Serious crappie food….

  • Jimmy Jones
    Posts: 2810
    #2279016

    I know I have mentioned here before that I’ve had late fall and winter crappies in a bucket only to find a mess of small sunfish having been puked out. And I know I’ve mentioned small vibe baits for crappies being a really good very early open water season or very late open water season bait when vertically jigged, much like one would do thru the ice. And I know I have likely worn out my welcome with my airbrushing pictures. But honestly, I’m proud of these little suckers.

    For the most part my airbrushing was done to get specific color patterns and not so much detail. More recently I have taken an interest in the detail stuff, and ya’ll have seen the Sunfish, Pumpkinseeds, Crappies and Perch I’ve done on larger baits. I’ve always been drawn back to those dink sunfish in the buckets though and finally sat down while the rain fell this afternoon and tried my hand at small detail painting and these little schnits are the end result. Like I said, I’m pretty mazed at these guys. By expanding the picture, you can see all the layers of color that go into creating these dudes.

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    Mike Schulz
    Osakis/Long Prairie
    Posts: 1245
    #2279024

    dang you do do great stuff!!! WOW!!!

    wkw
    Posts: 723
    #2279045

    After tinkering with an air brush painting baits and some taxidermy
    I feel the most important step is knowing what a baby sunfish, crappie,perch, etc looks like right out of the water.

    wkw
    Posts: 723
    #2279046

    My avatar is what I air brushed on my garage wall.

    Bearcat89
    North branch, mn
    Posts: 20324
    #2279054

    Wow do those look great. I really tip my hat to you sir.

    Jimmy Jones
    Posts: 2810
    #2279058

    My avatar is what I air brushed on my garage wall.

    I know you have some real talent WKW. I’m envious.

    LabDaddy1
    Posts: 2440
    #2279061

    After tinkering with an air brush painting baits and some taxidermy
    I feel the most important step is knowing what a baby sunfish, crappie,perch, etc looks like right out of the water.

    Paint me or give me a sharpie and let me flop around for a bit and I’ll replicate that. For science and not for free.

    Scenic
    Posts: 88
    #2279064

    Excellent work. Not sure how you can get any more life like than those!!!

    nord
    Posts: 738
    #2279065

    So damn impressive,Jimmy.

    BrianF
    Posts: 759
    #2279071

    Those are awesome.

    glenn57
    cold spring mn
    Posts: 11804
    #2279104

    Jimmy….absolutely not!!!!! those pictures can keep coming. waytogo

    awesome stuff.

    yours too wkw waytogo waytogo

    Spoon Minnow
    Posts: 353
    #2288078

    Superb works of art Jimmy! A color and color pattern I would most definitely have faith casting. How do the lipless cranks work for you in that size?

    Jimmy Jones
    Posts: 2810
    #2288090

    Superb works of art Jimmie! A color and color pattern I would most definitely have faith casting. How do the lipless cranks work for you in that size?

    Great. Not this particular color, but on Tuesday of this week one helped put a meal of crappies together.

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