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Offline E_Bassfisher

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ahh quality bagley baits......grrrrrr
« on: August 25, 2008, 09:12:06 PM »
just thought i'd post this as a warning to other crank bait fans here. this is a beautiful(can you use that word in fishing?) bluegill patterned crank i 'had'
here is the bait:



here is an up close of the line tie:


notice the wire that appears to go into the wood part....a wire that i assumed went through the bait and possibly connects to the hook.....right? WRONG:



broke when i 'cleaned' weeds from the bait by smacking it against the water!!! i'm just glad it didnt have a big fish on it when it broke!

anyway, thats my rant....i wish i could get my $7 back!!!!
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Re: ahh quality bagley baits......grrrrrr
« Reply #1 on: August 25, 2008, 10:35:44 PM »
Some of the crankbait makers on here might can tell you a way to make that back usable again.  Big M maybe?
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Re: ahh quality bagley baits......grrrrrr
« Reply #2 on: August 26, 2008, 01:53:05 AM »
Woh, that is seriously messed up. As a crankbaiter kinda guy, I would have been upset if I lost a fish that way.

Up to this point, only normans are on my bad list. I bought two, threw away the receipt on the way to the lake and both cbs were awful out of the box. I was very disappointed. No amount of tweaking the line tie helped either. >:D

Glad you found out now vs. a real life situation with a lunker.
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Re: ahh quality bagley baits......grrrrrr
« Reply #3 on: August 26, 2008, 04:56:00 AM »
That is a surprise :o That makes me remember back when Poes cranks were all the rage after David Fritts won the Classic. I bought four or so of them. They were all made of cedar if you recall. I got home from the store anxious to try them out. Well, guess what, they all had developed cracks in the bodies either after the first use or I noticed it upon taking them out of the package. I sent Browning a note about it and I did get my money back.
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Re: ahh quality bagley baits......grrrrrr
« Reply #4 on: August 26, 2008, 07:22:31 AM »
ouch.  Thats not good.  I'd call them up.
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Re: ahh quality bagley baits......grrrrrr
« Reply #5 on: August 26, 2008, 08:21:24 AM »
i had this happen before with some cheaper bagley's. infact i lost a real nice fish because of this; i still remember it: i got this huge bite!!! got the fish near the boat and the line goes slack.....and a reeled in.......a crank bait lip!!!!!! ouch
i really didnt expect this with the bluegill crank; i guess i was fooled by the wire at the line tie.

if anyone has any ideas on how to get that bait working again it would be great to hear.
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Re: ahh quality bagley baits......grrrrrr
« Reply #6 on: August 26, 2008, 10:54:00 AM »
Maybe you could use a small diameter drillbit and drill a hole straight into the body towards the tail, then drill one in the back of the lip (lined up with the hole you drilled in the body) and then glue a thin steel rod in that spot.  :)
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Re: ahh quality bagley baits......grrrrrr
« Reply #7 on: August 26, 2008, 10:55:00 AM »
They are just super glued in from the factory arent they?

Send Big M a message and ask how he attaches his lips.
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Re: ahh quality bagley baits......grrrrrr
« Reply #8 on: August 26, 2008, 10:56:40 AM »
http://www.bassresource.com/fishing/crankbait_making_2.html  check out that link.

They use Devcon epoxy.
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Re: ahh quality bagley baits......grrrrrr
« Reply #9 on: August 26, 2008, 11:03:41 AM »
thanks for the tips guys. im afraid that if i fix it w/epoxy it'll break again. dangit-that is one of the best looking & tracking cranks i ever threw.
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Re: ahh quality bagley baits......grrrrrr
« Reply #10 on: August 26, 2008, 11:07:59 AM »
But arent most crankbait lips just epoxied in?
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Re: ahh quality bagley baits......grrrrrr
« Reply #11 on: August 26, 2008, 11:10:25 AM »
prolly so...i still have a bunch of epoxy left from my transom repair so i'll give it a try probably.
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