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Hi everyone! If you're also interested in getting the MAXIMUM DISTANCE out of your bait cannon - check out this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SQyAjvtnI-o.html ... We tested the effects of barrel length on distance for an air bait cannon, and we show you how to calculate the (approximate) optimal barrel length for your bait cannon! Enjoy!

I’m going to put one together for blasting some chum out. To sweeten up some spots for redfish. Doesn’t need to go near a 100 yards. Maybe half that. Thanks for the idea.

You guys NEVER disappoint! Really impressed that you can keep your cool with a tropical storm/hurricane bearing down! A decent shot with the wind and rain working against you! That’s a great piece of equipment!

Nice video buddy. Yes cut the pretty end off the barrel before you or someone else gets hurt. Watching you with your air canon makes me want to build several of them for my young grandbabies. To solve the problem of a plug to seal in all the air pressure to shoot the package as far as the air pressure is going to move it. I'd use a soft type of foam about 2 or 3 inches thick the diameter of the inside of the pipe but a little bit bigger so you can get max air pressure to stay behind the foam plug. To keep reusing that plug, I'd use a 108 lb fishing line and you attach the line going in the middle of the plug to other side a secure it with a strong round piece of bamboo rod around 3/16" an over half the diameter of plug an id use spray glue on plug once line an wooden rod are tied secure together and spray the glue and let it get dry to the touch and then put a piece of black gorilla tape over it to adhere to the spray glue. Then have 12 to 14 feet of 108 lb test line coming out the barrel once plug is ready, an tie other end securely to a rubber tubing atleast around 6 feet long so it has room to stretch out before returning with the foam plug, to absorb the shock when it's fired. You can go to Walmart and buy exercise tubing bands and I'd use the black one because it's the strongest of the colors. Each color is x amount of pounds. The plug fires out an goes till the rubber tubing is reached its max length and then it comes back so your able to reuse it over n over. I'd use a 12 volt air pump also from Walmart and I have a small 12 volt battery that I can jump start a vehicle with. It's the perfect size to mount onto the canon. An for the release valve, one in video does work but not the best when you test it against other types of valves. Knowing what I know I would go with an electric valve that you use with lawn watering pipes for sprinklers. Mainly because when you hi the button that valve opens up so fast every pound of air is able to go I to the barrel and send your projectile out super fast. Once you test this set up, your going to thank me for telling you all. The valve last I remember is working on a 9volt DC power. But you can use 12 volt to operate it. If you wanted you can add a square 9vokt battery an hook it to the switch to fire it. Just remember that all your wire connections id would solder them then have heat shrink tubing over the open wires so they are sealed water tight. They also make liquid tape, electrical tape that's water proof instead of heat shrink tubes. I like the heat shrink tubes because it looks nicer an more professional. I could go on about the tripod legs on it. But this is already to long. Happy hunting you all and stay safe and wear safety glasses when shooting anything out using compressed air.

Just found your channel! Checking out the price of bait cannons was a shock so I did a DIY YT search and your channel came up. I believe the reason that you get tangles when you blast your hooks and weight outside of an ice block is that the lack of aerodynamics of those three items will cause the bait and hooks to circle around the weight which should be leading the way because of the triangle shape and mass. If you can find a way to put the bait and hooks compactly inside of a quickly water soluble material that would be closed on the leading edge that may help a lot. Or; Maybe try putting a round cardboard plug behind the potato to absorb the massive energy of the air release and poke the shank of the hooks into the leading edge of the potato and make a depression on the leading edge of the potato (with a melon baller) to nestle the weight in during the beginning of the shot. Also to make it easier on making potato plugs grind the outside edge of the PVC to a circular edge (on a belt sander) and it will make cutting through the potato a lot easier. I like the way you think, the same as I do. If I cant make it myself, almost everything I buy is modified to make it more efficient or adaptable. You just got a new Subscriber.

I have used a potato with great success. I cut about a 3 1/2 piece of 1 1/2" pvc and bevel outer edge down the inner side to create a sharpened corer. Just put corer on potato and hit hit with palm of hand to create a nice plug. My barrel has a threaded end at ball valve and I insert the potato plug from there then screw together then drop sinker and a whole whiting down the barrel. I also use a small piece of masking tape to temporarily hold line when using a spin caster . If windy it holds the line since you cant use your finger

I love that setup! I was watching that last shot frame by frame, I THINK all that slack line grabbed the bail and pulled it shut, so your leader snapped and kept flying, and the swivel bounced back at you. If you watch closely you can see the bail is open, and the second you launch, it snaps shut.

Lol, I’ve been waiting on this video. Thanks for posting I enjoyed. I don’t know if you used up one of your 9 lives but you definitely saved yourself a trip to the E.R.

Great video. Thank you. I was wondering what type of sealant you used on the sir valve?

Awesome bud, Love ur videos!!

You guys are awesome!

This was hilarious 🤣 the last part…what just flew by my head???

Good idea cannon bait launcher brother how presion use in psi ?

Good day.. i just want to find out, approximately how far does this cannon launch the bait ? Thank you

I've made so many of these. I've made multiple diameter barrels from 2inch down to 1 inch. I can launch live bait 300-400 yards with ease. Like with my 1.25 barrel a 3/4 pvc cap fits in air tight. So drill a hole in the top of cap put a swivel threw it just to where the top of swivel is exposed. Then melt down some lead and pour it in the cap. Spray some water on it right away and it's ready

Have you tried a flush mount cap on your bait mould it will keep it from having the round mushroom shape on the end of your bait

Great video

Thanks for the video. Lots of great ideas! I haven’t looked to see if anyone else is doing this or not, but what about a tennis ball? 2.5” sch 40 pvc pipe ID is perfect for a tennis ball. Drill a couple of holes through the ball to run a piece of rope through, tie a knot so your ball is attached to the rope. The other end can be run through a hole on the barrel behind where the ball will get installed to. That will serve as your wad and the rope will keep it from flying away. Cleaner than potatoes and can be reused. I mainly kayak fish when I go to the beach, but I’ve considered surf fishing so this could be a fun project to do with my daughter. Thanks.

If you use the potato method, cut a bit of plastic tube. The same diameter as your barrel. Use a file to sharpen the edges and you can cut it like that

Thank you brothar

Hey bro we have these rigs in Nz called long casting rigs they keep everything together until you put a bit of tension on. The bait clips on the weight nice and tidy just a thought

Hey, question the new canon you built with the long barrel is it possible to have it set up like this one where you can rest it on the sand

Just found this vid. I filed the end of my barrel on the inside , making it into a cutter and just push it into the tater then push it down forming a good tight seal. I can fire live catfish as bait into the lakes here and they swim just fine after the shot. Make sure your tater plug is longer than the barrel is wide or it could spin inside as the air forces it out.

Interesting. I was wondering if there was a way, other than incasing in ice, to shoot your bait while maintaining distance and fishing ability. I will be down in Florida next year visiting my brother so I want to be ready for a month of surf fishing when I get there. Your videos help. Thank you. One last thought for you...If you could freeze a water cylinder and then place your bait rig into it right before shooting wouldn't that solve the melting time problem and the tangle problem? The hangup could be the open cylinder catching air and spinning the rig into a tangled mess instead of flying true. I need to figure out a way to put an ice cap on the cylinder after loading the bait. Anyway thanks again for the practical demonstration and education.

Does anyone know where to buy such a gun for fishing? I will be grateful for the contacts of such guys who will sell such

Put a few wraps of thread around your bait to make sure it stays on weather you freeze or not and your not waisting a shot. A wad before your bait is essential

I like to fish with a slip weight another words the weight is on the line then tie the leader on so the bait can go wherever maybe off the bottom at times. Have u ever used that setup using ur cannon and if so how would u do it? I’m in the process of making a cannon just getting ideas on what to do and what to look forward to. GOOD FISHING!!!

I'm a little late to this party but why not try making an ice mold with just the sinker in it, making it much more compact?

Just a thought...what if you set up for a fish finder rig, and freeze just the weight. That way your bait and hook is still exposed as soon as it hits the water. Also, I have seen some other people use a section of pipe that is the same as the barrel and they pack sand around their weight, hooks and bait. The sand needs to be wet and firmly packed. Once it hits the water any remaining sand will rinse off instantly.

use a potato and cut the center out, leave the bottom atleast a inch thick and u can put ur stuff inside it, done it this way a couple times.

I use the ice but I freeze bait in the ice keeps it from hanging up with sinker on top of ice bullet also I ad dry chum in ice or bunker oil So as ice melts your chumming just a thought

Have u ever tried a conventional reel with the cannon? I’m interested to see if it will backlash

Mate love the idea brilliant effort only one slight problem here in Australia it’s extremely highly illegal because what you have there my friend is a firearm and in this country it is illegal to possess such items it will land you in court if not jail great effort though

Pro tip my man build a mount on top of the cannon for the rod . You want tha shit lenth ways directly on top and drop some slack line to ground with the lead coil it up up abot 6 times when fired it has like let off im talkin 300yds easy . The short tuna rods with the rollers sre the best for distance but your left with a short rod . Im only fish fresh water so that isn't a big problem. We use the Dewalt portable air compressor it runs on the 20v drill batteries , its a lil pricey but you'll love it. Rip sum Lips.

I put the sinker on top of the potato and with a shark rig had no tangles looked to just push it out the 100 yards or so.

Hello... you made 3 which one is stronger, better and far away

Mi potresti dire perché lo hai costruito curvo invece che dritto ? Solo per motivi di spazio o perché rende di più la pressione ti ringrazio in anticipo per la risposta

Next time you make the barrel break and attach it. Just slide it down farther to cover any inside holes that you are worried about catching on. So basically you're creating a double thick tube that nobody will see as long as you have an exposed Edge that is only the outer peace. The holes on the outer peace become blind holes to the inside pipe. I was wondering also if you could make a die cutter for the plug out of metal with sharp edges. Not only to cut potato but you could also try some other things like dry ice. See if Water Ice or dry ice will die cut with a pipe.

I have a sandblaster bait launcher. Wats the max psi.

How hard was it it pump it with the bike pump?

Lol. Love the commentary remarks

Ever thought about just putting the weight in ice. Leave the top where you can hook the leader before you put it in

Good stuff guys!

What if you where to freeze your line in block of ice about 3ft. Ahead of you baited leader....so basically let your baited leader yang just out the end of your Tube...so when you launch it your bait isnt subject to Rip off...an its not frozen on the watèe????

cual es el espesor de los caños ?

Well, you almost had it ...🤣

I would like to see more tests with potatoes

What about bread and you wrap it around your hooks and weight

How about just making ice mods with the sinker so that the ice plug not only pushes bait from the barrel but will continue to pull it as it flys?

Why don't you use pva bags

It's still a potato Canon no matter what you shoot out of it. I have one I made 30 years ago and it still works.

What’s wrong with freezing your bait in the ice cube shooting it out there letting it melt all you have to do is leave your swivel out of the ice hook it up and shoot it out ice melts and everything’s there what’s wrong with that idea

What about bread

I don't want ice because it's proven blue cats dont care for frozen bait