Thread: Painted Cranks

Originally Posted by jigflinger

Scott, those baits on the left look just like some of my old Bagley Balsa baits.

They look like good baits Gary. Here's the way they looked when I got them, minus the eyes.

I bet they'd catch fesh nekid !!!!!!!

Originally Posted by ScottV

The one I pictured in the upper right is the C187. It's a good looking bait. It's just hard to find an unfinished bait that runs good. I got some baits from Jann's Netcraft one time that looked identical to the Bandit 200. I painted 15 of them and when I pulled them behind the boat they spun in circles. I learned my lesson after that. I'll just paint a couple before I test them. Lol

I read everything I could find about buying the blank baits before I committed to them. I heard some horror stories about some of them. I bought the finished baits on my 1st order so if they were garbage I would know it quickly. Knock on wood, every one has tracked good. I also bought a bunch of the Rebel Wee R crappie cranks and except for a couple, they have run true. I have extensive experience tuning the Wee Rs since I used to throw them a lot for bass. That doesn't mean I want to tune any of them anymore. I've run some of the C187s and a shallow version of the same bait on droppers and they were fine. I did find if I ran one of those right beside one of my custom painted Bandit 100s, the Bandit would out catch it big time. Probably 5 to 1.

Originally Posted by ScottV

Did you paint those or are they factory painted?

I painted all of them. It gives me a break from the taxidermy work and I've already got the airbrush equipment. I typically use lacquer paint for my taxidermy but bought Createx acrylic paint to do the cranks. I use an Iwata Custom Micron B for painting fish but use a Badger Renegade Velocity airbrush for baits.

Didn't someone post the place to order these in another post.

Originally Posted by BoarBuster

Didn't someone post the place to order these in another post.

https://wlure.com/index.php?osCsid=1...6d095b9dbb5ca8

Hay Scott.... You can put me on the list
Of orders.... I love the looks of them..
Thanks

I'll do it Tom Tom. When are you coming to another MS camp? I miss that loud laugh. Lol