perchbustersd Posted July 6, 2003 Report Share Posted July 6, 2003 I love ice fishing and am currently making about 30 different lures. I would like to exchange ideas,tips,etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funny farm Posted July 7, 2003 Report Share Posted July 7, 2003 Never Ice fished but Ive painted a bunch of the jigs . I like painting them . [/img] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gr8flyz Posted July 7, 2003 Report Share Posted July 7, 2003 It's been many years since I've ice fished, but I do make the spoons, mostly nickel plated, soldered to a hook. I use them jigging for panfish in the summer. I will sometimes add a little glow in the dark paint, and a marabou dressed trailer hook. Crappies & perch love them, even when there's no ice! Occasionally I'll get an order for ice flies, but last order was a few years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Splash Posted July 7, 2003 Report Share Posted July 7, 2003 I ice fish 'cause I'm too crazy to quit when the water freezes. I do make jigs and spoons too. I like the one you've used as an avitar pic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perchbustersd Posted July 7, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2003 Do you buy molds to make your own or make the molds yourself? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Splash Posted July 7, 2003 Report Share Posted July 7, 2003 I make the molds myself. I carved several styles from wood. The plan was to make a prototype lure and then make a more durable mold from that. So far I've been happy with the wooden molds, I can usually get 50- 100 lures from the mold before it cracks, or burns out. For my own use this has been satisfactory. I plan to get some better molds made after the fishing season slows down . You can see some of my spinners, in the gallery, or even my avatar was made this way, but I haven't done any photos of my jigs and spoons yet. I make a big swim jig for casting and jigging, and a big snootie type jighead for river fishing. Also a shad spoon (slab), that wiggles like crazy with a single hook bucktail attached with a spit ring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just_plugging_away Posted October 2, 2003 Report Share Posted October 2, 2003 Hi there, If you are serious about making ice jigs find a centrifugical spincasting company that has stock molds.They can spin you thousands of jigs in a days time.Pretty cheaply to. I used to own a company that did this. See ya Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swede Posted October 3, 2003 Report Share Posted October 3, 2003 making icejigs for trouts n browns here http://fishing.about.com/library/weekly/brb/blbrbswedejig.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legendary Lures Posted October 3, 2003 Report Share Posted October 3, 2003 Here's some little fishjigs. I made the mold froma blank Do-it frame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basskat Posted October 3, 2003 Report Share Posted October 3, 2003 You mean lakes freeze? Sorry has to be a S/A in every crowd. But I did see some ice around thge banks last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
