I was wondering what kind of oil it is on plastic jigs when you buy them? I have always wondered what they use?
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I was wondering what kind of oil it is on plastic jigs when you buy them? I have always wondered what they use?
Send a pm to Snake River. I am sure he will answer this question for you. I keep mine after I get them in some anise and garlic salt with a little p-nut oil. Tell him Old Ship told ya to pm.
I sometimes spray mine with PAM
Hey David,Quote:
Originally Posted by "G"
Are you spraying them in the bag or just before tossing them in the water?
I spray them in the zip lock bag
they probably use mineral oil or I use Pam
the best thing to use is worm oil, lure craft , bass tackle, M F all sell it about 12 bucks a quart. Other oils work but some will react to plastic making it hard as a rock. hope this helps
what do they use for oil is this a mineral oil like I mentioned or something else I would imagine all cooking type oil might work .Quote:
Originally Posted by MO QWACK
Do Not Use Mineral Oil ...
To make sure U are using the correct thing ... Use Worm Oil .. Special made for this purpose & available from suppliers of Plastisol products.
Tried Mineral Oil Years Ago ... not good unless you want to shrink and harden your lures.
JSC
I use anise oil. It is suppose to also be a fish attractant. It works pretty good and is pleasant to smell as long as you do not huff it ha ha.
vegetable oil will not do this...like I said before I just spray a squirt of PAM right in the zip lock bag with my baits....works great.Quote:
Originally Posted by JSC
No do not use mineral oil, this will dry out your turn hard as a rock.Quote:
Originally Posted by snake River
see I definitely do not know everything guys but we deftly use Pam and how about using fish oil I have never tried it but it might be worthwhile to add it in with your plastics g will any vegetable oil work because it is fairly cheap and I usually buy it by 5 gallons we do a lot of deep frying also use peanut oil don't know if that would be any good or not.
A few drops of Anise, Pam, and Garlic Salt is a great start to add to any ziplock bag.
you are definitely making me hungry I wonder how that smells maybe they have some Italian crappies.Quote:
Originally Posted by shipahoy41
ship, how does it affect the anise when you mix all that. I have a big bottle of anise, maybe I should try mixing up some vegetable oil and garlic in with it
This is one of the things that is fun about fishing...experimenting with different things. A couple years ago Ship and I both played around making up differant concoctions to soak our jigs in or to spray on them.....we used a lot of cod liver oil for our base and then added other things to it. Some of our ideas worked and some didn't...unless you try you will never know.
I used to buy small small plastics like little tails, wedges, etc that were made with some type of anise oil. man did they work good on small ice spoons. If you had them too long they seemed to lose the anise oil flavor, so I would put a few drops of oil on a cotton ball & place it in plastic bag with them. no live bait needed with these.
we always thought about getting crawdads and let them break down to oil and use that oil with our plastic baits because crawdads is a natural owner to most game fish I also wondered about using crappie because it also is a attractant to their same specie for bait we have used cut bait for years when they would not hit anything else so I always wanted to take some fillets and put them in my juicer and try that out I think anything natural smelling such as other creatures in their territory that they are used to eating this smell naturally would be something that they feed on and would strike.
Glycirin from the drug store and anise. Glycirin will not harm your plastics or lines. it is used by drugist to make medicins. Keeps them slick and the sheen that reflects light seems to stay longer with it. I just put a few drops of anise in some glyccirin and add to ziplock bag. Does not take very much to coat a bunch of plastics.
I buy my own bottle just for my tackle box. The wife has one for the kitchen so we do not get them mixed up. Been doing this method for over 25 years. Gives my plastics a little "Somethin somethin" that the fish seem to like. Keeps the plastic slippery and moist to so it feels alive. To me it is like putting A-1 on a steak or hot sauce on a fish. Makes the meal more enjoyable. To a fish it makes them hold on a fraction longer because it tastes real.Quote:
Originally Posted by crappieseeker
So true David. You should be on the Prs Staff for Bob's Jigs. I like your ideas and thinking.Quote:
Originally Posted by "G"
For you young folks this is OK, but old hands have a hard time threading slippery plastics on a jig.:(:(..I like the addition of oils because it seems to keep the baits from sticking to the bag..Quote:
Originally Posted by shipahoy41
Any suggestions on a better way to grip while threading??:D:D
I use WD40 and anise when I want the bait to toughen up some . Especially when the perch are ripping off the tails that are thin.
Maybe Bob will ask me to be pro staff one dayQuote:
Originally Posted by shipahoy41
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