That was a rather crude attempt at a twin curly tail worm but it has always stuck with me as a great fish catching design. My first attempt at making a soft plastic bait mold was early last year and replicated that early effort from my childhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/lunkerresearch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20240514_101407-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lunkerresearch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20240514_101407-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lunkerresearch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20240514_101407-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lunkerresearch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20240514_101407-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lunkerresearch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20240514_101407-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lunkerresearch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20240514_101407-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lunkerresearch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20240514_101407-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This was not a very well designed, machined, or thought out mold but I still managed to make a couple baits with it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/lunkerresearch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20240514_145359-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lunkerresearch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20240514_145359-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lunkerresearch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20240514_145359-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lunkerresearch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20240514_145359-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lunkerresearch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20240514_145359-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lunkerresearch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20240514_145359-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lunkerresearch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20240514_145359-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>These managed to catch a couple rather large barred surf perch despite their very obvious issues with bubbles and overcooked plastisol. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have always tinkered with fishing gear and modifying what I could buy to catch me more fish. 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