Dumb idea or great idea

Posted 4/23/2002 3:47 PM (#6417)
Subject: Dumb idea or great idea


I always wanted to do this......make a bait crank or twitch or jerk bait and instead of painting them ,skin a small perch or gill and stretch there colored skin over the wood and clear over it.?Good idea or bad.Anybody try this?It would be a life like finish.

Posted 4/23/2002 3:50 PM (#30189)
Subject: Dumb idea or great idea


It seems like it would be a lot of trouble to do, plus I would guess that the color would fade.

Posted 4/23/2002 4:00 PM (#30190)
Subject: Dumb idea or great idea


No ideas are dumb! W/ the exception we got the bright idea to have a picnic once + made peanut butter + jellyfish sandwiches...still got scar tissue on me gums...there was the remnants of a buckskin bait on ebay so I guess it would be possible![:sun:]

Posted 4/23/2002 4:34 PM (#30191)
Subject: Dumb idea or great idea


E, it sounds pretty cool actually. The only problems I see is how long it may last and getting the lure body the perfect size for the perch.

Too bad perch did not come in a firetiger or orange bandit colors.[;)]

Posted 4/23/2002 5:25 PM (#30192)
Subject: Dumb idea or great idea


you gotta catch the fish first then manufacture the bait to him or her.