AweStarCustomBaits Posted July 23, 2012 Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 Hey everyone! I have an interesting topic starter. If you were going to have ONLY 10 stock colors in your Line of products, what would they be? I understand that colors change from region to region across the country, so I think it is interesting to see what everyone thinks. I am trying to narrow down my Color Line for stock colors, and then of course produce Custom Colors for customers on request. I want to start with 10 colors in the line, and then make changes based off of sales/production. I am having a hard time narrowing it down at the moment and would like to know what/how you would do it. And your Top 10 List Is....................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toadfrog Posted July 23, 2012 Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 Watermelon Red Green Pumkin Motor oil Chartruese variations of glitter Smoke variations of glitter Clear Holo glitter Pearl white yellow blue orange The rest would be basic colors in the category of custom chat/hot pink ect. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carolinamike Posted July 23, 2012 Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 Greg, Toadfrog has given you a good start. You will find that all across the country that some form of watermellon and green pumpkins are a standard, different colors of flake will vary from region to region. I basicaly started this same sort of thread a few years back when I done a product test with North American Fishing Club magazine( which is a very economical way for a small person to advertise ) I think the name of the thread was "Colors across the U.S." or something like that. If you could find that thread, there was alot of good colors named for all different parts of the country, I used this information to pick out the colors for the test. If you can find it I think it will be a great help to you, there were some great posts made and it really helped me alot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AweStarCustomBaits Posted July 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 Hey Mike, I totally agree about the Watermelon's and Green Pumpkins. Natural Colors. I am just trying to get some debate and ideas about what is used the most around the regions. Thanks for the info about the past post, ill definately search for it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonteSS Posted July 23, 2012 Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 (edited) Black Black blue flake Pumpkinseed Watermelon red flake Grape Green Pumpkinseed White Pearl June bug Motor Oil Chartruese ...Bill Edited July 23, 2012 by MonteSS 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayburnGuy Posted July 23, 2012 Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 Do you have to be in the business of pouring plastics or can anyone play? Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AweStarCustomBaits Posted July 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 Absolutely not! I want everyones opinion! As a matter of fact, anglers not in the business would be more valuable to contribute! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayburnGuy Posted July 23, 2012 Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 OK here's my for what it's worth. These are not in any order. Just some colors that have always worked for me. Black Neon (black/red flake) Watermelon Watermelon/red flake Red Bug Smoke w/red or silver flake or both Green Pumpkin I know that's not 10 colors, but if I can't get bit on one of those I feel like I need to be throwing something besides plastic. Black neon has always been a go to color for me as well as a big fish bait. I feel it's one color that seems to be under rated by a lot of people. Maybe because most folks think it's a night fishing color. I like it in worms, tubes, ring worms and just about anything else that's made out of plastic. Hope this helps. Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasbass1 Posted July 23, 2012 Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 (edited) Watermelon Red June bug Pearl Chartruese Plum Motor oil Red Pumpkin Oxblood Neon Blue (Blue/Blue flake) Neon Black (Black/Red flake) Edited July 23, 2012 by texasbass1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little man baits Posted July 23, 2012 Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 Watermelon red and black flake Black and red flake Baby bass Motor oil Chameleon Watermelon/white swirl Deep purple black flake Black/blue swirl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggun Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 Bubble gum Watermelon-red flk black neon june bug white ghost green pumpkin red bug watermelon candy chartreuse pepper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass-Boys Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 Watermelon - red, is in every single list !! Hmmm .. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carolinamike Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 I think the state of Texas have troopers that sit at the state line that wait for anglers to cross into Texas, and I think if they dont have some type of watermellon red bait they can be arrested or sent back across state line . I know one thing for sure watermellon red flake is king in Texas, a have to have in that state. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little man baits Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 @carolinamike same here north of the border in Ontario that color is a must have!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishBones Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 I'll go more basic. A white A red A green Black Chartreuse A brown A blue Then the list explodes when you add in pearls of any of these, once again when you double them up to clear and opaques. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayburnGuy Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 I think the state of Texas have troopers that sit at the state line that wait for anglers to cross into Texas, and I think if they dont have some type of watermellon red bait they can be arrested or sent back across state line . I know one thing for sure watermellon red flake is king in Texas, a have to have in that state. That's because it just flat out works Mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J lure Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 Ok here's one, translucent or opaque colors? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishBones Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 That's a good one. When I first started I only wanted to do translucents, that didn't work lol. So far my best successes have been both together, one over the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softworm Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 green pumpkin watermelon pearl chartruese cherryseed black pumpkin thats only 7 but after many years of doing this, I've narrowed it down to these for my use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Prager Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 Watermelon Watermelon Red Watermelon Candy Green Pumpkin Green Pumpkin Red Black Black w/blue flake Black w/ gold holographic flake Junebug Redbug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J lure Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 I think we need to narrow this down a little bit more. What's your top two or three colors per style of soft plastic such as, minnow/swim bait, worm straight tail, worm ribbon tail, senko, frog, crayfish, lizard, creature and any others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Prager Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 3 x 8 = 24 are all the combos you can get with what you're pouring I would advise offering all of your baits in the same colors. Only way to do it unless you have 20 molds of each bait. Offer all of them in Watermelon, Green Pumpkin, black, etc. What are they throwing in your area? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass4Me Posted July 28, 2012 Report Share Posted July 28, 2012 10 basic liquid colors I'd have and 5 glitters are: 1-Red 2-Green pumpkin 3-Black 4-Chartreuse (also use for trailers/claws on crawfish) 5-Pumpkinseed 6-Blue, brighteset available (also use for trailers/claws on crawfish) 7-Watermelon seed 8-Green, brighteset available (also use for trailers/claws on crawfish) 9-White 10-Purple, grape or black grape Glitters: Black, Blue, Red, Green, Silver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cub48 Posted August 9, 2012 Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 Black , Blue, Green Pumpkin, Chartruese, White, Silver, Motor oil, Yellow, Grape, Red, I;ll add Silver holographic, Red Flake, Black Flake, White Pearl. It will depend on the kind of baits you are making my colors are for Crappie and Bass If I were only Bass Baits I would not use the white, silver, or yellow. And with Crappie no motor oil, green pumpkin. or grape. I know fish will bite all colors. I have my Bass colors and my Crappie colors! Cub48 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
