The Big Shad SwimBait | Finishing and Testing 

if you never have, maybe you could make a flounder swim bait. it might be interesting to try and replicate how a flat fish swims…

I'm from hawaii, waiting for the day we see a bluefin trevalley swimbait, or like a christmas wrasse or something. So many colorful wrasse out there. Thanks for the vid, great work as always!

Final update: this little reel is the little engine that could ru-vid.comUgkxSlytCJqozTF7EbdP4LWP-HUXf9WRDJ0e . It performed flawlessly and was easy to adjust drag in the moment while I was battling a 35lb bat ray behemoth. Mind you, this reel is spooled with only 25 lb braid and 25 mono topshot. It's paired with the kastking telescopic heavy power rod and the two work well together. This has now earned my respect and confidence when traveling and fishing. If you have ever hooked into large rays and sharks, you know they pull extremely hard and can run forever! This thing clamped down on the fish and was easy to adjust during the fight. It has a nice decently fast retrieve as well. Twice the fish went on mad runs and I was able to gain back line quickly to avoid spooling.

Amazing job - its certainly not as easy as you made it look to 1) carve a masterpiece, then 2) make perfect pours and 3) give it a fantastic paint job. Great stuff - keep 'em coming!

Love that musical montage you are starting to do with your videos. Man, you have leveled up your game. Now just start selling molds of this!

Dear Marling bait's thank you for all your videos that have inspired me to make my own lures. I have now made my own business called bucks bait's, I'm 10 years old and I've been watching your videos for 3 years.my dream is to be just like you and make my own lures and have a RU-vid channel.

Marlin I work over nights and man can I say when I got off your calm soothing videos help me sleep thank you so much for your content my man

These videos are so addicting. Last year I made my first bait(a bulky ugly popper) but I had so much fun doing it, thanks for all these videos

E's Jammy jams, Baym rebin in palestina didn't see that one coming. Love the action on that beauty 😍

You wake up a Sunday morning and you have a Marling Baits video... just like last week. I could get used to this... 😊

I tie my own flies and If I need some better thought into what I'm making I come watch your videos for better ideas and painting mashes. You inspired me. Thank you very much

My brother makes swimbaits both wood and plastic Donuts and I can appreciate the amount of time it takes to make them swim properly as well as suspending or slow sinking etc.

Great video as always! Oddest music I’ve yet to hear on the channel backgrounding a paint montage 😂 not complaining!

Great work. My wife dropped by to compliment your musical selection.

Awesome bait, great work yet again! Gotta say, wasn't a big fan of the clarinet going full regalia for like 5 minutes straight. But the bait looks just as good with the sound off luckily.

Might be cool to do a custom line through soft plastic swim bait. You’d be able to combine pretty much everything you do on this channel into one awesome bait.

someone got a new macro lens! keep up the good work, nate. your videos are a winter oasis for us midwesterners.

I bought on of your spinner baits about 5 years ago. Glad to see you're still at it!👍

I watched you come a long way in bait-making skills, and now your baits have far surpassed anything I've ever bought at a Bass Pro Shops. You are quite literally the G.O.A.T of RU-vid bait-making, now. Thanks for all the awesome content and keep up the amazing work my dude!!!

Hi Marling! Here's something I'd like to see you do! Try useing the stiffer side of a feather for the splines of fins? The natural arch of the feather lends itself to the shape of the back of a fish. The splines want to lay flat, close to the stem of the feather. Just flare them out and make them stand up. Lay it on tape flared out, and paint a thin layer of epoxy! Makes for great realistic looking fins! I just wanted to say thanks for the years of sharing your great ideas! I'm a fan, truly! From LOL Lures (that's "Labor of Love") Scot Love.

I’m addicted to watching your build videos, amazing work! I hope your serious about the rough mold “kit” idea, if so I’m so in!!

2022 is turning into the year of the action! AMAZING action, design, and color!

That is perfection right there, love the colors reminds me of a greyling without the glorious dorsal fin.

Your baits have gotten so beautiful. Everything, the designs, carvings, the excellent paint jobs, and gorgeous clearcoats. Your truly a master and have a great personality. Easily my favorite person to watch.

Gonna need a montage of a bunch of "it's officials" to make up for all the cold delays lol. Beautiful bait as usual.

Awesome job as usual. snazzy music. Thanks for sharing.

Out of all the amazing baits you’ve made, this may be my favorite. It looks like it will be a fish catching machine once the weather warms up. Stellar work!

Just came back from a skunked trout trip, now for coffee and a new marling baits video to redeem this Sunday 🙌🏼

The montage music makes this video so entertaining! So much better than the usual music heard on videos.

This is awesome! I'm rarely awake at this hour on a Sunday. I get up early today and MB just posted a video. Life is good.

Amazingly beautiful dude. You're getting better and more confident each year; I can see it. Love this channel!

Wow very nice really really nice. One day I hope to see about getting some baits to give out in my youth fishing group. I've never gave a bait made like that always store baits we give. I've watched alot makers your still my fav. I've watched alot. I've been off RU-vid few years I used to make videos show off things was sent to me. When I fished stuff at home. Now I don't make videos like y'all I just make video post no edit just what is. Wish I could start back up soon. After my heart attack the virus hit so I couldn't go anywhere I stopped. Wish I didn't I miss my RU-vid friends. But ide love some cheaper lures my groups small and I'm not able to raise big funds. But still love some some and hope few signed so who wins will now it's yours not store made. Thanks for all your time sharing how you make awesome baits. God bless you.

I’m liking the RuneScape vibe music toward the end. Barbaric

Ahh yes, the Bob Ross of bait making has blessed us with another video.

"If theres something that's worth saying no to for money, it's probably sanding." Hits hard 😅 I literally sand all day for a living..

Another awesome bait build and video, Marlin.

This channel is the best,makes me a better jig and bucktail maker

Wonderful music selection during your montage segment. Delightfully quirky. Well done.

These videos are absolutely the best. I have attempted to make lures in the past but watching you make amazing pieces of art is truly amazing . Keep up the good work 🎣🦆

I love the fact is that you make your own stuff, and it wants me to make my own lol.

Just wanted to say thank you for the content, entertainment and laughs MB. I am always impressed and envious of your talent. Hope you and your family are doing great.

I live for the outtakes! Best one so far 😅😆😂

Watch these videos as soon as I know they exist. I’ve made 2 wood lures and 2 molds because of your channel. In love with bait making now. Working on a wooden bladebait right now.

so happy you molded it!

Thanks for getting me started on bait making man

Love it would love to chase some Murray Cod with that. You should make a swimbait that looks like a Murray Cod that would be cool. Keep up the good work.

Can’t wait till it warms up to see some good fish action. It would be so cool to see something come up and hit that thing.

Like that KLEZMER background music, very traditional. 😂👍🇨🇦

With all of the swimbaits lately, I would love to see you make a backwards one - retrieves 'tail' first. The challenge of making the action work without having to compromise too much on the overall design could be fun.

Make a sail shark lure. It’s a old bait that we use for catching white bass wipers stripers and also used for slow trolling when they school up. It’s compact size is perfect to fit in their smaller mouths. May have to look it up they’re not made anymore

Gonna get back into making baits again. I broke my leg so I’m out for a while. God bless

Do a video testing out different weird walking baits, for example the sebilé slim stick had a weird shape, I wonder what other shapes would make good top water baits. Would be cool for a spring video!

The action on that bait is perfect!

These baits are really nice, i can’t wait to see what you catch with them when the weather is better.

I stumbled on to this channel for the wacky bait builds and become more captivated by builds like this. My favorite parts are when they’re brought to life with the intricate paint jobs.

Always a good morning when you drop a new video. That swimbait looks FANTASTIC 🤘🏻🎣

Always enjoy the stories that go along with you making the baits, and even the fun facts. Nate keep making these baits. Can't wait to see you make these all official

I think a snakehead lure would be awesome!

gorgeous swimbait

You are an amazing artist and the best looking baits out there

Always impressed with your craftsmanship and creativity. Super awesome lures, always.

Just finished up a nice hard body spinnerbait man I want to start doing molds myself been watching and learning alot thank u for ur shared knowledge brother

Hey,Mr. M.B.,big fan,here,from Holland...That's NL,whatever...Genuis piece of fish,and also...genius piece of music,man! Do both more,TY...

The church of Marling Baits! Thanks for another awesome Sunday video drop!

Awesome bait! They keep getting better and better!

The montage music made me feel like I was watching pbs for some reason, weirdly good nostalgia

love the ryan bingham at the beginning!

Beautiful bait from the Master Bait marker. Thank you Nate you made my bad day alittle better.

Nice hinge and I love the way you layer paint on your baits.

one day this summer i would love a video of you fishing with all these awesome baits you’ve made during winter

Beautiful work and detail, keep up the good work!

My new favorite!!!!

Beautiful, always love your work. Was watching a different video and I cut it off just to watch this

This is a beautiful beautiful swim bait I love it

You should sell the blanks and do a competition for who does the best paintjob.

lol pretty freakin cool, like i dont fish really, but i love making things. this looks like it was so fun to create.

I was just out there yesterday before the storm hit. Stay warm.

Love waking up to a new video!

Again an excellent video. Thank you . Fun fact: you should make a Beetlejuice sandworm. You could mold it and rock some giant soft plastics.

Sir you are absolutely amazing.

We need a marlin baits shop playlist. I could hear some Ryan Bingham in the beginning.

If I saw this in BPS, I would be having a serious conversation about buying it. This lure has all of the elements and colors I tend to prefer. Another exceptional build.

Brilliant video and an amazing lure.

That Shad looks great. Now we just need a pink floppy human swim bait in 2022! Let's make it O-FISH-AL!

That montage music was tripping me out. Awesome!

You're ahead of the pack Sir!! Great video ++

Have you ever considered cutting a carving in half, like from top to bottom in half, and hollowing out a little chamber area and then putting BBs inside it and then gluing the 2 halfs back together. And basically you have your own rattle trap. This idea is kind of stupid but ill post it anyway. Same idea with the hollow cavity, but on a soft bait. No BBs, but instead inject it with some sort of fish attractant juice. The bait might be strong enough to hold the liquid in while above water and not in use, but when being fished, the deeper water pressure might be strong enough to squeeze a little out here and there. Mixed with a jerk bait style action might help. Yes, im suggesting a lure concept that basically pisses fish attraction.

Would love to be able to grab blanks for gifts or projects, but totally understand why it'd still be a pretty time consuming offering on your end.

Beautiful bait!

A true master of the baits.

I wish there was more unfinished blanks to buy so people could paint and finish in there own way ,I know I'd buy more

That shot of the tail piece at 11:17 was just stunning. Great video as always :)

Awesome swimbait!!!!!

Great job!

Another beautiful bait, as always.

amazing work love your videos keep up the good work

Loved the montage music!! Great work, totally digging your content!!

Awesome carving on that piece.

Sometime this summer i’d love to see a video of you just fishing with your lures you’ve made

Fantastic, just love your vids, keep up the great work,😃