Painting jerkbaits for big trout

34 minutes ago, dnj21 said:

Duane's post with all the pictures makes it REALLY hard to concentrate at work.  Now if you'll excuse me I need to check and see if I have a couple vacation days I can use here in the future......   

I agree. Would love to catch a couple of those big brown trout in Taney. Caught some elsewhere but not there. Lots of eye candy in this post ! 

There are two different species in Johns photos. The blue green colors are spawning male Ozark Sculpin. The ones from the Current are Banded Sculpin. Your paint looks great!

 

27 minutes ago, Gavin said:

There are two different species in Johns photos. The blue green colors are spawning male Ozark Sculpin. The ones from the Current are Banded Sculpin. Your paint looks great!

 

Yes there are two species in the photos.  I am partial to the breeding male ozark sculpin.

The blue bellies are better looking. Probably why some bright blue green marabou is a great color to add to your jig or bugger at times. Red is a good add when certain minnows spawn.

On ‎9‎/‎13‎/‎2018 at 4:20 AM, duckydoty said:

JoeD,

Heres a few pictures of browns from a guy that doesn’t fish enough posted for a guy that doesn’t read enough.

 

That's the same fish over and over.  How you did all those costume changes though, that's impressive!

Ok. Here’s the first of the sculpin series.  They are much more difficult and time consuming than the rainbow.  Pretty happy with the look though.

28 minutes ago, duckydoty said:

Ok. Here’s the first of the sculpin series.  They are much more difficult and time consuming than the rainbow.  Pretty happy with the look though.

         " The Sculpinator"       Looks great Duane!

Marty

Looks killer buddy!  What are you doing next Wednesday morning lol... 

Looks great Duane! Would like to see that running in a 2 to 3 foot deep fast run on the Current. That bait just ticking hard off of rocks and veering off to the left or right with a big brown slashing at it as it passes it by.

That looks great Duane!