... have any of you painted a Gold Fish color bait?
Not silly at all...sold a dozen or so on eBay a few seasons back. All shallow diving Griffon style baits (thought the body shape and big eyes were close to a goldfish). Used pearl white and a hand mixed gold/orange and put a feathered hook on the rear hanger. Looked like one of those big fat fantail goldfish. Caught a few bass on my prototype patterns, too.