While I can't say that I had an outstanding day of catching yesterday, my co pilot seemed to enjoy the sensation of weight on his line. And the fish I did manage hit on the same two colors that my buddy got his on. The baits are a Jacobs creation while the colors used are MF exclusively and not often mentioned.
The tail colors I guess are the Do_it X2 chartreuse so I won't elaborate on them.
The body of the bait on the left starts as 4 ounces of plastic, 10 drops of stabilizer, 15 drops of MF Silver Pearl [MF #41], 4 drops of UV enhancer, and copper, blue, green and purpple glitter to taste, all .015. This is my usual bluegill color using straight clear plastic but this silver pearl has added some internal character to it and I guess this will be the bluegill color from here on out for me. I like this in bright sun. And for my buddy, his fish liked it too when the sun was hitting the water.
When the sun decided to play peek-a-boo, we tossed the other color which is kind of a throw-back to the Culprit worm color of Fire-N-Ice. The base color is 4 ounces of plastic, 4 drops of MF Indigo [MF20], a match head sized dollop of Do-It blue hi lite, and generous helpings of .015 red and blue Do-It glitters. I guess just add glitter to taste. The Indigo colorant is a super powerful color for not being the likes of X2 stuff. My first 4 ounce batch had 10 drops in it and it came out looking like a bad bruise. Darned near black. If you're going to try the color, go easy on the drops. Its hard to describe this Indigo color since in one light it looks pretty blue but in another light or at a different angle its purple. The blue hi lites help suck the blue to the surface. I tried this blue and glitter combinations because I always did well using the Culprit worms of this color when fishing walleyes on cloudy or partially cloudy days. I had to see if the crappies liked it. I know that small bass prefer it as well as sheephead, but then the small bass liked the bluegill colored bait too.
Anyways, these two colorants add a new twist to the color selection. The Silver Pearl isn't super strong but for small baits I can see this quickly being adapted in bellies or a split color baits as shown.
Fun stuff.
