Custom painting lures

[5bites]

Oh my man. That's very slick!

[Fish24/7]

 transparent yellow base,trans brown,trans sand ,pearl green ,iridescent green, iridescent yellow/chartreuse, pearl copper,iridescent red,trans black

[Fish24/7]

 opaque chartreuse pearl as the base coat,

 used the same iridescent colors w/ pearl green,

copper,trans purple ,yellow and red,opaque black

the clear has gold,hologram green and black flake

 

[joeD]

I assume the reason you guys re paint lures is because the colors the manufacturers use don't work, right?

Pink works. Who knew?

[jolicious]

I assume the reason you guys re paint lures is because the colors the manufacturers use don't work, right?

Pink works. Who knew?

I personally don't repaint lures. That's a bunch of hassle just for a hobby. Of course pink works, just like any other color when thrown under the right conditions. I buy blanks online for $2-$3 and paint them because A. It relaxes me and B. I can end up with 4 or 5 lures for the price of one expensive one.

[5bites]

 opaque chartreuse pearl as the base coat,

 used the same iridescent colors w/ pearl green,

copper,trans purple ,yellow and red,opaque black

the clear has gold,hologram green and black flake

 

I like this one the best

[Fish24/7]

 

iridescent and opaque yellow base coat

trans brite yellow

trans dark brown/ pearl copper

trans black

trans green

trans orange

iridescent turquoise/trans gray

clear coat has black,white,hologram green,gold,sea blue,copper and metallic brown micro flakes

 

[joeD]

Can a fish see the color of a topwater lure, specifically, the top , or back, of the lure, the part not submerged? 

From a fish perspective, in the water, the only thing visible would be treble hooks. I seriously doubt that a fish could discern whether the top of the lure was white or black or green or purple or frog or tiger or flaming skulls that say "joeD Sucks." 

I think we put too much emphasis on color, rather than movement and size.

You tinkerers' lures look great, by the way, and I wouldn't hesitate to buy any of them. I'm no different than anyone else. Hence, the multi billion dollar lure industry.

[Fish24/7]

crickets......

[Ham]

The Spook paint jobs are very nice. It looks like those have the Charlie Campbell preferred nose tie position. I agree more with custom color top waters and jerk baits than crank baits, but I have some custom painted warts. They tend to get more try's than the std because why let me sit in the box. 

These days I throw a Super Spook Jr 9 times out of 10. I would throw the Full Size if fishing bigger water or more chop on the water.