using a sharpie???

[rowyourboat]

hey guys... i dont paint my own baits or anything so this may be a REALLY dumb question. but could use use a sharpie to add some lines or dots to your cranks? or would it just come off in the water? thanks

[.dsaavedra.]

it will come off eventually but you can always just touch it up.

[hmongkidBee]

the answer is yes you can use the sharpie, but it's not permanent.  I like to use it on my zoom flukes to give it a touch up.

[BobP]

Sure, a Sharpie will last as long as anything.  It's solvent based so if you mark up a crankbait, it may soak into the surface of the clearcoat and become pretty permanent.  To remove it, use naphtha or denatured alcohol (other solvents will remove the bait's finish).

[islandbass]

Defiitely the short answer is yes. Matter of fact, I use them to make the squiggle marks on my cranks and poppers because this is far easier to do than doing it with a paint brush.

I then coat my lures with a top coat, so that the marks won't fade. I used sharpies on the two homemade baits in the pics below:

Yeah, This one sure is ugly but it is a trout and smallie magnet, ugly as it is. Proof that it doesn't have to look pretty to catch fish.

[zach t]

On plastics, it will bleed and discolor.

[BobP]

Dye markers like Sharpies are solvent based, so they will run if you coat them with a clearcoat containing solvent - like polyurethanes, some epoxies, etc.  But if you are just using them to add marks to a lure, they work fine.

[Cobra 190D]

some great tips here. Thanks