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Really been liking this bait. A breeze to pour, lays flat in tackle compartment/bag without getting warped and most importantly crappie love em. Finally had time to get productive session in yesterday. Nothing too fancy here, just some good ol' Oklahoma go to colors.
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Those look good.
Way to load up
They Look good enough for me to eat,and I'm a crappie eater,so they gotta be good!
They look great!
Some Crappie are about to open their mouth and chew down on those. Good job.
Looks good i cant wait to figure out colors and make my own recipe book for colors
Anyone ever want one of my color combos just whistle. They're not a secret.
They all look great!CF
The pink/chart and pink/blk look great! how do u get yer pink so bright????Quote:
Originally Posted by DrNip
Just 6 drops X2 fluorecent pink. The chartreuse makes it pop.
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Is that a 2.25 or 2.50?
They are a good producer the 2.5 we've done real good on perch and quite a few other species of fish nice job you did on your color combinations I enjoy making them. I think I like the mo bait better.
Love my Mo Magic molds too.
Got my carrot collection completed. Going to do this with all my baits. Tired of them being here and there unorganized.
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I put a little blue hi lite in my pink. Its amazing what that does for the color.
Yeah I've seen you say this before and have been meaning to try it but keep forgetting too! I won't forget next time.
Try some gold hi lite in your orange too.
Tried the blue hi-lite tonight. I'm hooked! I already use gold hi-lite in my orange along with fine gold flake.
Targeting big slabs this weekend on Eufaula. 3" Willow Tail and 3" Mo Magic. Wish I wouldn't have gotten rid of my 4" Mo Magic because I'd be using it too this weekend too!!!
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Nice looking sheet of plastic there. I don't like traditional colors and prefer to juice them up some especially the fluorescents. I make my orange and then dip a toothpick in tomato about 1/4" and whip it in the mix. With the gold hi lite I get a super hot orange that looks gold plated from another angle. My chartreuse gets a wee bit of violet hi lites but I also add a drop of white and a drop of green to a 4 ounce batch too. You have to see it to understand what happens. Then of course there is the blue hi lite in hot pink....in the sun it'll make your eyes water. And I add the uv enhancement to every color, every batch I whip up.
I fished again today and had fair luck. The numbers of fish were down somewhat but the size was much better today. Quite a few 13's, some bordering right on 14 inches. Color changing was a must to stay with the bite and the fish were holding much deeper. The day was high skied right from the get go and I found my best fish at or below 8 feet. Yesterday was a bit murkier and they were scattered from 2 1/2 feet down to around 5.
With Easter tomorrow I'll stay away from the water. Church and then din-din at the kid's place here in town so we don't have to travel. I'll be joining the church choir to sing the Hallelujah Chorus at the end of the service. Its absolutely the most meaningful piece of music ever written. My lung disease keeps me from regular choir participation but I slip into the loft for that piece. You have a great day on the water Nip. To you and all....Happy Easter!
That top picture in plastic case are the 2.5 mo magics?, thanks
The baits in the box are carrots.
This is how I do my orange except I have a very fine gold glitter as well. Really loving the blue hi-lite in the pink. This will be the way I do it from now on. My chartreuse gets a smidge of green hi-lite as well as 1 drop lime green along with chartreuse. Every now and then I do a drop of white. Mainly on my Mo Magic to make the tail more of a solid chartreuse since it's tail is so thin. Thanks for the advice ctom. I have applied a lot of your techniques to my baits since I started pouring back in September. I keep telling myself I'm going to put eyes on my plastics like you do but just don't get around to doing it.Quote:
Originally Posted by CTom
Eyes are for the camera. Personally the only baits with eyes that I fish are those few that I toss in my tackle pail after getting a nice picture. Eyes sell, but they are expensive to add to something where they aren't needed. My boxes of stingers and paddletails are just color, no extras such as eyes. My foremost favorite color is a purple-blue, not really one or the other entirely, with purple glitter and its always matched up with a chartreuse tail. The way the color works in our northern waters is uncanny and goes from lake to lake to river catching fish wherever. That same purple color will get a few hot pink tails for when a color shake-up is called for. An orange tail does the same. The bluegill color I make and have shown here is a second best color and gets the same tail color options. Black sees all three tail colors too. I seldom fish any combinations of white, chartreuse, orange or pink as body colors. Geographic differences are fun to look at and read about. Size, colors, shapes....all relevant information, but oh so regional. lol
Its little things that one can do to tweak a color that seem to stand out the most. Hi Lites and color adjustment are just a couple. Glitter does things once in a while that goes over the top too. And on glitter, I always add it AFTER the color of the plastic has been created and cooked.
By the way Nip.....Happy Easter.
Happy Easter to you too. It's a rainy Easter here.
Rain is a chance here today too. We woke up to sun but its mostly cloudy here now. Windier than heck again. If the wind didn't blow for a dayI'd think I was somewhere I shouldn't be. Beautiful Easter Sunday though.
Dr. Who's chartruese do you use?
RnD pics???? Great looking work and post
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Originally Posted by CTom
My chartreuse recipe is as follows:
4 oz Do-it Essential plasital
15 drops X2 chartreuse
1 drop X2 lime green
A small paint can opener scoop of Do-it green hi-lite
A large paint can opener scoop of Do-it UV
Here are some pics of the pink with blue hi-lite.
Mine is a 1.5" Do-It Thump-It grub....purple/chartreuse tail.Quote:
Originally Posted by bryan535
How do you get the tail a separate color? I am a few ideas but wanted to ask to be certain.
Great colors!
Shoot a few in the color you want the tails to be. Cut the tails off however long you want the color to be. Put them back in the mold and shoot the body color you want.
Many thanks - you confirmed my thoughts.
That lime/chart and pink/chart rock. Two of my best colors!!!!
Pretty Snazzy!