jerk bait v1

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jerk action swim bait. made with glow pla in picture. because lets face it $18 for a glow in the dark fishing lure from the tackle shop is a bit much. plus this is more fun. edit: after testing this and talking to some fishermen that are a little more experienced they suggested printing it in black. the reasoning being that striped bass hit prey from below and what they see is a shadow of the prey. even against the dark sky at night. so when we look down at the water we see black against black but the fish looking up see black against a lighter background. oddly enough because this is a surface jerk bait the glow coming off it can match the background making it almost invisible to the fish below. so long story short make it black, at least on the bottom half. if possible use PLA over ABS for the filament. pla will biodegrade if left in the elements. with that in mind it is a good idea to give the lure a wash in clean fresh water and a good shake out. store dry, relatively cool and away from soft plastic lures. retrieve with a slow erratic jerking action. stay tuned for future versions with improved action, deeper diving, and rattles! This thing was made with Tinkercad. Edit it online https://www.tinkercad.com/things/4ohHUpyjdco Print Settings Printer: hictop prusa i3 Rafts: Yes Supports: Yes Resolution: .3 Infill: 10 Post-Printing ensuring smooth action, and hardware setup to ensure smooth action i heated the lure with a heat gun and moved the articulations. if you don't have access to a heat gun you could use a different heat source or none and just use the natural friction to smooth the joints. the action should improve with use naturally. the threaded eye bolts are from home depot there the smallest ones they carry near me i heated them up a little with a blow torch and threaded them in. the hooks are one #4 treble and one #4 dressed treble for the tail and three small split rings to hold the hooks on as well as some fake eyes all from bass pro.