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Soft Plastic Bait Making => Color Cook Book => Topic started by: etterz21 on 06/28/12 04:26 UTC

Title: Bluegill Color
Post by: etterz21 on 06/28/12 04:26 UTC

Looking for a good bluegill or bold blue color, Any sugestions?

Title: Re: Bluegill Color
Post by: ctom on 06/28/12 06:09 UTC

For bluegill I start with 6 ounces of plastic and add like 30 drops of stabilizer and mix well. Then I add equal parts of green, copper, and blue glitter plus double the single color amount of purple. Just a smidge of blue hi lite goes in and that's it.

I reheat a lot so that's the reason for the heat stabilizer. If you're doing a single cook and shoot it you could eliminate the stabilizer IF you heat slowly and keep the temps down to 330-340....all that glitter really changes the way the plastic heats in something this clear.

I'm using Caney's soft formula plastic and adding softener. I am also shooting crappie and sunfish sized plastics.

Title: Re: Bluegill Color
Post by: kipbass on 06/28/12 06:35 UTC

For a stick bait I use
4oz plastic
1-3 drops of black...a light to medium smoke
.035 black glitter to taste..i use 1/8 tsp
.035 blue glitter to taste....1/8 tsp
.035 gold ...less than 1/8 tsp

Title: Bluegill Color
Post by: Justin9j on 06/28/12 07:14 UTC

Quote from: kipbass on 06/28/12 06:35 UTC

For a stick bait I use
4oz plastic
1-3 drops of black...a light to medium smoke
.035 black glitter to taste..i use 1/8 tsp
.035 blue glitter to taste....1/8 tsp
.035 gold ...less than 1/8 tsp

X2.

Title: Re: Bluegill Color
Post by: MonteSS on 06/28/12 08:54 UTC

x3. That is pretty much the industry standard. Doesn look much like a blue gill to me but catches fish. I add a little orange glitter.

I also make what I call "Natural Sunfish".

1 cup
12 LC amber brown
1/4 035 brown
1/4 035 gold
1/4 035 orange
1/4 035 purple

...Bill

Title: Bluegill Color
Post by: Justin9j on 06/28/12 09:04 UTC

Bill that sounds like a great color. Think I'll pour that at lunch today.

Title: Re: Bluegill Color
Post by: kipbass on 06/28/12 09:48 UTC

might make a toad in blue gill and fish it weighted. When its pulled fast, it swims on its side. Should look like a beam.

Title: Re: Bluegill Color
Post by: firetiger on 06/28/12 10:18 UTC

I'd like to see some pictures of the colors if you guys pour them.

Title: Re: Bluegill Color
Post by: MonteSS on 06/28/12 10:59 UTC

Here are a couple

Green pumpkin bluegill
Natural Sunfish
(http://i453.photobucket.com/albums/qq257/zz430t56/sticks010.jpg)

standard blugill with violet hilte (BG here have a beautiful purple sheen to them)
(http://smokinbaits.net63.net/02.jpg)

Standard smoke BG (no hikite)
(http://i453.photobucket.com/albums/qq257/zz430t56/02.jpg)

....Bill

Title: Re: Bluegill Color
Post by: bribass on 06/29/12 16:19 UTC

wow the second pic to the bottom is an AWESOME color bill nice job!

Title: Re: Bluegill Color
Post by: firetiger on 07/02/12 22:16 UTC

All varieties are nice.  Great job!

Title: Re: Bluegill Color
Post by: MonteSS on 07/03/12 12:36 UTC

Quote from: bribass on 06/29/12 16:19 UTC

wow the second pic to the bottom is an AWESOME color bill nice job!

Thanks, but I lied. That is actually blue hilite not violet.

...Bill

Title: Re: Bluegill Color
Post by: ctom on 07/04/12 11:07 UTC

Here are a couple examples of the bluegill color I do in the Thumper Fry.

(http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss184/crappietomtackle/IMG_0786.jpg)

The top color has a little bit of turqoise hi lites added while the lower two are shot in clear with ever so little violet hi lites added.

I slipped out to a local flood control reservoir last night for about a half hour...all I could stand for the skeeters.....and tossed this plastic. I had to work thru some colors but ended up with a bluegill/chartreuse tail on the plain leadhead jig and took crappies, sunfish and a nice lm bass. Man, I paid in blood for those fish. lol.

Title: Re: Bluegill Color
Post by: ghostbaits on 07/16/12 10:37 UTC

Couple of bluegill swims I did for some pros up on Champlain for this coming week....

(http://www.ghostbaits.com/bluegillswimshad.JPG)
3.5" Swim Shad

(http://www.ghostbaits.com/bluegillphantomminnow.JPG)
3" Paddle Tail minnow

Jim

Title: Re: Bluegill Color
Post by: kipbass on 07/16/12 16:51 UTC

Ghost is such a show boater! LoL  ;D

Title: Re: Bluegill Color
Post by: ghostbaits on 07/17/12 10:15 UTC

Quote from: kipbass on 07/16/12 16:51 UTC

Ghost is such a show boater! LoL  ;D

Thank you!!!!!! LOL!!!!! Glad to share recipe if you want it!!

Jim

Title: Re: Bluegill Color
Post by: firetiger on 07/17/12 15:31 UTC

Quote from: ghostbaits on 07/17/12 10:15 UTC

Thank you!!!!!! LOL!!!!! Glad to share recipe if you want it!!

Jim

I would love it!  Those look great!

Title: Re: Bluegill Color
Post by: ghostbaits on 07/17/12 15:42 UTC

Putting into cookbook now....

Jim

Title: Re: Bluegill Color
Post by: kipbass on 07/17/12 16:30 UTC

Rock on Jim!

Title: Re: Bluegill Color
Post by: firetiger on 07/18/12 13:23 UTC

Thanks Jim!

Title: Re: Bluegill Color
Post by: MonteSS on 07/18/12 14:45 UTC

Really nice Jim.

...Bill

Title: Re: Bluegill Color
Post by: ghostbaits on 07/31/12 12:33 UTC

Thought I would add this one up too. Has been a consitent fish catcher for many..

(http://www.ghostbaits.com/bluegillpsccm.JPG)

Jim

Title: Re: Bluegill Color
Post by: biglewers on 07/31/12 13:40 UTC

How do you get the lines in there?  What mold is that?

Title: Re: Bluegill Color
Post by: Denny Welch on 07/31/12 13:43 UTC

Magic Marker??????

Title: Re: Bluegill Color
Post by: ghostbaits on 07/31/12 14:47 UTC

Sorry, lines are a water based paint made for plastic. Applied with sponge. Orange is paint as well.

Mold is a custom deal I had made prior to Money Minnow coming out. It is 4.75" and when dipped, you have hollow belly swim. It is an AWESOME fish catching bait, either alone or on the a-rig.

Jim

Title: Re: Bluegill Color
Post by: crappieklepto on 08/02/12 17:30 UTC

Where do you get the paint Jim?

Title: Re: Bluegill Color
Post by: ghostbaits on 08/02/12 18:18 UTC

Michael's. Not sure if they carry it anymore. It is Plaid brand.

I think the regular will work if you dip over it.

Jim

Title: Re: Bluegill Color
Post by: crappieklepto on 08/04/12 11:30 UTC

Thanks for the info Jim! Your a true bait artist love your stuff!

Title: Re: Bluegill Color
Post by: andrewlamberson on 08/04/12 12:22 UTC

Try the "t-shirt" water based paints from WalMart. They are permanent after drying...but you do have to dip them to stay on. I use it for eyes and red gill rakes . Cheap &  Effective!

Also the Spike-it scented markers work really well...no need to dip.

Title: Re: Bluegill Color
Post by: crappieklepto on 08/04/12 20:17 UTC

Thank you also I will give it a try!

Title: Re: Bluegill Color
Post by: ghostbaits on 08/07/12 14:46 UTC

Oh yeah... One more bluegill.... LOL!

(http://www.ghostbaits.com/grbluegill.jpg)

Jim

Title: Re: Bluegill Color
Post by: firetiger on 08/07/12 19:33 UTC

Funky looking bait!   :o

Title: Re: Bluegill Color
Post by: ghostbaits on 08/07/12 19:50 UTC

DS reaper that i would put up against ANY ds bait out there!!!

Jim