Croaker Colors

[HawgBone]

Hello Everyone,
     I've just been pondering over what colors to pour the Croaker in, want to get it all worked out before I place an order. To me watermelon w/pearl is almost a given, but I'm wondering what other colors people have had success on. I was thinking about a frog with a light brown back and white belly, but not sure where that color would come from. Another color that came to mind was a dark brown back with an amber belly, I'm not sure how that one would work and would love to hear some other thoughts on this.
    On a side note, the Crappie Carrot is out and looks awesome, I saw the success that Ted had with it and to me that is one heck of an accomplishment for Jason and his product, someone definitely deserves some congratulations! I was wondering if there were any plans for a smaller size in the crappie carrot, or would downsizing it take away from the action of the tail? I know I must be an annoyance asking you about making big baits and now wondering about downsizing a bait, after seeing the success this bait has had however it's got me very interested.

-Chris

[ghostbaits]

Chris:

In my experience fishing frogs and selling frogs, you need to have at least one color with a pearl belly as you noted. After that, consider dark and light colors.

Most that fish effectively select bait colors based on them being darker or lighter so that there can be a decent contrast to the water and surroundings.

I seperate mine kinda like this:  Light: Watermelon, White, Pearl White, etc.   Dark: Black, Junebug, Green Pumpkin, etc...

In a frog, the fish apparently can see the profile on the water better if the bait is darker or lighter based on the amount of light we are seeing/getting. So if it is real dark out (IE first morning or night fishing), the theory is to use a dark bait.

With all that said, I have caught on white at night and black in full sun. You can also look around at what other companies are doing with their colors. Ribbit frogs come in a variety of colors.

Jim

[HawgBone]

  Thanks for the insight there ghostbaits, your words definitely have a pro angler ring to them  , what are your thoughts on my dark brown/amber idea? The amber seems to be a little bit more transparent, so I guess the question would be would it be considered a darker bait?

-Chris

[ghostbaits]

I like the dark brown/amber belly idea. Make some and see if the fish do!!! 

Jim

[Jason]

We can make a smaller one but the 2.5" is spot on for small fish.  It looks exactly like the small size minnow you get at a bait store.  I've caught Bass on it from 6" up to 4lbs.  The only reason I could see going smaller would be to target Brim. 

I was thinking about trying to make it bigger to see if it worked like a stick bait???

What do you think?

Jason

[HawgBone]

Sounds like an idea to me, I would think that would be pretty deadly Carolina or Texas rigged, if you could get that fast taper on each side it might not make a bad wacky rig either, but then you would have to completely change up the bait again. I would be all for it though, you keep putting up molds here and I won't have to shop around anywhere else! 

-Chris