Realistic Sunfish Jointed Swimbait Fishing Lure

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This is a Realistic Sunfish Jointed Swimbait lure that I am designing, and it was my first try at modeling something in Fusion 360. Things still might change. The lure assembles similar to my Crankbait Fishing Lure. Mirror the STLs in your slicer for the other half of each side. It can be painted to mimic many types of typical Sunfish, such as Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Rockbass, or even Crappie. I chose to go with the pumpkinseed pattern after the fish it was modeled after. Updates: 10-17-16 - Added Sunfish Lure Body V3, which includes a pectoral fin and raised 3D gills. 10-19-16 - Tested Sunfish Lure Body V3 yesterday and it turned out to be kind of a dud. It really didn't swim like a swimbait and it didn't have any action at all. The one I cut out for the plexiglass lip worked pretty well, so I will probably just add a lip to the design and re-upload all the files. Until I do, don't waste your time on this one yet. 06-04-17 - Added Sunfish Lure Body Lip, which includes a body with a printed lip. 06-05-17 - Added a couple of lip templates, neither of which is the same as the printed lip version. You can use these to trace onto a piece of plexiglass or even print them and glue them to the body. 07-16-17 - Tested out the new lip designs, but I'm still not happy with them. The larger lipped one has too much wobble, and the smaller one is very erratic and only works at very slow retrieves. 08-22-17 - Tested out a single piece version today, and it was the worst yet. This was my final try, so I've decided to give up on this design and move on to better things... I'm leaving up the files just in case anyone else wants to experiment. 06-15-18 - For a working version, see: https://www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-69963