Making a Pirahna Lure 

It's a southern gray tree frog, I've been in my house for 40yrs and never heard that noise in my life until this summer and I went NUTS trying to find out what kind of critter it was then one night four or five of them took over my aboveground pool and they chirped and chirped for weeks....pretty cool

The call was a gray treefrog (Hyla versicolor). They often hide behind gutter down spouts or under siding. Leave an outside light on at night and you might see one sitting nearby trying to snag some bugs.

That "BIRD" is a tree frog bub

Back in my bachelor days I had a 150 gallon tank with a dozen piranhas. 8 red belly and 4 yellow belly. They grew to about 7 inches, give or take. At one point I had 3 breeding pairs. They usually weren't agressive towards people. I'd even clean the tank with my hand in with them. Couldn't do that when they were nesting. They turned black and would bounce against the glass to try and get to you. When I was feeling lazy I would toss in a frozen chicken breast and they would tear it apart. Feeding live goldfish was messy. Scales went everywhere. Ultimately I ended up getting rid of them since the tank was huge for my small house, it took a lot of maintenance and the tank and fish were all pretty ugly. *Edit* I remembered the name of the yellow piranhas. They were called caribe. The red bellies I bought from the local pet store when they were about 1". The caribe's I drove about 4 hours to pick them up from a private party. They were about 3" when I got them. None of them were illegal at the time. This would have been around 2000-2003.

That's a tree frog not a bird lol. Grey tree frog maybe

I think you need to do and Arctic Grayling! Such a cool looking fish should be a good challenge for carving and painting

In the old days, here in Brazil, when a cowboy needed to cross a river with a herd of cows, he had to take a cow and put it in the river before the others. this was done so that the piranhas would focus on just one cow, instead of biting and injuring several of the herd. This custom is called "boi de piranha" (piranha ox / piranha cow). Weird right? kkkkkk

Make a saltwater fish that will be cool. Recommendations. These are fish I catch where I come from. Snook lure, red fish lure, mangrove snapper lure, sheep’s head lure or like a pin fish lure would be cool

Pretty sure that is no bird. Sounds like a tree frog to me! 😂 but it could be a northern mocking bird, they often imitate frogs

Piranha bait? Maybe a one- day Amazon fishing Safari. I can picture MB in his khaki British explorers uniform, complete with chin strapped Pith Hat, pulling giant Arapaima from the darkest corners of the Amazon River. It's official, Arapaima like jointed Piranha swim baits!

I found polycarbonate online with cool textures that would be worth making lips from. I really wonder if the "pebble" textured poly that i'm looking at could vary the action, and make a wobble search around a little more. A side by side with the same bait having a smooth lip would be worth a video imo

We had a tank full of 4 piranhas and 4 Oscar’s. They created this invisible line right down the centre of the tank. Piranhas stuck to the front and Oscar’s to the back. Even if food was put into the tank neither would cross that “invisible line” to eat. So you’d have to distribute the food between each side. Just so strange.

I would love to See you make a walleye swim bait to use for muskies 🎣 love your content man your a master at your craft!!

It ’s a very nice lure👍 If I were a fish, I would eat it🇯🇵

Please do a cory catfish style crankbait! It would look awesome! Plus they come in a cool array of colors and patterns.

That paintjob is killer! Your lures are functional art.

In Argentina they are called "Palometas", its the the grey skin species tho, much, much bigger than the amazonian red ones.

It would be cool to see you get that mould working right, make a couple cast lures, and compare them to this one. I'd also love to see you do a Northern Snakehead.

Both Marling and NDyak posted videos, what a fantastic fish video Sunday. Thank you Marling !

It’s a frog. Grey tree frog I think. Not a bird call. I know because I was fooled too.

I know it’s not perfect but the realism you have in this bait is absolutely awesome!

I spent many visits to the NE of Brasil and while there, was invited to dinner at the home of a Plant Manager. While visiting, we discussed fishing, etc. He left the room and returned with a large plastic bag with a large frozen fish in it. It was a Piranha close to 18" long and was 3#. It was the 'average' fish they catch in their river. I'm telling you it was a scary looking fish!

Some folks, like my husband, are super fond of etymology - the origin of words and how they evolved. I love the amount of detail you put into the fins and into the baits themselves, they look amazing.

That sounds like a tree frog, not a bird.. We have the same frog in Illinois, took me a while to figure out that sound the first time I heard it They are great to have around for insects!

This is awesome! Been tuned in to your channel a while now even if Iprefer to use live bait. Wonder if you could catch a piranha with a piranha lure...🤔

That was a great "Fun Facts"! Love your videos keep up that great work! I got a pond in Indianola you can fish anytime!!

Can you please do a Murray cod bait? I think it's such an awesome fish and it would have a very interesting fun facts section. Love these videos! keep up the great work!

That piranhas can smell blood doesn’t necessarily mean that they are attracted to blood , just saying

Hey Marling, what airbrush do you use for painting. I’m 15 and I have started making baits and just got my first successful functioning squarebill with a jig saw and dremel. All I need now is the ability to paint it.

I thought you where good in your older videos but your on another level. Sick skills.

A while back you said you fancied the idea of bedding and working on rifle stocks. I can tell you for a fact that making lures is much more fun I can build a mean rifle,but lures are still a work in progress 😆

I'm dying laughing at the music you're using while painting. Incorporating the bird noise into it is hilarious!🤣

Great show . The reason you can not see the bird, is because its a green tree frog. I had one and it drove me nuts

Your awesome man haven’t been on RU-vid ina bit you know I can right back to your channel. ❤ your baits 👍🏽👍🏽🔥🔥

It’s actually perfectly legal to have piranhas as pets in most of the Midwest because they can’t survive long enough for them to reproduce due to the cold and long winters.

This whole time I was thinking about river monsters season 1 episode 1 if u know that episode he was trying to catch a piranha😂😂😂

make a crank bait with the face of Dwayne Johnson on the front😂

I love watching your videos man you got me into the sport of fishing and to try on making lures I don’t have the equipment but I try my best

Brooo!!! That’s one BEAUTIFUL PIRANHA…. Damn I won’t even fish that, just keep it as a coffee table display cause it’s just to beautiful! Lol

I like your background song choices on this video in particular ♡ Also always admiring your carving and coloring process

Wasps can be also quite beneficial insects. They eat other bugs like snails and other pest in the garden. So you may wan't to consider to leave some of they nests if they are not in your way or cause any danger.

Wait You said a *twenty* *eight* inch, 40 pound Piranha? BTW, that lure is a stunner.

I think that bird is actually a frog. I literally thought the same thing when I first heard them out here in Connecticut but my wife told me that it was a tree frog. We’ve managed to spot a few of them in the trees. Noisy fellas though!

Some species of fish can have quite a range of coloration, and in those cases usually the more colorful the fish is the more macho macho man fish it is. Your bait is like the Rambo of piranhas. They are also a popular sport and eating fish. Lovely bait.

You must’ve thought I’d forgotten…. DAY 35 of asking Marling Baits to make an ultralight trout spinner! 🎣

You have inspired me to make my own business and I even make my own wood lures! Tysm for teaching and inspiring us all!!

Hopefully we'll see videos with this lure on an Amazon fishing trip.

It takes a brave man to go after wasps with a glorified squirt gun.

have you done a "arapaima" yet? likely a blue jay although it sounds as if it took foreign language lessons from a kookaburra.

Epic level craftsmanship here, great video ++

A twelve gauge with 7 1/2 shot would have been way more interesting than that leaky power washer. Next time.

19:10 I thought some electrical arcs were happening in my kitchen. What an awful sound to pick for a beat in a music hahahhah

thats one of the best paint jobs you have ever shown and that eye is so money! Like you planned it that way.

"That could crack a nut".... I sometimes find myself laughing for no reason

The bait looked epic my friend 👍 Do you know what else would look epic Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude A clown trigger fish lure 😂 Do it already 👍 Keep it up man, brilliant content 👌

That "bird' is a gray tree frog they are all over my house lol

You should try painting a bait only black and white I know it’s not a lot of content but it would be cool

Today I caught my new pb Smallmouth!!! 4.11Lbs 19”

We need more and more and more! *such a needy community!*

This is the best paint job i ever seen on piranha lure... Good job man.. wow...

Been watching for a few years now. The music in this video was a very cool change. Great bait! Your paint jobs are always amazing. Thanks for all the yummy content. It's been cool to watch your channel grow! It's awesome to see your success.

Ahh Sundays! RU-vid and marling baits👌💥👍

Keep up the good work also I have a video idea how about a cardinal top water?

Yeah, as others have said, it's a frog! Great lure. Amazing artistry and construction as usual.

You should start doing underwater action shots!

You filmed the gray tree frog perched in your umbrella recently

Yay! Marlin upload day is always a good day 😊

Meus parabéns esta isca artificial artesanal ficou muito bem elaborada.

Everytime I see you make a mold I really want a Laffy taffy

15:14 “fluorescent sunburst orange!” Randomly loud naming of the color😂😂 love it!

The bird is a gray tree frog, maybe you need to make a gray tree frog bait and learn some fun facts about it

Fished for them traveling the Amazon with a bamboo pole, monofilament with a bit of wire leader and long shanked hook. Used liver for bait. About size and fight of crappie. Tasted great. Locals have no concern about them. Love your videos!

There are river dolphins in the amazon. So the dolphins don't come up into fresh water, they are always there. Also they are pink...

Σε ευχαριστουμε πολυ για το βιντεο σου ,εχεις την καλησπερα μας ,,

that's not a bird, it's a Hyla versicolor (common names suck because there are too many of them for each species, but it's also known as eastern gray tree frog or northern gray tree frog), you can tell them apart from Cope's gray tree frogs (Hyla chrysoscelis) by their call, which is slightly slower and lower pitched. Really cool little frogs, if you want to see them I suggest going out at night with a flashlight and seacrhing the walls of your house. You can attract them there by putting a big ol tub of water next to your wall, just don't leave it too long or you'll have eggs in it within a week lol.

This one made my nuts nervous, not gonna lie 😂

You are a true, professional artist at making fishing lures,, one of the best,, even the over seas guys ,, are not as good ,, close ,

I remember watching a Larry Dahlberg show where he was fishing the Amazon system and a grandmotherly woman in the village where he was staying gave him a haircut using a set of piranha jaws as scissors. Also, that bird sounds like something in the woodpecker family.

You should make a sandworm from Beetlejuice

This is one of the best looking baits that I've seen you make. Really well done

Great video! Keep up the good work!!

When I was growing up, I had a piranha in this big tank. The fish lived up until I was 6 or 7 and lived a peaceful life. It’s diet was goldfish and ham and grew pretty big. Near the end the fish got blind and ended up getting a big sore on the bottom of his and ended up dying. But it was dope

Please make a Tiger fish lure From Africa

if u ever use that music again I'm unsubbing

Piranhas are legal to have as pets in Pennsylvania, and I had one once. It seems like an interesting pet, but I assure you it's the most boring pet ever. It just sat there in the corner of the tank motionless, and would hide every time I'd approach the tank.

Can't tell if that "bird" is a gray tree frog, or a raccoon. Either way, not a bird. Guess it depends on how much space in your garage it could be hiding in...

A slime rocket would steal that on the first cast in Minnesota, it’d be a sad day and I’d have to fill the lake with my tears

my boyfriend and i love to sit down and watch your videos together. he got really excited when he saw this one because the thumbnail looked so awesome. love your videos!

Haha, we use to destroy are wasp nests with airsoft guns we'd shoot the wasps too. It's funny seeing you use a miter saw this video I've been talking about wanting to get one.

I had a piranha back in the early 90s. He grew to be about the size of a bluegill. He died at the age of 5. Very aggressive...

Love the paint job.

Super cool lure, always love the paint schemes. Please make a corky

I think it would be cool if you did a series where you visit a zoo or aquarium. Take you own reference pictures then recreate the fish.

I love the music choice for this video. I felt like a was being watched by a school of piranha the whole time. 😬

Piranhas are South America's Bream. The Dolphins that eat them are a freshwater species.

One of the most misunderstood fish. Sure, they'll go nuts if there is a wounded or dead piece of meat nearby, feeding frenzies aren't exactly uncommon in the fish world, many fish do it, but they aren't the bloodthirsty fish that Hollywood has made them out to be (you'd be surprised at how much "common knowledge" out there isn't true, but everyone thinks it is because it's been baked into their brains by Hollywood). That behavior is actually based on the bucktooth/scale eater tetra (Exodon paradoxus). We have them here in MO, in Lake of the Ozarks. Aquarium people let them go years back. Someone caught one, everyone was like "Meh, they can't survive our winters". And people keep catching them year after year. They're illegal as pets here now.

Make a blimps mouse lure please 🙏🏻

Hi Mr.Marling?? I don't know how to address you 🤷‍♂️😂. I just wanted to say, you are amazingly talented and I look up to you in so many ways. I love watching your videos and enjoy learning from you. You have inspired me to start making my own lures, And although they aren't the greatest I am very proud of what i have learned. I just wanted to share what you have done for me, and also thank you for making your videos.

Just woke up and saw the notification. Just like Christmas morning.

Fun fact: Not sure if you have an HOA, but if you paint the underside of those overhangs a sky blue color, wasps will not nest there. Wikipedia is a bit of a joke btw. At one point it said Joan Rivers conquered Mongolia, and that Abraham Lincoln was 16 feet tall. Information has become so muddied in the "age of information".