Thread: Plastic Tipped Ice Jigs

lol! thanks for catchin on skeet...that went over like a flock a turtles. the fish wasnt so big, maybe 7 inch, but it had such beautiful colors.

Originally Posted by CTom

Nothing like some plastics on ice jigs to schnooker those sunnies and crappies. I just did up these in split color glows. One is shown mounted on the Lindy Frosty Spoon.



Here they are in a semi-dark area....

where did you get the lead body with the treble hook.

Its a Lindy product Bob

wow tom, those really glow. do you add phos powder?

stuff like those lil frosty spoons are very popular up here bob. another insanely good bait is the buckshot rattle spoon. put just a minnow head on it and jig. very very productive bait

Originally Posted by H2oHammer

wow tom, those really glow. do you add phos powder?

Here's a link for the Do-It product I used in these baits...Super Glow Powders. Glow in the Dark is yet another source but spendier. Both offer high intensity glow pigments that glow in color. The glow portion of the plastics shown in this picture are nothing more than clear plastic [3 ounce cup] with 1/2 tsp of the pigment added to each. I shot the mold using straight chartreuse and then cut the heads back about 3/4 of the way leaving the tail ends and 1/4 of the body in the mold, then I shot the glow to cap the body section.

It was real cloudy when I stuck my hand out the door to get some natural light for the regular picture and it was enough to fire up the glow aspect for the glow picture and that was taken in a room that wasn't totally dark. These glow pigments are amazing. When used in ice baits like these or about the same size or a little larger I suggest leaving the baits right in the bag they come in and keep it in your shrt pocket under your coat. The warmer the glow plastic or glow paint on a jig, the deeper the glow is and the longer it lasts between chargings. Red and orange glow are only good for about 15 to 20 minutes between chargings to keep a decent glow while fishing but the blue and purple and yellow will last almost as long as the green shown here which will last for hours and hours on a single charge.

The pigments are heavy and tend to settle fairly fast so you have to keep the plastic stirred before each injection. The plastic can get a little color added along with the pigment as long as its close to the same color but coloring the plastic acts as a filter and will block some of the uv that charges the glow pigments. I leave my glow plastic clear and left thee pigments do any coloring. Glow purple is a real tough one to get charged well but the color as a glow is a nasty good one for catching crappies and sunfish. When charged up glow purple hoovers right on the edge of the uv range in the spectrum bordering on where we cannot see it but fish can. Half of glow purple is invisible to a human's eye but the fish can see it as clear as a bell.

wow, awesome. purple is by FAR my favorite bluegill color. i think the shade must look like a bluegill fry or something...gills have some purple on them usually

here is a link to some of those jigs out of the package, i had posted them over on the ice fishing thread.

www.crappie.com/crappie/ice-fishing-forum/324786-crankin-em/