All,
I know you guys are seeing all of the ridiculous lures with red hooks, red bills and red splash’s all over the lures. Well I’ve been working techniques to remove all of the vile red. My first line of defense is a black permanent felt tip marker. It takes care of hooks and some of the smaller splashes on Crank baits. Sand paper and steel wool works on larger body areas but I still haven’t fond anything for red diving bills. Have you guys got any ideas for bills? 
John
i would say just dont buy cranks with red bills. i never have thought that red make any dif. i fish muddy water red colors dont matter to much
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Have you guys got any ideas for bills?
get out of the rapala aisle 
not gonna lie, when i saw the heading on this post, i thought of those clear eyes commercials with ben stein. get some clear eyes, it gets the red out, and it’s awesome, wow!!!
Refrain from purchasing lures that dont entice your desires, its less effort 
Just bust the bills off. Nothing with red on it will work right no matter how hard you try to cover it up, so it sure wont matter how the lure acts without a bill! 
spend about $100 and get yourself a good airbrush. It will take some practice but you can doctor them any way you like.
jc
I really don’t understand this thread. If you do not like the Red on certain lures. Buy the baits without the red hook, bills, etc…. Are we having a tackle shortage in this country now?
maybe he wants a very specific color that they only offer as part of a bleeding bait line or maybe he wants a particular model of which they dont make otherwise without a red bill. im sure he wouldnt buy a crank with red on it with the same color, model, and size without red sitting next to it on the shelf unless they didnt offer that particular color/model/size in the one he wanted. care to explain tho john on why you are against the whole bleeding bait idea? it dosent really matter to me either way i have never noticed a difference either way.
Especially if You are a Iowa Fan that had to watch the Prarie Chikens get taken apart by Bucky last weekend……….
Right BassBaron
LOL- we hung in there for a bit.
Cant you take it easy on me Dan, afterall I havent had a good year- hawks fb bad, bb worse, bucs pro fb bad. I have played nice and havent made a bad comment about Sexy Rexy and your bears since that less than impressive showing last week.
It has been a long winter….. 
….someone has to stir the pot.
John
John I still have a box of 300 and 400 series Poe plugs with no red on them!
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I think having blizzard conditions and hard water tends to drag on us bass guys.
you THINK ?!?!?!? 
My guess is its the old green fat raps with the red bill. I hate the red bill but love everything else about it…. Since you can barely find them anymore a guy has to do what a guy has to do.
jc
John, you don’t have to get rid of all the red, just dull the hooks. I’ve found that a Dremel tool works good to grind down the pointy parts.
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John I still have a box of 300 and 400 series Poe plugs with no red on them!
NOW we are talking about a HOT BAIT! 
Even with the water being hard, John can still do a little trolling.
Gregg,
you got my attention!
I will throw that Plano in the boat John – I am sure I will see you sometime this spring on pool 4 or 5.
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