I had a few questions coming in about this lure. All my clients know that I've been fishing with http://MakairaPullingLures.com/ for many years and wouldn't leave the dock without my Makaira Brutus, 19, 18 and Lenas. But, the bullet lure in the
photo is a Mark White lure out of Kauai. I met Mark on a trip out to
the Garden Isle back in 2007. He proceeded to load me up with his unique
ceramic lures. He has formulated his own proprietary ceramic mix that
when cured becomes as hard as steel, of which he demonstrated in his
studio by dropping one of his heads on a concrete floor. He counts each
time he has dropped the head to illustrate the strength of the ceramic
mix. When I was there in '07 he had dropped the lure around a hundred
times, and you could see all the cracks and chips in the concrete where
the lure had struck the floor. He is probably up to 8004 on the drop
count by now and I am sure the collection of cracks in his studio floor
continues. He also has a variety of glaze colors that have a unique foil
(oil slick) characteristic to them with some great textures. These
baits were definitely wahoo and deck proof, but, do they trolling...and
raise fish? Well, I've run his 9" Slant and it has done very well on the
billfish and dorado. Also, his 5" bullet heads are a "go to" for small
pelagics on the shotgun. What I really like about his baits are that
they are perfectly weighted, as ceramic has a nice weight to it as a
material and the glazes he comes up with are really nice. Mark also has a
ceramic popper (again, immune to the abuses of the reef) that is very
popular in The Islands for surf fishing for jacks (ulua, papio, etc).
His work is definitely worth adding to your collection. You can check out his lures at http://www.markwhitelures.com/
