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Posts: 786 Location: Minnesota | THis has to be one the the top ugly baits I have made. Any thoughts?  If you want contrast this has some. orange belly with blue scales, yellow scales over silver on green with purple top, black head and red fins with holo red eyes. Glitter in the clear coat too. Hared ot see the yellow in the picture. Well, we will see how much poeple like it. It is going on the "block" tonight.Edited by Grunt Lures 3/21/2007 10:39 AM Attachments ----------------  Picture1.jpg (19KB - 112 downloads) | ||
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Posts: 786 Location: Minnesota | I don't plan on making many of these....I think I can come up with some contrasting colors that will still look good too | ||
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Posts: 786 Location: Minnesota | I have something close to that but with an orange belly and no yellow. As I understnad it this one has done well for a few. Attachments ---------------- walleye.png (47KB - 114 downloads) | ||
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| Grunt Lures |
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Posts: 786 Location: Minnesota | No, just the big ones. The reason I went with big lures was because there are not many affordable ones out there. Most lures over 14 inches go for $75-$300. Many for good reason! The paint jobs on some of these are incredible. If you get a chance take a look at a Wishmaster sometime. If I had $250-$300 extra I woudl have one. But I don't so I make Grunts | ||
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Posts: 613 Location: big cove tannery pa | |||
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UGLY????????????? I WAS THE GUY IN INDIANA WHO BOUGHT THIs LURE ON EBAY! HA! i like it we will see if the indiana and il muskies like it.  | |||
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Posts: 786 Location: Minnesota | |||
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Posts: 1938 Location: Black Creek, WI | |||
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Posts: 1938 Location: Black Creek, WI | Woodie.... so you consider contrast a form of camouflage? Aren't perch bars mother nature's way of HIDING the fish so they do NOT get eaten? Same goes with the dark back, light belly? Dark back so they blend in with the dark bottom and are hidden from the birds flying above.... and a white belly to blend in with the light sky, making them less visible targets from below? I guess what I'm getting at is that if JAILBIRD type patterns are so productive.... could it be because the lure is LESS visible? Fish have a more difficult time "seeing" our lures and perhaps rejecting them? If that isn't the case, then why would more contrast within the lure be an asset for an angler? And... if the above holds true... should we be more concerned about how our baits feel... rather than how they look? Just starting some conversation..... | ||
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Posts: 8829 | I see Jlong is having Fix withdrawl symptoms too Jason, here are my personal beliefs on contrast: Unless you're talking about colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel, (true contrasting colors) the term "contrast" is overused. Spots and bars and such in nature are meant to break up the silouhette of the fish, making it more difficult to distinguish it from its surroundings and from other fish. Painting a lure that color? True, it makes it more closely resemble prey, but it also makes it more difficult to see. Painted on predator avoidance if you will. The same goes for a white belly in my opinion -- against a bright background (the sky) white serves as camoflage. This might explain why solid black is a good color. This season I will be experimenting with some upside down patterns -- white on the back (so I can see it in the water) and black on the bottom. Now, as for your other question? Muskies are able to feed sucessfully in stained, muddy water, aren't they? They are also able to feed at night. They don't have any trouble eating well camoflaged prey at night in muddy water, so you tell me -- is color really that important to the fish? Or is it just important to the angler (or should I say RETAILER ) | ||
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Posts: 786 Location: Minnesota | Good looking baits sell, baits that throw sound under water get eaten. Good looking baits is the easy part, how do you perfect that "sound" that will get eaten more than others is the hard part | ||
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Posts: 2112 Location: The Sportsman, home, or out on the water | |||
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