Painting jerkbaits for big trout

I didn't realize you had such artistic abilities in you Duane! Those jerkbaits are beautiful!

Rembrandt in the making right here on Ozark Anglers

On 7/30/2018 at 8:25 AM, duckydoty said:

Still learning a few lessons.  Stippling dots worked great!  Apply parr marks first then paint rest of body to tone down marks.  Thin gill plate rose highlights very thin and apply sparingly.  Just got some KBS Diamond Coat as a top coat and I’m anxiously awaiting trials on that for top coat but did not want to chance it on these.  Just now getting comfortable with BSI slow cure epoxy.

here is a still just Incase video did not work on previous post.

Your colors/pattern look very close to these Livetarget trout fry lures

 

Am I the only one who thinks the length and shape of those baits looks super right?

12 hours ago, Terrierman said:

Am I the only one who thinks the length and shape of those baits looks super right?

I'd need to have a couple in my hands to make that determination.

Finally got to fish the rainbow pattern this morning on the Upper Lake with the water off. First fish was a 20 inch brown.  We caught a few bows, another 17 inch brown and a couple walleye, along with a good sized channel cat and a few of them stinking brown bass on it.  Could not be more pleased with the results!

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            Nice!

  That Channel is a fattie,

   BilletHead

Wow!  

..when a plan comes together is a beautiful thing.

Mike

Just another quick update/tip on the learning to paint baits journey.  After going through 2 sets of BSI 30 minute epoxy, I finally got it down pretty good with mixing 3 second pours from the  heated bottles and thinning with denatured alcohol as needed. Still had a few blemishes in the finish. I purchased some KBS top coat a while back but was hesitant in using it for fear of not quite as good of a finish that I was getting from the epoxy and the care that has to be taken in resealing the KBS due to contact with moisture in the air will start to set the cure.

Found an old fashion wide mouth Mason jar and some silicone insert sealing rings to store the KBS in. I also got a can paint saver air displacement stuff to spray under the lid of the Mason jar after use to keep it from starting to set. The KBS was $58 per quart so I would like it  to last as long as possible.  

I now just hang the baits on a paper clip and put a drip wire in the bottom eye, dip, hang, and done!  The finish is fantastic!