Jacob's Ice Stinger

[CTom]

Mine came in the mail only a few minutes ago. Ironically I was just mixing up some more new colors to document. Now I'll have to shoot some of these. I can tell you that this is one sweet little mold, maybe 3.25" square, 20 cavities, and just looking at the open mold has me quivering myself. Pics a little later and I'll size them to a dime.

[snake River]

we are looking forward in seeing in this plastic bait we are seriously thinking about ordering two of those molds.

[CTom]

Sorry for the fuzzy pic, but here are a few of the Ice stingers shown in relation to a dime and a Micro Nuggie, a Minnesota ice staple. Way more action in the stinger's tail....makes the nuggie feel thick and it really isn't.

[jeepguyjames]

very nice looking......like the little ones, good work

[snake River]

Sorry for the fuzzy pic, but here are a few of the Ice stingers shown in relation to a dime and a Micro Nuggie, a Minnesota ice staple. Way more action in the stinger's tail....makes the nuggie feel thick and it really isn't.

wow you're pretty fancy with those baby shed stingers that is a awesome coloring job you did they look fantastic.

[Len]

The Micro Nuggies are a great ice plastic but I bet the Ice Stingers will match them one on one. Very nice looking bait!!

[Buzzer]

Where can a guy buy these

[Buzzer]

Where can a guy buy these

[shipahoy41]

Well done. They look great.

[CTom]

The shads are challenging, but the more I do, the better things work out. I have a pretty decent system now for getting the orange throat dot in place, followed by the belly color. I have been increasing the working temp of the plastic about 10 degrees with each step. The throat dot has been right about 335, the belly color gets about three drops of heat stabilizer to 4 oz of colored plastic and run up to 345-350. The top color gets the same amount of stabilizer and is injected at 360 degrees. Done this way each addition seems to weld to the existing color portion in the mold. I haven't had a seperation yet.

About those Stingers. I have been working in and around the plastic tackle industry for 20+ years. I have never, ever seen a more active plastic bait. You cannot hold the tail on this bait steady. Period. And that alone is the trick to triggering winter fish....at least up here where we get ice 30-40 inches thick in the winter. If you shoot plastic and ice fish, this is one mold you will want to get.

My plastic is the super soft from Caney Creek and no hardener has been added. I feel that the combination of the plastic used and the design of this mold makes a bait that will go far. I've only done four colors to show on a couple different sites and my email has been nuts with persons wanting to buy the baits already...including this site. I have had a Nuggie right next to this Stinger in my hand and the nuggie looks like a club compared to the tail action of the stinger.