Custom painting lures

[Mitch f]

Great looking baits guys! Funny about the craw colors, I've seen several people try to match the hatch with craws that were burped up in their livewell. All those craws have "mysterious" bright orange patches. Those people paint or pour those big orange patches in their baits. I think they should rename that color to "semi-digested" or "livewell" craw  

Dave, those craw pics you posted...is that a Golden Craw? The one we call Table Rock Craw is us trying to imitate the Long Pincered craw.

[dtrs5kprs]

35 minutes ago, Mitch f said:

Great looking baits guys! Funny about the craw colors, I've seen several people try to match the hatch with craws that were burped up in their livewell. All those craws have "mysterious" bright orange patches. Those people paint or pour those big orange patches in their baits. I think they should rename that color to "semi-digested" or "livewell" craw  

Dave, those craw pics you posted...is that a Golden Craw? The one we call Table Rock Craw is us trying to imitate the Long Pincered craw.

Not sure. It's the one most frequently hacked up coming over the side, from an inch to about 4". That was one of several we caught around the ramp, around a stump, and on a gravel bank.

Hit the timing just right a few years back. There were thousands of them crawling all over. Mating, hatching, feasting?

That was the most common color. We caught a few that were darker green, and missed several grabs at some that were more black and red. Very few of the latter.

Will try to look it up. One of the craw trappers probably knows.

[Guest]

We used to seine net the ditches in NE arkansas. If you had a culvert between the rice field & county road it was game on. 90% of the time, they were olive drab green with burnt orange. The pattern was similar to a checker board or woven basket. I've seen fish spit up that craw all over the state, although less common in the ozarks but the fish don't seem to mind. 

[Fish24/7]

11 hours ago, TrophyFishR said:

I used my thumb as the stencil.

lol, good idea! i've been experimenting with guitar picks and different shapes of crankbait lips

[Fish24/7]

11 hours ago, TrophyFishR said:

I got the Bob Smith after consulting a quick search on TU. It's similar to D2T

been testing on some junk baits with dick nite s81 and D2T used together. a thin brushed on coat of s81 followed by a coat of D2T about a week later. So far it's been a positive experience. I haven't put them in the water yet  but was just curious if the two would react negatively when used on the same bait. 

[Fish24/7]

 

nice job on those baits guys !

this SPRO rk is somewhat similar, but the camera flash makes it look more yellow than it really is

i've got a few warts and spro I just finished too, when they're dry I'll post some pics

[Flysmallie]

6 minutes ago, Fish24/7 said:

but was just curious if the two would react negatively when used on the same bait.

If there was going to be a reaction it would have already happened. The only issue you might have is delamination. Where the two coatings don't adhere well to each other. 

[Fish24/7]

i was thinking about that too, i'm going to soak some in water for a long time and see if anything happens then

[dtrs5kprs]

58 minutes ago, Fish24/7 said:

 

nice job on those baits guys !

this SPRO rk is somewhat similar, but the camera flash makes it look more yellow than it really is

i've got a few warts and spro I just finished too, when they're dry I'll post some pics

It has to have some mustard yellow on the body base color. I used a few drops of golden yellow to get there.

[Flysmallie]

40 minutes ago, Fish24/7 said:

i was thinking about that too, i'm going to soak some in water for a long time and see if anything happens then

Where you will probably see it is when you get a chip in it from banging it against a rock or something. But it might not happen at all. Might hold together just fine.

 

I'll stick with automotive clear. Much easier to work with, doesn't yellow, doesn't need a drying wheel, dries fast.