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[PaulVE64]

Its walleye and pike (our northern gators) season.

These have 1/4 - 5/8 oz weighted hooks.

 

[Weekend_Angler]

Finesse weedless poison jigs. Made with a modified poison swing tail mold and victory 10777 hook.

 

[Baitmaker]

Something I've been working on lately are these sinking swim baits. This one is 7" and has a slow sink.

Looking forward to testing it out.

[Cgolf]

A sneak peak. I made a few spinner baits last weekend. Once I figure out what skirts I want on them I will post better pictures. Mix of 1/8, 1/4, and 1/2 ounce baits. 

[Cgolf]

1/8 ounce baits

1/4 ounce baits

1/2 ounce baits. Done in 3 posts so I didn’t have to provide super low quality pics. 

[heavyduty]

@Cgolf, tell me more about those blue blades please. Never used that blade color. White, gold, black nickel, chartreuse, orange yes, but not blue. Thanks

[Cgolf]

1 minute ago, heavyduty said:

@Cgolf, tell me more about those blue blades please. Never used that blade color. White, gold, black nickel, chartreuse, orange yes, but not blue. Thanks

I picked them up from lure parts online. My thought is for clear water fishing. That said I have never fished them, but hoping they will do well for me this summer. 
 

what got me thinking of the is that clear water bass love spinner baits with purple and lavender in the skirts. Hoping the blue and white blade combo will give the fish what they want. 

[Munkin]

On 2/21/2024 at 9:32 PM, Cgolf said:

1/8 ounce baits

1/4 ounce baits

1/2 ounce baits. Done in 3 posts so I didn’t have to provide super low quality pics. 

 

Are you unable to paint the heads or do you just like them plain? Everything else is looking great.

 

Allen

[Cgolf]

9 hours ago, Munkin said:

 

Are you unable to paint the heads or do you just like them plain? Everything else is looking great.

 

Allen

Honestly I have never painted them, and even buy bulk jigs unpainted and fish them that way. Don’t know if it makes a difference or not to the fish, but I do catch quite a few bass this way. 

[detroit1]

I'm with you C, i don't think it matters either. Painted heads look better to me, but i do throw both. 

[Baitmaker]

A new crankbait I recently finished in a carp pattern. 

[Baitmaker]

Not sure what this is supposed to be. 🤔 I originally intended on painting it in a firetiger pattern, but ended up doing spots similar to a crappie for something different. 

 

[Bdnoble84]

Fastest tie i think i’ve ever done. Bear hair is rediculously easy and it produced the first smallie of the year.

[Munkin]

On 2/27/2024 at 9:53 AM, Bdnoble84 said:

Fastest tie i think i’ve ever done. Bear hair is rediculously easy and it produced the first smallie of the year.

 

Caught 3 SM the other day on a black bear hair jig. I don't think there is a better lure for sub 40 degree water.

 

Allen

[JHTR20]

@Baitmaker did you use a stencil for those crappie dots?  I'm also wondering what you use for the top coat?  Your baits look amazing.

[Bdnoble84]

4 hours ago, Munkin said:

 

Caught 3 SM the other day on a black bear hair jig. I don't think there is a better lure for sub 40 degree water.

 

Allen

I have a big swath of it if you want to make a trade

[Baitmaker]

13 hours ago, JHTR20 said:

@Baitmaker did you use a stencil for those crappie dots?  I'm also wondering what you use for the top coat?  Your baits look amazing.

Thank you for the nice comment. For the spots on that bait, I used a plastic stencil that was made with a Cricut machine. The top coat product that I use is True Coat epoxy. It requires a drying wheel to slowly turn the baits due to it's long cure time. 

[Chris Catignani]

[Munkin]

On 2/28/2024 at 8:58 PM, Bdnoble84 said:

I have a big swath of it if you want to make a trade

 

Bear hair? I have been looking for some brown bear.

 

Allen

[Bdnoble84]

42 minutes ago, Munkin said:

 

Bear hair? I have been looking for some brown bear.

 

Allen

Black bear. Taxidermist friend hooked me up with a piece 12”x6” or so

[thinkingredneck]

@Bdnoble84can you post a photo of your bear hair jig and the type of jig heads you recommend?  I am new to this.

[Bdnoble84]

On 3/8/2024 at 8:54 AM, thinkingredneck said:

@Bdnoble84can you post a photo of your bear hair jig and the type of jig heads you recommend?  I am new to this.

 

[Munkin]

So these I am making for a local guy that wants some tiny jigs. These are 1/8oz, finecut silicone, FG9 weedguard, and Gamakatsu 604 hooks. Skirt and weedguard are longer than what they should be for my tastes? These are the prototypes so I will have Vic let me know how short he wants them cut. 

 

Going to pour some more of these to use for bear hair jigs as I am running low on them right now.

 

Allen

[KP Duty]

On 3/16/2024 at 12:28 AM, Munkin said:

So these I am making for a local guy that wants some tiny jigs. These are 1/8oz, finecut silicone, FG9 weedguard, and Gamakatsu 604 hooks. Skirt and weedguard are longer than what they should be for my tastes? These are the prototypes so I will have Vic let me know how short he wants them cut. 

 

Going to pour some more of these to use for bear hair jigs as I am running low on them right now.

 

Allen

As someone that sorsn't see well...I'd appreciate the larger eye on those jigs 👍

[LrgmouthShad]

On 3/16/2024 at 12:28 AM, Munkin said:

So these I am making for a local guy that wants some tiny jigs. These are 1/8oz, finecut silicone, FG9 weedguard, and Gamakatsu 604 hooks. Skirt and weedguard are longer than what they should be for my tastes? These are the prototypes so I will have Vic let me know how short he wants them cut. 

 

Going to pour some more of these to use for bear hair jigs as I am running low on them right now.

 

Allen

I believe it is good practice to make the weedguard and skirt a little longer than personal preference just in case the user likes them to be longer. It’s difficult for me to quantify how long I Iike skirts, but the weedguard I always want to just reach the barb of the hook when I fold it down - no longer