Lure Forge Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 I'm just starting my soft plastic pouring journey. My goal is to create very buoyant 3 inch grubs for walleye fishing. I live in Ohio near the Sandusky and Maumee rivers, so I always fish the walleye runs and I'm getting frustrated with all my snags and break offs. I know that's part of river fishing, but I'm trying to lessen frequency in which I need to re-rig everything. I currently make my own floating jig heads, and want to start pouring floating grubs. Any suggestions on what floating plastisol brands to use and which to avoid? Also, what additives would work? Thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiderunner Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 I've tried most brands, and now use only MF. A lot of guys here prefer DeadOn Plastics floating. I think it's called white feather? Either brand has the word floating in the product name. As far as additives, you'll need to use Micro Bubbles. How much is totally dependent on your needs. A word of caution. The Micro Bubbles are tiny glass bubbles, and extremely light and can become airborne when adding to your liquid plastic. WEAR A RESPIRATOR AND EYE PROTECTION! When using this product it will affect your color and you will need to add more than usual. And again depending on your preferences you may want to add softener. I make a lot of bigger floating baits, flat tail worms, lizards etc, that are used to glide over lily pads and such, so a lot of the bubbles are added, and believe me when I tell you I use a lot of colorant to achieve the color I want. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SpoonMinnow Posted February 29 Report Share Posted February 29 (edited) As far as rerigging plastics, you might consider using this what I call the Grub Grip that I use it on all my jig heads. It's nothing more than coated 24g wire used for floral arrangements and is sold at Walmart or on-line. Follow the steps and you'll never want to use jigs with collars that damage lure when changing them. Cut a small piece and line it up. Wrap one side tight under the line tie and cut one side close: Bend the wire: The wire swings into the grub body as so: The wire is great for plastic trailers which allows them better action than threading them up the hook: If I must buy a collared jig for a specific weight and hook size, I crush the collar and cut it off with wire cutters. It takes less than a minuted to add the gripper. For tiny jigs (1/32 and 1/64 oz) I use a smaller gauge wire. Edited February 29 by SpoonMinnow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpoonMinnow Posted February 29 Report Share Posted February 29 As far as snags go, consider going lighter when it comes to jigs. A 1/16 oz jig will do as well if not better than a 1/8 oz. Examples of grub bodies joined using a flame to melt grub bodies together: Some shapes were from molds that I pour. One other I discovered last year when the curl tail was bit off. That day it caught all kinds and size fish! Who knew that mini-sticks and grub bodes minus action tails would do so well ?! Even Sassy Shad grubs did better with the tail cut off and the body made slimmer by cutting off the belly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
