manitoubass2 Posted May 19, 2011 Report Share Posted May 19, 2011 So, sitting around having coffee this morning and itchin' for some bass fishing later in the day, so I decided outta nowhere to do some tinkering with a few chipped baits outta the kids tackle boxes, lol. I had went out in the boat yesterday and found some pre spawn smallies, so the plan was to dink with these baits then go out and test em. These are very crude baits, I wanted to try some color schemes and wanted to be able to remove the paint asap, so I used some nail polish(hahahaah) and some neon fabric paint, followed with some clear coats. Got out about 6pm and first cast, a 25" pike! Awesome, thats was really cool. Move to the bass spot and get three nice smallies in about 15 minutes. I'm on to something here with the color schemes, lol. So I'm pretty excited. Can't wait for my other supplies to arrive so I can actually start working on my hundred lot of various cranks from luremaking.com!!! Chipped bait Different bait, already primed (not very good though, lol) Hanging to dry Black coat with neon eyes/stripes, fluorescent pink belly Finished with sparkles and clear coats Neon coat with black eyes Sparkled up and clear coated Drying again Lipless crank, black and sparkle One bass Another Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splashhopper Posted May 19, 2011 Report Share Posted May 19, 2011 great idea.... i have a couple of beat up crank baits and jerk baits that i am gonna mess with now too... Thanks for the idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Caster Posted May 19, 2011 Report Share Posted May 19, 2011 Those are so gaudy they're nice! One of a kind to say the least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manitoubass2 Posted May 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2011 Those are so gaudy they're nice! One of a kind to say the least. no doubt, but I had to do something while waiting for the new airbrush, lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manitoubass2 Posted May 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2011 What, no orders???? I can't wait for the real thing, this was actually alot of fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gbfisher Posted May 19, 2011 Report Share Posted May 19, 2011 I take it Bass season has opened for you? There is a learning curve with the airbrush but you'll get better in time for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyb Posted May 19, 2011 Report Share Posted May 19, 2011 Very nice, manitou! But c'mon....you're in fishing paradise....they'll hit anything! Paint a lure up like a cigarette butt....I bet they smash it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manitoubass2 Posted May 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2011 (edited) I take it Bass season has opened for you? There is a learning curve with the airbrush but you'll get better in time for sure. Bass season never closes here I've used an airbrush for almost ten years, so I have some experience. I haven't used one in the past 2 years though, so it'll take a little getting used to again. But, I've never used one to paint baits, so.... Yeah, I'll need lots of practise. Do you have any experience with this? Some pointers would be appreciated, I'm sure I'll screw up a few layering jobs, lol. Edited May 19, 2011 by manitoubass2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manitoubass2 Posted May 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2011 Very nice, manitou! But c'mon....you're in fishing paradise....they'll hit anything! Paint a lure up like a cigarette butt....I bet they smash it! lol, I wish it was that easy. It is paradise, I won't argue that, but the bass here can be famously finnicky, especially with water level changes You gave me a good idea though, cigarette butt bass baits, lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gbfisher Posted May 19, 2011 Report Share Posted May 19, 2011 Bass season never closes here I've used an airbrush for almost ten years, so I have some experience. I haven't used one in the past 2 years though, so it'll take a little getting used to again. But, I've never used one to paint baits, so.... Yeah, I'll need lots of practise. Do you have any experience with this? Some pointers would be appreciated, I'm sure I'll screw up a few layering jobs, lol. Tackle underground has a few. http://www.tackleunderground.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manitoubass2 Posted May 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2011 Tackle underground has a few. http://www.tackleunderground.com/ Holy S****, you came through big time! Thank you, this will save me alot of frustration I'm sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redskullz Posted May 20, 2011 Report Share Posted May 20, 2011 Nice!! I just painted a bunch up today...some silver, some flour green, yellow... i am going to get an airbrush...some great effects using those! Are you coating the lures with a tough finish? Envirotex works awesome but isnt easy to use and you'd need to make a rotating drying rack. Tackle underground is an awesome site for lure making....i havent found any other sites nearly as good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manitoubass2 Posted May 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2011 (edited) Nice!! I just painted a bunch up today...some silver, some flour green, yellow... i am going to get an airbrush...some great effects using those! Are you coating the lures with a tough finish? Envirotex works awesome but isnt easy to use and you'd need to make a rotating drying rack. Tackle underground is an awesome site for lure making....i havent found any other sites nearly as good. I'm not sure what I'm going to use for a finish yet? Still undecided on some things, so I'm gonna take my time and read through that site for ideas. These baits were just whipped up to test color schemes Yesterday and today they produced alot of fish though. Actually broke the rear treble hook today after landing 15 bass in about 2 hours. So, needless to say, I like the one color(glow chartreusse/sparkle) Edited May 20, 2011 by manitoubass2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manitoubass2 Posted May 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2011 another nice one, no lunkers today though, all were around 15" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaspumper Posted May 20, 2011 Report Share Posted May 20, 2011 The only thing is bass will strike at anything at this time of year,no matter what you throw at them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manitoubass2 Posted May 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2011 The only thing is bass will strike at anything at this time of year,no matter what you throw at them. Super buzz kill Not necessarily true though. Top waters are out till the water warms abit, they wouldn't hit spinner baits and they wouldn't hit live bait. We did smash them on a variety of cranks though DT 4 Perch Shad swimbait on a jig head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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