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baitman69

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Re: jiggin for eyes
« Reply #15 on: Jul 18, 2006, 10:47 AM »
Does anyone pour their own jigs.  Have been trying they are still coming out looking like s*** not sure what I am doing wrong here.  I let them set after pouring about 10 mins is this to long? :o
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Re: jiggin for eyes
« Reply #16 on: Jul 18, 2006, 11:08 AM »
you need to smoke your molds with a candle and pree heat them to but not to hot or cold and you can pop them out of the mold in about 1 min. depending on how hot the mold is
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Re: jiggin for eyes
« Reply #17 on: Jul 19, 2006, 09:14 AM »
CrowKiller has the right idea.  Light a candle and hold the mold a couple inches over the flame until you get a soot buildup in the jig cavities.  Then pour a couple test jigs without hooks until they start coming out correctly.  I usually don't wait much longer than a couple seconds before opening the mold after pouring.
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Re: jiggin for eyes
« Reply #18 on: Jul 26, 2006, 02:26 PM »
I have never jigged for eyes before.  im wondering what type of jigs and what type of jigging action.
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Wavewatcher jigging is a good way to catch walleye. There is a multitude of jigs styles and trailers to add to them. I would start with some basics and work from there. The shape of the jig head also determines how to use it.

The 2 types of jigs found are: Jigging heads and swimming heads.

A simple round ball head it the most common type of jig, it's great for vertical jigging.

A slow-poke would be a good example of a swimming style jig head, with the eye on the front of the head.

Jigs with internal rattles, external propellers and blades are great for getting the fish's attention, some good model can be found from Northland fishing tackle.

I like to dress them up with plastics, mostly curly tail or double tails, but minnows, leeches and worms work too.

Colors: The standard colors for jigs would be white, black, yellow, orange and chartreuse,  but the multi colored ones work to.

If you are vertical jigging try a lift fall hold type of jig, if casting try a swimming retrieve or a hoping, twitching retrieve.

Good luck with jigging. :)

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Re: jiggin for eyes
« Reply #19 on: Mar 21, 2007, 02:41 PM »
I'm fairly new to jigging, and learned a lesson this past weekend on the river below the dam, fishing walleye in slack water behind islands. Fished next to 15 - 20 other boats, we managed two nice eyes as everyone else limited out. Found out later that they were using 4 and 6 pound line and 1/4 oz jig and minnows and we had 10lb , 3/8 to 1/2 oz jigs. Most times we hung up and lost minnow or could not feel bites and came up bare hooks, I'm an old saltwater fisherman and can't get myself to fish with line lighter than 10lb, but I guess this old dog is going to learn a new trick, I'm putting some 6lb on my spare spools for those light biters if I'm having a tough go next time 8)
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Re: jiggin for eyes
« Reply #20 on: Mar 21, 2007, 02:56 PM »
Does anyone pour their own jigs.  Have been trying they are still coming out looking like s*** not sure what I am doing wrong here.  I let them set after pouring about 10 mins is this to long? :o

Another tip is to make sure you use fairly pure lead.  Scrape the slag off good.  I always used old tire weights and never had a problem plus they we free from the local tire store.

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Re: jiggin for eyes
« Reply #21 on: Feb 29, 2016, 09:55 PM »
Lot of good info here, thank you all for the tips

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Re: jiggin for eyes
« Reply #22 on: Mar 01, 2016, 09:50 AM »
Does anyone pour their own jigs.  Have been trying they are still coming out looking like s*** not sure what I am doing wrong here.  I let them set after pouring about 10 mins is this to long? :o

ten minute is to long you need the lead mold hot to do the pouring get some welding gloves and a spoon to remove the hook screw drivers might damage the mold since I use a all metal spoon I ladle off some of the bad lead with it after fluxing.. set the mold on top at start up with it full of hook when it reaches temp start pouring use the spoon to remove the lead covered hooks  then pour again with in a minute of the last batch the more you pour the better the lead flows in to the small pockets of the mold smoking the mold will help no mater what but keep the mold hot... I take one glove off to add hook etc In to the mold some time it burns finger tips adding hook swivels etc..so be warned it not fun so do it quick and close it up.. put glove back on and pour again and again and again btw there is a new tackle making post please join in...


also I use lunker city soft plastics in fin-s-minnows when jigging for eyes but were all fishing different waters...       

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Re: jiggin for eyes
« Reply #23 on: Mar 01, 2016, 10:24 AM »
Also depends on the quality of the lead that you are using.
There is some really crap lead out there.
Old wheel balancing weights always worked well for me.
I had printer lead that didn't look as good way back.

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Re: jiggin for eyes
« Reply #24 on: Mar 01, 2016, 02:54 PM »
Also depends on the quality of the lead that you are using.
There is some really crap lead out there.
Old wheel balancing weights always worked well for me.
I had printer lead that didn't look as good way back.


your right there to I had the pot foam up and had to dump it all out. had small particles get Into the lead in another pot I had to dump out twice cause it was the pour spout kind you use for making bullets and the pot corded away a little from the heat and cast iron  that's why I ditched my herters pot and went with a lee precision magnum melter ..  if you need lead go to the source divers or even scrap suppliers  we got a placed less then ten miles from me I by lead 100 -300 pound for .70 cent a pound and if I go to the divers it is .35 cent a pound.. the old scrap worked out the best cause they had tons of it on hand from factories scrap... and it is cheaper then ebay at 1.60 a pound  I been trying to find a form for a 2 pound surf claw form but no one had one...best so far is rock cod sinkers or even inline trolling sinkers 3 daisy chained together and a split ring to make the triangle...but for sure check the scrap yards and diver in the area see if they got extra even lures or even diver clubs let them know I buy scrap lead! approach them heck it makes them money for diver session or lessons ,air, new equipment,etc if you let them know I am looking for ton of lead they help out and make some money in the process.. this is ware divers  get a bad names from fisher men cause there under  water and cut people lines but get good names helping you collect old scrap lead... and helping the enviorment.. but ya ask around I am sure there ton out there it not trade on the stock market for .35 cent a pound for nothing last I looked...
 

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Re: jiggin for eyes
« Reply #25 on: Mar 02, 2016, 01:49 AM »
I poured a bunch of jig heads this fall for steelhead.   If you have a lead pot, put your mold on top of the pot for 10-15 minutes before you use it, and if you are using a do-it mold fill the bottom cavity a bit to warm the mold a little more, this will leave you with ingots that you can just feed back into your melting pot.  Smoking the mold does help a little but it gets to be tedious if you are pouring a lot of jig heads.  Wheel weights now are OK but they contain a lot of tin.  Tin isn't as dense, hence a bit lighter than pure lead.  Best source I've found is old roof pipe boots.  If you know anyone who is a roofer they can get them for you usually for free.  One boot weighs 3-5 pounds and is good soft lead.   Only problem is they are covered with roof tar so its nasty to melt, and lots of slag.  A trick we learned is to put a bit of candle wax in your molten lead, it will flame up quick but it brings most of the slag to the surface and makes it very easy to spoon off.  Also, if you use voodoo jig hooks in size 8 for steelhead jigs, they are made strictly to fit in the do it steelhead jig mold and will not fit in a standard do it round head 1/64 mold.   I found this out the hard way after I made 20-30 jigs all with mohawks lol.  Went on the voodoo website and it shows the distance between the eye and the hook shank is smaller to cut down on the leverage a fish has to straighten the hook

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Re: jiggin for eyes
« Reply #26 on: Mar 02, 2016, 01:53 AM »
Do yourself a favor and always pour outside, and wear gloves when handling the mold.  If you are interested in painting your jigs too look into pro tec powder paints.  I used some on my last batch of jig heads and it works really well.  Tons of colors, including glow colors and the finish comes out great.  You can bake it on a low heat in an oven (not the one you eat from!!)  To cure and harden the coating and its been very resilient go chipping so far even in the cold

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Re: jiggin for eyes
« Reply #27 on: Mar 18, 2016, 11:35 AM »
jigging for eyes is very effective and probably the most fun. you can stay on top of the fish easier and usually not have to maneuver the boat a whole bunch.

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Re: jiggin for eyes
« Reply #28 on: Mar 22, 2016, 08:45 PM »
Look on YouTube ...Prob 100 if not more videos on jig pouring...as for jigging for walleye ...here in Central New York it's about 95 %
Of my fishing for walleye...bucktails and sonars is the way to go...rougher the water heavier I go...3/8 is my go to size sometimes 5/8oz when fishing rougher waters....off shore in a current might go down to 1/8oz

 



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