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Just got these in from Hunter Boys Customs, new spring colors for 2017. Can't wait to give them a try.

Captain Mike, I will be shipping yours in the morning.

Those red/black tiger ones look awesome!

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Nice! Those lures are impressive! Couple questions if you don't mind. Do you ship him old lures to have repainted? What's the average turn around time? How does the paint hold up on those? Thanks for any info your willing to share. Nick

Evening Nick,
Jack Hunter is an Indiana boy. Lives down in Muncie.

He will work with old lures as long as they aren't beat up. Thats what is nice to have someone like this. Got a hot color that isn't made anymore? Send him good pictures or better yet send him a bait to work from and he can duplicate it.

Have an idea for a pattern you want as yours, that nobody else has, give him an idea of what you want and he can do it.

As far as how the paint work holds up. You will not find anyone better. His clear coat is like armor plate, the fish can not work thru it to get to the paint work. I have some painted thinfins that have taken alot of fish over the years, and they still look like brand new. Most company sold baits do not clear coat anymore and thats why they quickly lose their paint.

Turn around is usually quick depends on how busy he is. Usually 3-6 weeks. Can take alittle longer at times. I used to have another painter do work for me but got tired of waiting a year to get my baits back, and the work wasn't as good as Hunters. He does work that he sells on Ebay auction about this time of year for himself. Thats his big money maker so I try to work around that with him. His specialty is for the bass guys, but he can paint anything
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He also has been doing glow painted j-13's for me. Same paint as moonshine has been using. So as you can see its wide open as to what he can do.

How good is he? The other evening he had his auctions on ebay. His crawfish pattern on pre rapala wiggle warts is like nobody elses. Last year his best sale on auction was a wiggle wart that went for $84.00, the other night he beat that sale with a wiggle wart that went for $127.50.
Ed

Thanks for the quick response Ed. I'm definitely interested in speaking with him and supporting the Indiana businesses.

Already looked him up on eBay and all I can say is "Wow!" Although 127 bucks is a little out of my comfort zone for a lure to get thrashed by early spring coho on Lake Michigan.

Really liking a few of those color schemes you've got going on and have a few colors I may want done on some older Rapalas and new ThinFins i've got laying around. I appreciate you sharing those pictures and will be sure to let him know I got a ringing endorsement from you if I decide to reach out to him.

Nick

Thanks for all the info. How much does he charge to paint them? Thank you

I got into having Jack Hunter painting my used lures a couple of seasons ago. He has done near 30 baits for me. All come back looking better than factory made. The finishes are as Ed claims, extremely tough. Very little hook rash after repeated uses. It is neat to have a lure painted up the way you like it. The cost is reasonable, last time it was a 8 buck charge/lure and you had to do three to make it worth the set up time. He cleans and fixes the imperfections on the lure then paints it. Worth the money, try it some time.

I couldn't of said it better then Don just did.

Looks like some fish will fall prey to those patterns. Mike