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DockBoy Lures 'Docker'
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July 9, 2007 - 11:11 pm
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Was a little bored so I thought I would work on some lures. This is a prototype 'docker' that I have been working on. Was wondering if you guys could let me know what you think about it and when I make a few more I might be looking for some people to test them out if anyone is interested. I think it will go through the thick weeds really well and hopefully get some action when I start going out again.
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July 9, 2007 - 11:55 pm
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Looks great!!
I dont know alot about spinners,but the hooks look quite close.Will that
hurt the hook up percentage?I can see it going through the slop way better than a treble hook set up.

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July 10, 2007 - 7:53 am
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It looks nice, how big is it?

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July 10, 2007 - 5:49 pm
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It looks good, I definitely like the short arm.

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July 10, 2007 - 6:35 pm
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Looks great for running deep through thick cabbage… If you are looking for field testors, I have a trip to Gods Lake for trophy northerns comming up in 4 weeks. We will be spending a lot of time in the cabbage.

Chad

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July 10, 2007 - 8:23 pm
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yeah thats sounds great, what color would you want? I got that firetiger, red shad, and all black. Just let me know what one you want and your address or some other way that i can get the bait to you.

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August 26, 2007 - 10:25 pm
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I think those look very nice. The only suggestions I could make would be to bend that wire tag end back and tuck it in behind the short arm wire, sort of like the way a slop master is bent.That would be one less place for weeds or algae to hang on. Let me know when you start selling these, I would like one. Could you make these with a longer shank hook and loose the trailer hook??
Tom

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August 26, 2007 - 10:54 pm
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yeah i changed it up a little bit since this picture. I put a different swivel on and attached the blade to the swivel with a bucher o'ring. I also stopped wrapping the wire around the shaft, but instead i just bent it up to the main shaft and then put shrink tubing over that. Its a little difficult to describe but ill put a picture on my website so you can see. I cant really change the design of the main hook because i buy the spinnerbait head already made, but i think im going to sell them with the trailer hook and rubber tubing not attached that way the fisherman can attach the trailer anyway he/she wants.

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October 19, 2007 - 10:37 pm
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Hi Jason. How hard do you have to work your big 10" double?

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October 19, 2007 - 10:59 pm
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well i use a 8'6 heavy rod with a abu garcia 7000 so i dont have to work that hard at all. The equipment i use does all the work for me basically. The bucktails i make have the same size blades as the double cowgirls but mine are a little thicker (.040" on mine, .025" on DCG i believe) If you have ever thrown a DGC it is pretty much the same resistance in the water. It is very hard to throw any bucktails with double 10 colorados with normal reels. Can you do it with normal reels? Of course, but your forearms will probably hurt afterwards. The vibration and resistance these big bucktails put off is crazy and thats why they are catching so many fish. If you are going to throw bucktails with double 10 blades a lot i would suggest getting a big reel with a low retrieve ratio (4.1:1 i believe in the 7000s) and youll be amazed at how much easier throwing these things is. If youre going to throw them here and there i would just get a power handle on your reel and that will help a little. So basically with regular equipment you have to work pretty hard; with a low ratio reel you dont have to work hard. Either way, any double 10 bucktail is worth fishing because they flat out catch fish.

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October 20, 2007 - 8:28 am
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Thanks for the tip's. I use an 8'6 as well with the calcutta reels, so I should be good to go. Plus adding a little workout to fishing is never a bad idea! Richard simmions should start doing doing it (HA HA).

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October 21, 2007 - 12:19 am
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Jeff,
With the arms you got you could use a zebco on a scoobie doo rod
and be fine.

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October 21, 2007 - 4:02 pm
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Kid,
You are going to make me blush. Embarassed

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October 21, 2007 - 10:20 pm
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LOL!!

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November 15, 2007 - 4:31 pm
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heres a pic of the newly designed "Docker". I put a stonger crane swivel on it and attached the blade with a 100lb O'ring. I also changed the way I bent the wire down by the blade. Instead of wrapping it around the shaft a couple times, I simply bent the wire end in a half circle up to the shaft. I then put a metal bead at the bend and tightened it down with shrink tubing. The skirt if reinforced with a tiny zip tie to make sure it doesnt come off the bait. Im trying to make a good amount of these over the fall and winter to get ready for the spring. I think it will do really well in the spring/early summer especially at campau and maybe osterhout if I can get down there.
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