Minnow color sytem??

[eyehead]

I was looking thru the spring cabela's catalog and seen these pens that color minnows different colors"spectra minnow" Just wondering if anyone has tried them and if so do they work??

[Guest]

I saw them too. They look like a gimick to me, but I dont see why they wouldnt work? Coloring a minnow seems a little more hassle than neccessary, but I would do it if it made fishing more productive on a bad day.

I thought Robotic duck decoys were a gimmick too.. as silly and unrealistic as they look, they most definitely work.

[fiskyknut]

Really a pen to color your minnows eh? I reckon kids could be occupied by that. I do, and know folks that color up their minnows by putting food coloring in the minnows water, Emerald Shiners take some color after a few days swimming in colored water.

fiskyknut

[CrappieJohn]

I'm in Fisky's camp here. I have used the food color trick many times and the color, once deeper than just the slime, stays on for quite a while. Works too.

[Northlander]

I have scented markers that I use to color my plastics with at times. Really havent had any more success with the markered ones than plain ones. Coloring a live minnow with a marker is a waste of time to me. Now some food coloring in the minnow water may work.

[icehousebob]

We experimented one year with coloring frozen smelt with food coloring to use as northern bait. Green and chartruse were the best by a large margin over the other colors, including natural. For late season northerns, green smelt outfished even live bait.

[eyehead]

Thanks for the info!!! When I seen them in the catalog they looked deadly for the walleyes's on those slow days.