Armand,
I like the looks of the little school of mackeral you got going.
I have tried a number of custom made wooden top water lures on
YFT and
BFT, and every one of them except two have disenegrated, typically just below the lip or head. The through wire will hold them together, but once split or broken are rendered pretty much useless except for parts or bluefish throwaways. The 2 I have been given that held up were both made out of something referred to as "jungle wood", a very dense hardwood used on some docks. I would definitely like to get the last two to the bottom to try this year, and would like to talk with you further at the NE show in Prov. on maybe getting some custom designed stuff from you. Is the wood you are using similar to the stuff I got? Also, can you color those acrylic lures you have like these wodden? It looks like they might not hold paint all that well.....
I have always taken off the trebles on my stuff I throw at tuna, because I feel they can shake the trebles out easier, and they just don't hold up to boot. I usually put double point tuna style hooks in the middle, with a 4x live bait or siwash needle point at the back, in a smaller size. This is to try and avoid a large entry hole on the hook set, as their mouths aren't very strong in comparison to their power....alot of times they pop off after working the hook free due to tearing.
The paint job is awesome. A hot color out there for me this year was the "rainbow" looking color scheme Yo Zuri has out called dolphin. Very pink and bright green with lots of blue and purple irredescence. Have you seen and or done this color?
Sorry to inundate you with questions, just making a few observations and daydreaming of catching tunnoids on top.....