stephen snider

Mark, could u use peridot for the top of ghost minnow?

Matt, Thanks for helping , I'm not sure if I'm good enough to mix the paints especially the candy red pearl colors. I wish there was an easier way to paint that color. My friend said he caught a 6 today and a 7 pounder yesterday( weight on a scale). and he thought the red tint on the side might have helped. I never thought these colors would be so hard to paint. Steve

The transparent light olive and trans. dark olive on the back and gold pearl on the face are probably close The sides do have a reddish tint to them

I was trying to copy the lucky craft staysee 90 ghost minnow or lucky strike secret night colors. I'm trying to get the brown olive green back goldish brown face. I wish I could describe it better . Steve

Can anyone help with a color for ghost minnow? I have some clear blanks to paint and can't get the right color Thanks, Steve

Urethane is the answer was looking for will urethane float better than Etex and other clear coats? What kind of urethane do u use? Thanks ,Steve

Sonoman I wish I knew that before i bought 500 of them I hope mine aren't 4x I went fishing today bad 2nd day of a cold front ,tried the tail weighted smithwick no luck. I'll try again next week probably a bad day to try something new . Bob how long do you let it sink ( pause) between jerks or pulls? Thanks , Steve

Bob. do you have to use a rogue? What colors you using shad patterns?

Mark Poulson, When you removed the bb's were they the two little ones in the bottom? How did you plug it up? This isn't the easiest way, but the best method i've heard so far for reducing weight . Mark thanks for the great suggestion, and everyone else that helped . Steve Snider

I have the version 2, mono still sinks. Floro sinks worse. I have some rods flouro some mono floating slow use floro, sink slow or suspend mono. slow sink seams to works better below 44 .Like I said above he wanted me to buy the suspending but I bought the slow rise ones should have them Friday, so much easier to balance.IF we have a shad kill in the fifties i might try the slow sink,not sure which will work best during a shad kill? Thanks Steve PS I'm going to try smaller split rings on the staysee.

Thanks Guys for chiming in a apriciate your help .. I just ordered the slow float 110 blanks the other day instead of the new suspending blanks he has . My suspending blanks are from last year they won't hold as much weight as the new one . I would much rather add weight then have a sinking lure . My clear coat weighs less than Devcon 2ton and others.I have #5 split rings and bronze triple grip. #5's are a pain (so small), I have the barbarian outbarbs,( original stock on 110's), but they were to heavy, hope to use them on the blanks i have coming. Do you guys have any suggestions about stock lures lucky craft ect. I have some of them that sink . Thanks Steve

I bought 110 lure blanks from predator baits dusted with white base coat one lite coat of pearl white and one lite coat of a and b appoxy from netcraft all sprayed with bager airbrush lightest hooks you can find . I have done everything possible to make it light. I also have 2 lucky craft stayse 90 jerkbaits that sink my buddies are fine mine are stock out of the box. Steve

Is there anything to add to a lure to help it float ?My jerkbaits are sinking slow and i need something to help them to suspend.I have done everything i can to make them lighter : hooks ,split rings, little paint , epoxy top coat 2 part very lite one coat . I didn't know if there was a foam paint or anything i could glue or add to the lure to help it float smelly jelly , fly dressing ect. any ideas would be helpfull. thanks , steve snider