reclaiming a Muskie lure

The original factory finish peeled right off the lure body in big chunks. I really liked the action of this lure so I set about putting on a new finish. I’m not much of a painter so I started by peeling away the remaining pieces of the original finish. I then gave it a coat of clear epoxy. Followed by a sprinkling of glitter while the first coat of epoxy was still wet. Once it was “set” I gave the entire thing a top coat to encase everything.

I hope the fish approve my efforts.

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nicely done !! to heck with taking it to the water,hang it under a disco light and the skies will beat your door down trying to get to it !!

Nicely done Sir!

Betcha ya get some good meals of cheeks with that!

I think you’ve re-created a keeper. Nice job!

Iowaboy1 wrote:

nicely done !! to heck with taking it to the water,hang it under a disco light and the skies will beat your door down trying to get to it !!

Completely agreed. Looks great man.

Thanks guys, It does sparkle a bit If nothing else it should get a few follows.

What bait is that, Sidewinder or old Salmo?

I have heard the girls at the strip club like to use glitter. But boy Dave you must have had a pile on you to make that lure. It looks good. Where did you find that blue glitter? I like how it is a strip instead of a dot.

That’s really cool! That color combo on a rippin’ rap looks like it would do well for Walleye also.

Tuma wrote:

Where did you find that blue glitter? I like how it is a strip instead of a dot.

If I recall, princess sold it to him. She was working to pay for her degree in entrepreneurship and saw a sales opportunity.

stinkfinger wrote:

What bait is that, Sidewinder or old Salmo?

It was made by a company in Poland, “HRTLURES”. At the time, these lures were being distributed by Gapen Company (Dan Gapen) for those old enough to have visited with him personally.

The lure itself is a floating lure, which had a crappie pattern originally. It is 5 inches long and quite wide top to bottom. It weighs 1.8 ounces. It has really good action and can be made to imitate a struggling and injured meal.

Will have to see if the new color combo is as effective as the original crappie pattern.

Tuma wrote:

I have heard the girls at the strip club like to use glitter.

Oh gosh, I think I’ve been “outed”. While this MAY be a legit source,,, there are other places where the glitter comes at a lower cost per pinch.

404 ERROR wrote:

That’s really cool! That color combo on a rippin’ rap looks like it would do well for Walleye also.

That or a Walleye color would do well for Muskie!

Tuma wrote:

Where did you find that blue glitter? I like how it is a strip instead of a dot.

I picked up these two colors in the craft dept. of Walmart. If memory serves me, gold and silver were dots and the other colors were very tiny strips. Don’t remember exactly what colors were there but they did have several choices.

Just looked at the container; imported by Horizon Group USA made in Shanghai, China. The blue was labeled as “holographic” blue. The term “holographic” may be key in getting strips rather than dots, if one finds something on-line.

Thanks Dave. I will have to swing in on my way home. I also have a lure I was looking at redoing this weekend and you gave me a great idea. Hopefully it turns out as good as yours.

Tuma wrote:

Thanks Dave. I will have to swing in on my way home. I also have a lure I was looking at redoing this weekend and you gave me a great idea. Hopefully it turns out as good as yours.

I rigged the lure up to my rod turner to keep the lure rotating while the epoxy set. If you don’t have something like that, you will want to manually rotate the lure every 10 minutes or so, to keep the epoxy from sagging and taking the glitter with it.

Good tip. I will put on my rod turner.

And you said your not much of a painter, Love it