Add some color, or lateral lines, to your plastic minnows

[shipahoy41]

People, I have to tell you that I have been playing with this concept for a few months now to add perch striping and flared gills and fins to plastic minnows. I loved the concept but nothing worked as I wanted it to. I tried paint ...but it eventually washed off. I tried permanent markers...but they smudged. I tried Spike it...but after four days it bled all in to the plastic. Finally Snake River came up with the perfect solution. Use the finest point Sharpie available. Well....no more smudges...no more bleeding into the plastic...no more drips......no more rubbing off..........and it looks great!
Try this for yourself.:D

[Fatman]

Wow those look great!!!!!!! Thanks for the feedback on which pens

[skeetbum]

Look good to me. Even when I tie I use a piece of flash or tinsel to give a look of a lateral line.

[keith29]

Thanks for the tips ship. You always have some interesting stuff to post.. Thanks

[shipahoy41]

Thanks for the tips ship. You always have some interesting stuff to post.. Thanks

Thank you Keith for the encouragement. I am just an everyday type bank fisherman so I post what has worked for me. Take care.

[BobberStopper]

I do this a lot because I will buy primarily plastic in GLOW color and keep a few markers to mark them up, whether it be a stripe, color the tail, the head, or a few dots on it. Color markers i carry are green, red, pink, yellow, black, blue, purple. Works for me..I also do this when saltwater fishing.

[shipahoy41]

I do this a lot because I will buy primarily plastic in GLOW color and keep a few markers to mark them up, whether it be a stripe, color the tail, the head, or a few dots on it. Color markers i carry are green, red, pink, yellow, black, blue, purple. Works for me..I also do this when saltwater fishing.

How about posting a few photos of what you have done.

[crappieseeker]

sharpies are good for lots of things, those look great