I have a discontinued Salmon lure that worked like a million bucks this past season, and not having any luck finding any I decided to try to paint my own. I found some glow blank magnum lures on Flea Bay and yesterday I got 2 colors of chartreuse lure paint and went to town. The paint was a pain to use because it was vinyl, even when I cut it thin, and halfway thru each color I was taking apart and cleaning the air brush. I got a little better as I got to the 3rd one, and I'm going to get a few more blanks and try it again, though I think these didn't come out that bad. Here's the original lure, followed by my work. I still have to hit them with some paper and clear. You can see some strings from the paint that will hopefully sand out.
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My First Try at Lure Painting
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Nice work. Here are the color spectrums in depth fish see in.
Try painting the spots first. Looks like a little darker green on both for a match.
It does look like thinning the paint might help. These are just my suggestions. I been wanting to give it a try too.
It does look like thinning the paint might help. These are just my suggestions. I been wanting to give it a try too.
Dude, you are on a great path. You have some great scientific analysis, which I don't know. You have some great looking coloring schemes on those lures. Just realize, the deeper your quarry hangs out, the less the colors matter.
One thing I figured out,, either shallow Bass, or deeper water Stripers, maybe focus more on the profile of typical bait fish for whatever species you are fishing for. The deeper the target fish, possibly, the profile of the main food source matters more.
Let me know if you figure that out!
One thing I figured out,, either shallow Bass, or deeper water Stripers, maybe focus more on the profile of typical bait fish for whatever species you are fishing for. The deeper the target fish, possibly, the profile of the main food source matters more.
Let me know if you figure that out!
I fish temp when I'm trolling with down riggers. I have a Fish Hawk X4D on the boat that tells me what the temp and trolling speed at the lure is. Early spring when there's no temp I go for Brown trout and troll in 10-40 ft water. Most of the time lead will get down deep enough or a big billed plastic. Now for some reason there's no temp to be found and the water's flat all the way down, so you got to head deep. I like fishing 500-600, there's always big fish to be had.
Maybe that is the thermocline. Are you in Georgia now on a freshwater lake? Does not really matter a whole lot depending where you are? There is a thermocline in the summer, especially in southern lakes. Below that thermocline, there is not much dissolved oxygen for most fish to tough it out.
Hell, I lived in Kentucky much farther north than I am now. Once you hit the hit the thermocline on sonar in a water column, I did not see much fish below that horizontal line below that demarcation zone. Prolly as you know, there is not that much dissolved oxygen below that demarcation zone. Thus, much less fish.
BTW, this far south, the thermocline is prolly much shallower than what you are seeing in more northern areas. Unless your are in GA, of course
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Been a while, but painted 100’s if not 1000’s. Play with your mixture and spray a scrap piece of wood or cardboard until you get what you like. Also, be sure to shake up your mixture well as some paints and thinners separate pretty fast. Lastly, some paints thin better with different solvents such as toluene. Some examples:
