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A bluegill swimbait I painted a couple of years ago, and then proceeded to put it in a Plano box and forget about it.  It's back in the boat, getting ready for a swim next time out.  I have several more of the blanks that I'm going to do in the darker pumpkinseed color scheme.  Those will be my next paint project.

Too pretty the fish won’t like it throw it away and start over 

nice work mark

I will, but with a fishing line attached. Hahaha

Thanks.  I painted it so long ago I forget how it swims, and it's sink rate, so I'll be water testing it today.

 

On 8/9/2020 at 4:11 AM, Hillbilly voodoo said:

Too pretty the fish won’t like it throw it away and start over 

nice work mark

It is slow sink with #4 short shank EWG triple grip hooks, faster sink with #2s.  I wanted it to be a glide bait, but it has a much  shorter swim cycle, not a big, slow S like I was hoping for.  I'll play around with the joint opening to see if I can get the action I want.

Edited August 15, 2020 by mark poulson

But does it catch fish

1 minute ago, Hillbilly voodoo said:

But does it catch fish

Not so far, but I've only fished it a little.  I need to alter the joint gap to get the glide I want.  It's 8:30 pm here and it's still 91 degrees.  Tomorrow is another day, especially early in the morning when it's only 75!  I'm headed for bed.  Talk to you tomorrow.