Smellycat Posted July 14, 2011 Report Share Posted July 14, 2011 im going to get started in pouring and have done lots of research but its seems like people target bass when they pour thier own baits. I've seen some molds for panfish but not many and i was wondering if it was some what useless to pour or panfish but i always like the satisfaction from catching one on some of the tied jigs I've made. I guess im just trying to ask wether or not very many people pour panfish baits. Even if I would still give it a go and I just bought some rtv so i could make a bigger variety of smaller molds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toadfrog Posted July 14, 2011 Report Share Posted July 14, 2011 Need to visit some of snakeriver's posts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smellycat Posted July 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2011 Need to visit some of snakeriver's posts i checked his post and it was spot on. It sure is a good thing I bought the silicone kit cause the only molds I've found where not many or they were $115 dollar aluminum with 25 cavities which i really hope i will never need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHodgie Posted July 14, 2011 Report Share Posted July 14, 2011 i checked his post and it was spot on. It sure is a good thing I bought the silicone kit cause the only molds I've found where not many or they were $115 dollar aluminum with 25 cavities which i really hope i will never need. Jacob baits makes several panfish molds. here is the link http://stores.jacobsbaits.com/StoreFront.bok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smellycat Posted July 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2011 Yeah, Jacob's seems to specialize in those smaller baits. He has a nice selection. Check his prices too. If I recall they weren't all that bad. As to large cavity count... I don't like to spend all day injecting so when I made my own 1.5" curly tail mold I made 3 12 cavity ones. In one shot I can make enough baits in a particular color to fish all day. What I usually do though is just make some little curly tails in whatever color I am shooting when I am making bass baits. That way I always have a large supply of a variety of colors. I target the larger redears for table fare on the occassions when I go panfishing. Its amazing how many bass I catch drop shotting those small grubs though. First time I tried out my new grub I thought i had done something wrong. I caught 14 bass from dink to 3.5 pounds and didn't catch any panfish. Its not even the fact of pouring baits all day on one mold its the mass amount of baits ill get. I dont really need 25 baits of that single color. Never the less thouhg i probably would spend all day pouring, but just different colors and molds. I am going to check his website out right now. Thank You Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smellycat Posted July 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2011 (edited) The molds he has seem to be a pretty good price but i was also looking for silicone/rtv molds. those molds still have a large amount of cavities and maybe ill just stick with my homemade molds(that ill get in a month or two). I was also just thinking of getting just the lurecraft 556 green plastic formula (max flexibilty) just because its for panfish and i think that the baits are so little theres not much loss in some getting ripped or lost. Edited July 14, 2011 by Smellycat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smellycat Posted July 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2011 (edited) Well, I gotta be honest. My son and I went panfishing the other afternoon, and between us we only used a dozen grubs or so, but we might go fishing again tomorrow, and I always have a rod rigged with a couple little grubs "just in case" even when I am bass fishing. If you aren't going to use that many baits though, why even make your own? Just buy a bag of each color you want. Usually 20 count bags of small grubs are only $3-4 dollars. I'm not discounting just wanting to catch fish on your own baits. I know I can barely stand to rig a plastic I didn't design and make myself anymore. I tried to fish a bait I have caught big fish on before in my last torunament and it bugged me so much I had to take it off in less than 10 minutes. LOL. I might note that after a while you will find one or two colors that produce for you 95% of the time, and one or two colors that will produce better 5% of the time. Once you get that figured out you might want to shoot 100 or more of your favorite colors just so you won't have to shoot again everytime you want to head out for a couple hours. I was also gonna make some for bass too, but i just was really confused about the panfish thing but I'm just gonna make molds and find colors taht work for me. I have found that a 3/4 inch minnow style bait produces consitently but smaller fish. I'll have to try it in the winter when the bigger ones might bite it cause of its size. Thanks for all the support. Edited July 15, 2011 by Smellycat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
