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Soft Plastic Bait Making => Color Cook Book => Topic started by: crappieklepto on 04/25/12 16:42 UTC

Title: 6" Skinny Carrot
Post by: crappieklepto on 04/25/12 16:42 UTC

I am looking for some ideas for the skinny carrot solid or laminate colors, I live in NW Arkansas and fish mostly Beaver Lake it has Spot (Kentucky) Largemouth and Smallmouth Bass. It is very clear and Muddy at time depending on what end of the lake you fish. I am really interested in some killer smallmouth dropshot colors. I also fish a lot of whacky neko and shakey head. Any advice is welcomed and thanks in advance. Please leave pics and a recipe if that's cool.

Title: Re: 6" Skinny Carrot
Post by: superharmonix on 04/25/12 17:57 UTC

I have been using the 6" Skinny Carrot quite a bit lately rigging wacky.  I don't have a pic at the moment but I hand pour a bright blue color juts until the sprue is full, then inject a solid black right behind it and hold for a few secs for a blended/coreshot kind of look.  The fish love it down here and the water is real muddy still.

-Shawn

Title: Re: 6" Skinny Carrot
Post by: andrewlamberson on 04/25/12 18:02 UTC

I do a LOT of smallmouth fishing on the Mississippi with the 6" Skinny Carrot and my favorite smallmouth colors are:

1. Watermelon/red flake
2. Pearl Silver smoke (almost clear)/silver flake
3. Electric Snot: Chartreuse with green and chartreuse flake (sounds like a stupid match up...but they love that color wacky)
4. Black
5. I don't know why...but black over blue laminate (blue flake) is popular with largemouth on the river. Get some of the new X2 Blue....it's fantastic!

Title: Re: 6" Skinny Carrot
Post by: crappieklepto on 04/26/12 16:27 UTC

Thanks for the ideas and please keep them coming!

Title: 6" Skinny Carrot
Post by: Justin9j on 04/26/12 21:07 UTC

Black neon. And June bug. June bug may take over as my favorite color soon.

Title: Re: 6" Skinny Carrot
Post by: crappieklepto on 04/27/12 16:03 UTC

Junebug is a great color how do you make yours? Just curious as there are so many variations.

Title: 6" Skinny Carrot
Post by: Justin9j on 04/28/12 07:33 UTC

I used black grape LC 12 drops 4 oz plastic. 4 drops strawberry cc.   Kelly green flak.

Search the post.  I know there is one where June bug is talked about.

Title: Re: 6" Skinny Carrot
Post by: crappieklepto on 04/29/12 00:26 UTC

Thanks for the info! I have Dels old junebug and about out and he doesnt sell colors anymore so im going to kind of be starting from scratch when I run out of everything!