I hope the bass don’t mind a little orange…

[bigspirit]

After a few fish and skipping under trees this freestyle started sliding down the hook every few casts. I believe I may have seen this idea mentioned on here? Either way orange was the only color I had. Any other solutions that may be better out there?

 

[imarazorbackfan]

I don't believe this will hurt the bite. You could use a marker or even dip the band all together to change the color, wouldn't think dipping that band in JJ's would hurt.

[Sphynx]

I think you'll find that might actually help a bit, one of the things I keep with my tackle bags is a bottle of mend-it, when the plastic starts getting chewed up swap them out, and mend the tore up one, it'll be good to go after 5-10 minutes tops

[bigspirit]

9 hours ago, Sphynx said:

I think you'll find that might actually help a bit, one of the things I keep with my tackle bags is a bottle of mend-it, when the plastic starts getting chewed up swap them out, and mend the tore up one, it'll be good to go after 5-10 minutes tops

I’ve heard of mend it but never used it myself. Does it work on most plastics? 

[Captain Phil]

10 hours ago, Sphynx said:

I think you'll find that might actually help a bit, one of the things I keep with my tackle bags is a bottle of mend-it, when the plastic starts getting chewed up swap them out, and mend the tore up one, it'll be good to go after 5-10 minutes tops

 

Adding orange or red color to a bait can enhance it's appeal.  An old trick is to carry a red marker in your tackle box to add color to rattle traps.  There is even a pattern called bleeding shad with red color already added.  Back in the day, the bass expert was a man called Jason Lucas. He claimed orange was the most attractive color to bass.  If you look at many lures you will often find that color somewhere. 

 

 

[Sphynx]

4 hours ago, bigspirit said:

I’ve heard of mend it but never used it myself. Does it work on most plastics? 

I haven't tried it on ElazTec or anything, but for all your typical zoom, biospawn keitech etc it works fabulously, saved me a ton of money over the years by being able to re-use plastics.

 

3 hours ago, Captain Phil said:

 

Adding orange or red color to a bait can enhance it's appeal.  An old trick is to carry a red marker in your tackle box to add color to rattle traps.  There is even a pattern called bleeding shad with red color already added.  Back in the day, the bass expert was a man called Jason Lucas. He claimed orange was the most attractive color to bass.  If you look at many lures you will often find that color somewhere. 

 

 

I keep some of those scent marker deals in my bag in a couple different colors, orange or methylate or whatever is one, chartreuse and I think either red or pink is the other

[GetFishorDieTryin]

14 hours ago, bigspirit said:

I’ve heard of mend it but never used it myself. Does it work on most plastics? 

While it doesn't work as well with Elaztech it does wonders for general plastics.  It saves me hundreds of $ yearly.  The only drawback is that it has a model glue like smell, but it wears off after a while.  

[PhishLI]

15 hours ago, bigspirit said:

I’ve heard of mend it but never used it myself. Does it work on most plastics? 

My brother had the entire hook/head assembly blown out of a standard Magdraft. Mend-It fixed it perfectly. You can barely tell. Plus, unlike superglue, the repair is as soft as the original plastic. I fish a lot of plastics. I'm never without this stuff. You can fix baits just about endlessly. Even the noses of swimbaits can be repaired when a screwlock get ripped out. Ripped senkos get tossed in a bag and repaired whenever. Even ones nearly torn in half. Saves me a fortune

[Sphynx]

1 hour ago, GetFishorDieTryin said:

While it doesn't work as well with Elaztech it does wonders for general plastics.  It saves me hundreds of $ yearly.  The only drawback is that it has a model glue like smell, but it wears off after a while.  

 

25 minutes ago, PhishLI said:

My brother had the entire hook/head assembly blown out of a standard Magdraft. Mend-It fixed it perfectly. You can barely tell. Plus, unlike superglue, the repair is as soft as the original plastic. I fish a lot of plastics. I'm never without this stuff. You can fix baits just about endlessly. Even the noses of swimbaits can be repaired when a screwlock get ripped out. Ripped senkos get tossed in a bag and repaired whenever. Even ones nearly torn in half. Saves me a fortune

You fellas reckon Mend-it will be mailing us a check for the free advertising, or do we have to go on the website to get a coupon or something? Lol

[bigspirit]

I didn’t realize this stuff was that great! Definitely going to order a bottle. I think it’d be worth it for the magdrafts alone - the freestyles are $7 a piece which isn’t terrible for what they are but sounds like a little mend it could probably double it’s life. 
 

@Captain Phil It was semi-rhetorical as I know some people love orange baits but orange is a color I really haven’t spent much time throwing so I probably should give it a more intentional try sometime. 

[J.Bass]

2 hours ago, bigspirit said:

I didn’t realize this stuff was that great! Definitely going to order a bottle. I think it’d be worth it for the magdrafts alone - the freestyles are $7 a piece which isn’t terrible for what they are but sounds like a little mend it could probably double it’s life. 
 

@Captain Phil It was semi-rhetorical as I know some people love orange baits but orange is a color I really haven’t spent much time throwing so I probably should give it a more intentional try sometime. 

When I walleye fish orange ? is my go to color. I’ve caught more walleye on baits with orange on them. I don’t know why they love it so much. Caught a 28 inch 9lb walleye on strike king square bill with orange on it. Also an orange bladed Mepps aglia spinner is my go to for walleye.

[schplurg]

22 hours ago, Sphynx said:

 

You fellas reckon Mend-it will be mailing us a check for the free advertising, or do we have to go on the website to get a coupon or something? Lol

I think Glenn will get the checks

[Sphynx]

On 4/4/2022 at 9:03 PM, schplurg said:

I think Glenn will get the checks

Just doing our part to help keep the lights on around the old place eh? Lol

[Jigfishn10]

On 4/2/2022 at 3:27 PM, bigspirit said:

After a few fish and skipping under trees this freestyle started sliding down the hook every few casts. I believe I may have seen this idea mentioned on here? Either way orange was the only color I had. Any other solutions that may be better out there?

You can always add a cheap crane swivel to the hook and line:

[bigspirit]

2 hours ago, Jigfishn10 said:

You can always add a cheap crane swivel to the hook and line:

That’s a great idea, I’ll have to use that in the future. Although that unfortunately won’t work in this cast, it’s the part where the hook point goes through that’s opening up and causing it to slide down. The nose is on a screw lock so luckily that seems to be pretty solid so far

[Jigfishn10]

26 minutes ago, bigspirit said:

That’s a great idea, I’ll have to use that in the future. Although that unfortunately won’t work in this cast, it’s the part where the hook point goes through that’s opening up and causing it to slide down. The nose is on a screw lock so luckily that seems to be pretty solid so far

Oops, my bad. I read your post wrong...Chalk it up to another senior moment!