mark poulson Posted January 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 I'm sooo jealous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ipt Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 hard work pays off!! took me a ton of formulas to get it right. I'll tell you its a mix of GP, Watermelon, Chartreuse (its super green until the flake goes in) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassinfool Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 I can't get my watermelon red stick baits to be that clear with the amount of salt required to match the fall rate of the senko sadly. I made up some watermelon red for some lizards today though and took some good pictures of it to show. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 Mark if you want that color a better start would be kudzu from Spikeit. All the watermelons that are named as such are to green. This one from Spikeit will be much more lime looking and not so green. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted January 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 Thanks guys. When my new "magic" color and flake arrives, I'll report back. Adding some chartreuse makes sense, to lighten the green, but I won't know if I need it until I've tried the stuff that's coming. I have kudzu. I'll play around with that, too. If I can get it to work with my old .15 red flake, I'll be thrilled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassinfool Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 I use lime green in mine which works out nicely, I also use chartreuse for watermelon chartreuse which is just a brighter watermelon for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basscandy92040 Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 I can't get my watermelon red stick baits to be that clear with the amount of salt required to match the fall rate of the senko sadly. I made up some watermelon red for some lizards today though and took some good pictures of it to show. That's a great looking color! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted January 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2014 I got my Baitjunkey colorant and flake (thanks for the plastic sample) yesterday. So that's my after work project this week, to get a watermelon/red flake combo that works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted January 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 Success!!! Using Baitjunkey's colorant, flake, and the sample he sent me of his plastic I was able to make and pour some very nice watermelon/red flake Ikas, and 7" worms, with no color bleed from the red flake at all! Next batch I'll add a drop of black, and match GYCB's color exactly! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassinfool Posted January 19, 2014 Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 You can't post something like that without pictures! Get it together mad man! Congrats on the success! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baitjunkys Posted January 19, 2014 Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 Glad it worked out Mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted January 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2014 Glad it worked out Mark. What a difference! Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basscandy92040 Posted January 22, 2014 Report Share Posted January 22, 2014 (edited) Ok, so I got some of the LW watermelon. Wow a lot better than the LC. I never really worked out formula, but I tried by adding LC pumpkin to the LW. I made some 4" stix with my new Bears injection mold. I like it, hopefully the bass do too. Edited January 22, 2014 by Basscandy92040 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basscandy92040 Posted January 22, 2014 Report Share Posted January 22, 2014 Pic is not loading from phone....grrr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassinfool Posted January 22, 2014 Report Share Posted January 22, 2014 I upload my pics to photobucket, copy them to my clipboard using the IMG tag and then paste them here if that helps you basscandy. The LC watermelon is an awful looking green but when I was first starting out the recipe I posted earlier in the thread is what I came up with to get a watermelon myself and others liked. It only used one drop of that LC watermelon colorant haha. Now I use that as my base recipe and add in a few drops of the LW watermelon 101 and I'm really happy with it. Actually, I've been really happy with all of my LW colorants so far and would highly recommend them to anyone who is curious about trying them out. Plus, Bruce is just a great guy to do business with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basscandy92040 Posted January 24, 2014 Report Share Posted January 24, 2014 (edited) Cool it worked. The top color is what I came up with using the LW 101. I like a lot better than the LC watermelon. Bears 4" mold love it! Need to post separate thread to give him props. My first go round, I got up to 60 drops of the LW 101 and 20 (I think of LC pumpkin). 12 oz LW soft, 2 caps softner 5 heaping tbsp. popcorn salt. I know some will say not enough salt, but it works for me. When holding this color up to the light you can see the hue of a good watermelon color! The is other is baby bass using the new LW 101 watermelon, I think I like it to. with the smaller bait, the watermelon does not look as dark as the five inch. I checked the weight of the GY 4" which is a larger diameter bait, 7 grams. Mine came it at 5 grams. Cant wait to see the action and ability to cast this smaller stick! Edited January 24, 2014 by Basscandy92040 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassinfool Posted January 24, 2014 Report Share Posted January 24, 2014 Those look great! I've gotten my sticks to weigh nearly identical to a Gammy but because I use powdered salt they're not nearly as translucent as his are. The bass don't seem to mind though so it works for me haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted January 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 I switched to Kosher salt, and the opaque is much less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis ashbrook Posted June 6, 2020 Report Share Posted June 6, 2020 I use 4 .oc of plastic 6 drops watermelon 1 drop root beer a dash of .35 black flake and a dash of .15 red flake heat to to 140 degrees Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis ashbrook Posted June 6, 2020 Report Share Posted June 6, 2020 And use hand poured molds and injection molds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted June 6, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2020 1 hour ago, Curtis ashbrook said: I use 4 .oc of plastic 6 drops watermelon 1 drop root beer a dash of .35 black flake and a dash of .15 red flake heat to to 140 degrees Is that 140 celcius? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
