gettin through the winter

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Permalink Reply by D.J. LaRoche on December 16, 2009 at 2:37pm

I spend a lot of time messing around with new bait designs and color patterns. I also pour up a ton of football heads. I spend way too much time on the web looking at everything related to bass fishing. This year is extra special for me as it looks like I am going to have shoulder surgery in January or early February. I just hope I heal in time for NW at Banks!

Permalink Reply by P.J. Koshi on December 16, 2009 at 7:05pm

Shawn your pouring your own plastics and football heads is cool! I think I may look into getting a mold and trying my hand at a bit of this pretty soon. I know once I start this will be another large expense added to my fishing related list.

Shawn O'Connell said:

Steelhead and Walleye for me. I also pour up a lot of jigs and attempt other tackle making projects when the weather really has me socked in. I also seem to spend a lot of time on this web site :)

Permalink Reply by P.J. Koshi on December 17, 2009 at 9:16am

Yeah Ron that sounds like good networking to me. I would just like to mess around with like a 3/8 football head mold. The jig skirt thing is something I did a couple times, but I need to know where to get a variety of colors and good quality skirts? Where do you order your materials?

Ronald Hobbs, Jr. said:

Get some buddies with molds and just swap and borrow with them, it will keep the expense of buying molds down. I have a few, my dad has a few, Wolsky has a few so I just borrow and swap with them for molds I don't have, and they borrow my molds that they don't have.
I also meddled in pouring plastics, I made a lot of good baits that worked awesome, but I found it easier to let other people pour them and to just buy them.
I do make alot of jig and spinnerbait skirts which is pretty inexpensive, I pour my own jig heads but I buy the spinnerbaits and replace the stock skirts.

P.J. Koshi said:

Shawn your pouring your own plastics and football heads is cool! I think I may look into getting a mold and trying my hand at a bit of this pretty soon. I know once I start this will be another large expense added to my fishing related list.

Shawn O'Connell said:

Steelhead and Walleye for me. I also pour up a lot of jigs and attempt other tackle making projects when the weather really has me socked in. I also seem to spend a lot of time on this web site :)

Permalink Reply by P.J. Koshi on December 18, 2009 at 8:14am

Thanks a lot Ron! I'm hoping for some Christmas money and then onto the jig making adventure!

Ronald Hobbs, Jr. said:

I have bought stuff from all of these places and all are good. This should get you started in the right direction for all your tackle making adventures. I highly recommend the lurepartsonline if you want to buy plain jig heads to put your own skirts on
www.fishingskirts.com
www.barlowstackle.com
www.jannsnetcraft.com
www.livingrubber.com
www.lurepartsonline.com for all your jig heads

P.J. Koshi said:

Yeah Ron that sounds like good networking to me. I would just like to mess around with like a 3/8 football head mold. The jig skirt thing is something I did a couple times, but I need to know where to get a variety of colors and good quality skirts? Where do you order your materials?

Ronald Hobbs, Jr. said:

Get some buddies with molds and just swap and borrow with them, it will keep the expense of buying molds down. I have a few, my dad has a few, Wolsky has a few so I just borrow and swap with them for molds I don't have, and they borrow my molds that they don't have.
I also meddled in pouring plastics, I made a lot of good baits that worked awesome, but I found it easier to let other people pour them and to just buy them.
I do make alot of jig and spinnerbait skirts which is pretty inexpensive, I pour my own jig heads but I buy the spinnerbaits and replace the stock skirts.

P.J. Koshi said:

Shawn your pouring your own plastics and football heads is cool! I think I may look into getting a mold and trying my hand at a bit of this pretty soon. I know once I start this will be another large expense added to my fishing related list.

Shawn O'Connell said:

Steelhead and Walleye for me. I also pour up a lot of jigs and attempt other tackle making projects when the weather really has me socked in. I also seem to spend a lot of time on this web site :)

Permalink Reply by Brian Calvert on December 18, 2009 at 10:49am

I am dealing with this question on a daily basis - so far I have not found a cure. I have re-organized the gear numerous times - sharpened hooks - cleaned rods - serviced reels - and even hitting the lake for some shore fishing once a week is not helping. I think Spring is the only cure.

Permalink Reply by Tom Edwards on December 18, 2009 at 2:01pm

So far I am planning on going fishing tomorrow morning about 9am til noon or 1pm. Haven't fished during the winter for quite a few years, but I'm getting restless now.

Permalink Reply by cody hampton on December 18, 2009 at 4:08pm

i agree

Brian Calvert said:

I am dealing with this question on a daily basis - so far I have not found a cure. I have re-organized the gear numerous times - sharpened hooks - cleaned rods - serviced reels - and even hitting the lake for some shore fishing once a week is not helping. I think Spring is the only cure.

Permalink Reply by Rodney Heupel on December 18, 2009 at 8:56pm

I have been reading, then rereading my Lowrance operating instructions. Then opening up the Demos I've down loaded and practice and continue to learn my graphs. I have picked up a couple of SD cards and what to record structure on the first nice day. By the first warm spring day I will be a master at getting the most out of my Lowrance units.

Permalink Reply by Don Hogue on December 18, 2009 at 10:58pm

Do your recordings in the winter, review them at home on the computer, then you've got loads of stuff to check out by the time March/April comes around. Start looking now for prime spawning areas. Record those, then work backwards from there. Record possible travel routes and staging areas. It's fun to guess what will be good. Pretty rewarding when it does work based on a theory you had several months earlier.
Couple that with some lure making to catch those fish when it comes time and you've got more than enough to do all winter.

Rodney Heupel said:

I have been reading, then rereading my Lowrance operating instructions. Then opening up the Demos I've down loaded and practice and continue to learn my graphs. I have picked up a couple of SD cards and what to record structure on the first nice day. By the first warm spring day I will be a master at getting the most out of my Lowrance units.

Permalink Reply by Mike Lukjanowicz on December 19, 2009 at 8:46am

Cody, where do you live?

cody hampton said:

i thought about gettin some of the Do-it molds , but no one i know does it to really show me how

Jeff Grimes said:

Read fishing books, surf the net, and my favorite is to pour jigheads and tie jigs....it is a great hobby once you get the equipment.

Jeff

Permalink Reply by Shawn O'Connell on December 19, 2009 at 10:38am

Cody,

I see your from East Wenatchee. There may be somebody closer but if you come up to
Bridgeport I can show you. There's really nothing to it and I can show you some soft plastic pouring, jig tying, and what not. Just let me know if you are heading this direction.

cody hampton said:

i agree

Brian Calvert said:

I am dealing with this question on a daily basis - so far I have not found a cure. I have re-organized the gear numerous times - sharpened hooks - cleaned rods - serviced reels - and even hitting the lake for some shore fishing once a week is not helping. I think Spring is the only cure.

Permalink Reply by cody hampton on December 19, 2009 at 11:40am

in east wenatchee

Mike Lukjanowicz said:

Cody, where do you live?

cody hampton said:

i thought about gettin some of the Do-it molds , but no one i know does it to really show me how

Jeff Grimes said:

Read fishing books, surf the net, and my favorite is to pour jigheads and tie jigs....it is a great hobby once you get the equipment.

Jeff

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