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#1 CrabbyBass

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Posted Yesterday, 11:03 PM

Hello all! I ordered a bottle of pearlescent from Jann's. I was thinking that I would use this in conjunction with any color to give the bait a pearly finish. I tried it for the first time last night. I tried making a bait with 12 drops of the pearlescent in the plastic to see how it would turn out. It didn't really look any different than just a plain old clear bait. I then added about 3 drops of white to the plastic to see what happened and the bait just looked like a pale white. I then added more white and more pearlescent and I really did not notice a difference. I could tell in the Pyrex container that it looked pearly, but when the lure cured, it did not look all that pearly to me. I compared them to some regular white baits I made and really didn't notice a difference. Is the pearlescent supposed to be used in this manner? Maybe I should have picked a darker color instead of white. Any feedback is appreciated. Thank you in advance!

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#2 MonteSS

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Posted Today, 12:44 AM

A tiny bit of pearl powder works MUCH better.

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#3 wchilton

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Posted Today, 03:53 AM

Did you shake the bottle of pearlescent really well? It may have settled. I agree about pearl powder being the way to go...that's what I've always used. Most of the soft bait suppliers like lurecraft, bearsbaits, etc. sell pearl powder and it isn't very expensive.