One Sock Posted September 27, 2008 Report Share Posted September 27, 2008 Ok I have been playing with baits again. You get to a certain point with this hobby that you are always trying to get something new and exciting. Not sure I achieved it yet but it looks promising. I have a big glass table top( I mentioned this once on here) I poured some plastic (purple) on the glass and let it cool, would probably work with any flat surface come to think of it anywhoo, I took some different colored baits and lay them out on the purple and let them sit for a few days, The color was absorbed in a nice straight line on one side and through the bait on the other, almost like a purple laterrel line. They came out pretty nice so i posted a picture of them in the gallery, I have to experiment some more but wow, what a neat way to get some additional color in a bait without actually adding the color. I rolled the purple circle up and put it in a bag and have been able to use it over and over, does not seem to fade in the baits either over time as I have left them in direct sunlight etc etc so, I have some custom baits, reduced cost on the additional color as I can use it quite a few times( i guess eventually it will turn light and I will have to melt it back down with some more color, but hey it's fun to do and it opens up some creativity for me, next it red white and shad for a truly unique american bass bait, stand by I'll have some pictures up soon. Seems to work better with light colors absorbing dark watermelon with green pumpkin absorbed smoke with red and blue white with red watermelon with red These are just a few I have done, by far I think I like the orange with brown and green, will take some more pic's and get them up soon anyone else have any tips like this to share? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nova Posted September 27, 2008 Report Share Posted September 27, 2008 One Sock; try cutting a strip of the purple about 1/8" wide and however long. then wrap it around the stick like a barber pole. Just a quick thought. www.novalures.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Sock Posted September 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2008 quick thoughts are good, I like it thanks Nova Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhorlings Posted September 28, 2008 Report Share Posted September 28, 2008 Great idea. I think I will try it this week. I have notice this happens when stick a few colors together but didn't think of actually doing it on purpose! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Sock Posted September 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2008 yeah complete accident for me, was cleaning up and layed some white sticks down on some other color, then thought hmmmmm, this could be something different Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB GONE Posted September 29, 2008 Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 Lazy mans way (my way sometimes) of adding a tip on to a stick or coloring the tail of a worm has always been to lay a stip of chartreuse on the baits. Also do this.... Print you message out backwards on a piece of paper and then lay your bait down on the words. In a day or 2 you can peel the bait up and the transfer will occur... "Eat me" was my partners favorite when I would do this on baits! You can also transfer patterns this way as well. Baits in the gallery look cool! Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bojon Posted September 29, 2008 Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 years ago,most of my baits that I made for my own use,were white.I would on occasion lay a fresh poured lure on a newspaper and get what would pass for a scaled effect.I think that most of the inks are now soy based,but I'm not sure if they would work as well.It made a nice effect against a white background,and being that the fish I catch have to be really dumb,I doubt if they could read.I'm forever trying stange stuff.LOL:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Prager Posted September 29, 2008 Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 I threw some white scraps on the Sunday funnies and they made a perfect transfer. Unless the fish are dyslexic, I don't think they could read them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB GONE Posted September 29, 2008 Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 Not to hijack the thread on this but you can make some nice patterns if you go to a "bait fish" image site. Print something off and lay your bait down on it. I just always reverse the image prior to printing. Flukes and other minnow baits look really good. Stick baits seem to work well. Not sure if it affects the final results on the lake though but sure is fun goofing around.... Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Sock Posted September 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 not sure what you mean Jim, got some [pictures? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsinyard Posted September 29, 2008 Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 Jim, Do you use a color picture or BW? Does the picture have to be freshly printed off? Are the baits white, clear or can you use a darker color like junebug? Great idea anyway..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB GONE Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 Works with lighter colors only. Smoke colors are great. I save the picture of a baitfish, like a herring, print it out in color or black and white, and lay the bait on the part of the image you want to transfer to the bait. In a day, your bait will have the image on it. No washing it off or even scraping it off. Color doesn't really transfer to well so I just use black and white (grey) most of the time. Found all this out a loooong time ago when I laid some bait to firm up on some newspaper funnies... Not to funny at the time as it was some baits to ship to a friend. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...