Jig Man

Custom molds can run from as little as $100 each or as much as $500 depending on design and amount of cavities. I order my stuff from Bear's and Lure Craft.

I use lime away.

Lots of times you have to help the line spool on evenly by applying side pressure as you are winding the line on.

Have you tried a google search?

Jig Tube Senko

Yes you can melt them down. If they contain salt, throw them away because salt sinks and it troublesome. You can make molds out of plaster of paris, silicone, bondo resin, aluminum, etc. or you can buy them from lots of sources. Go to www.tackleunderground.com and spend a couple of days researching and reading and you will get more than your brain can process. Good luck

If the stuff is on the back, that is where I'd start. Mineral spirits, acetone, etc. Put it on paper towels and try small areas to see if it will clean and do no harm. If worse comes to worse, get on tackleunderground and ask for some help. There are a lot more bait makers there than here.

What are the molds made of, aluminum, resin, silicone?

I don't use trailers on spinnerbaits unless it is a trailer hook.

Lots of times those big old girls move out and suspend in timber after they have done the motherly thing. Zara spooks in the tops of cedars have worked well for me.

I have yet to use a braid that didn't lose it dye and turn white after some time. I have yellow gunk since I use the Hi Vis yellow.

I use 1/2 oz to make a 5" so you should get close to 40.

Around here tubes are the best sm baits I have ever found. 3 1/2-4" are what I use. I fish them as deep as 50' in the winter. I just go for a heavier head as the water gets deeper (1/4 or 3/8 oz.). When deeper than 25' I like to use a braided line with a fluro leader to give more sensitivity.

If your lake is Beaver the spinnerbait bite may be like up here (not good anymore). I go with jigs, senkos, and tubes. I have them in many sizes so I keep trying until I get the size that allows me to fish the way I want to. You also should be able to get up some of the streams and lessen the effect of the wind. I mostly fish Stockton and some days you can not get out of the wind no matter where you go.

If by falling apart you mean the skirts, get some wire from a hdw store and put those suckers on where they will never come off.

Check your owner's manual and see what it says. I hauled bass boats for lots of years with only a bumper ball.

For all but cold weather, BPS 100 mph gortex by far.

Exactly and the type of baits. Jigs, senkos, etc. the guy in the back can do as well if the guy in the front cares and keeps the boat in position for the guy in the back to fish. A good spinnerbaiter or crankbaiter can rape the bank so the guy in the back only will get a few if any fish plus he can fish so close to cover that anything not caught may be spooked out by the boat.

Long term maybe cheaper. Short term no. I have $300 invested in injecting tubes. So far I have done 3 dozen. That is about $8 per tube.

I have had one for quite a while now. Most of the people who fish with me like it and use it. What I really like is taking it and using it in other peoples' boats. It gives me a place to have 4 rods completely out of my way instead of sticking up in the air as most boats don't have a decent place for guests rods.

I had a Falcon for one day. I didn't like it and took it back to BPS. I bought 4 St Croix Avids year before last and still have them, though I don't like them as well as my Gloomis rods.

To begin with your baits will be very expensive. Here is a possible breakdown on your first 100 baits. Mold $49 Lead pot $50 Hooks $25 Screw locks $20 Total is $144 or $1.44 for each head. So you will have to make a bunch to see any savings. That said, you can get into the making business and have exactly what you want the way you want it. I have accumulated close to 40 molds for jigs, spoons, spinnerbaits and lots of plastic baits. My latest venture is tube injection. That little project has already cost me $300 and I have only made a couple of dozen tubes but plan to break even one of these days.

line to bait 16/20 knot

You can put canned vegetables on your engine block and let it heat them for you while you drive.

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