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I have the ability to make jigheads if I have a model and was wondering if there was a head out there combined with a certain hook that is not currently available that would make a great set up for bluegill or if there is an old style out there that's hard to get or no longer available.I know very little about bluegill and would like to get into producing a great jighead.
Any jighead works if the hook is small enough. I use nothing bigger than 1/32 with a #6 hook. 1/64 with a #8 is better, IMO.
I think DBD is right on. Now, Since I think that far more jigs are sold on customer eye appeal,I would like to see a little 1/80 oz jig head shaped like the design Crappie Pro uses for crappie jigs with a #8 nickel steel hook. I think that would tie into a sharp looking kip tail. jig.
I ordered several jigs for pan fishing. 1/16th oz on a standard round bend #6 hook, 1/32 oz on a #8 sickle hook, and I found some 1/48 oz on a standard #8 hook. between those choices I can tie some good jigs and choose the right one based on my bait/lure of the day and depth I will be fishing.
My dad would slay bluegills on the beds with a 1/80 oz #10 hook and crickets under a small float, 2-4lb line.
1/64 and 1/32oz with a no8 sickle hook, shorten the lead over the shank, no hackle and sell them unpainted
http://crappielures.com/images/cth64hps.jpg
Make another model with a concave bottom to glide when slowly retrieved or vertically jigged - this would make for an excellent ice jig
I would buy some of those. Neat jighead.
Nice looking jig
That's a Crappie Thumper from DWAZ lures - excellent jig
DWAZ Lures Crappielures.com
I'd like to see it modified a bit...I've lost a few crappie ice fishing with it and the long lead body leaves little room to stack 4-6 waxies on the shank without covering the barb.
Another great bluegill jig is this one: Northland Banana Bug Jig : FishUSA
http://www.fishusa.com/assets/produc...ions/500-1.jpg
This needs to hang horizontal instead of 45 degrees....HT used to make a horizontal version but they're harder and harder to find anymore. I'd buy a great deal of both designs if they had sickle hooks :)
Thanks for the imput fellas i think i could work with both of those designs and tweak them to make something more along the lines of what you're wanting.
Matzilla how would that head work with an eagle claw x long shank #6?that would be an easy fix,i could also work to shorten and concave the head to make it work with a sickle.
I currently have 1/64,1/32,1/24,1/16 on up in ball heads and can pour them with smaller hooks i currently don't stock anything smaller than#6 but if you guys need heads then i will start stocking #8.I also have 1/48,1/32 minnow head with or without the wire keeper that i can do in a #8.
xtra long shank would definitely help....sickle would be perfect
I would like to see a wobble head between 1/32 and 1/16 with #6 574 EC. Something that would slow the fall in 4 ft. of water.
I like that. It is very similar to what I predominately make and use when I am chasing Bluegill and Shell Cracker.Quote:
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Got a pic of the head?Quote:
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Ultra Minnow sold by Crazy Angler is also a killer in a 1/48 with the recessed eye! I do like the jig in the pic with want sickle but not bronze. I would say more of the 1/64 and 1/80 behind a float is killer
Thanks for the samples Matzilla I got them done with #6 and 4 sickles and can put virtually any hook in them.
I like the look of the Northland banana jig, but doesn't a 90 degree hook jig change the action of it?? The hook in the color pic of it looks like a 28 degree jig hook and the eyelet of the hook is in a different position.
Got another small head that should be great for bluegill 1/48 bullet with #8 sickle and double tapered barb.
We use a 1/64 oz and 1/24 oz jighead # 6 hook With a 0./0 willow blade.cannot keep them on our local tackle shop shelf!!Work good with a crappie tube or baby shad no paint on jighead. and other fish on this set up. can only mold one at a time would be nice to mold more than one.We have caught bream,red ear on these headsAttachment 208153Attachment 208154Attachment 208155Attachment 208156Attachment 208157Attachment 208158
If you ever want to up your production big time we could always make you a spincast mold Jackie.
That is a nice gill I wish we had some like that up here.
That jig head looks VERY familiar .........Quote:
Originally Posted by bugman
Jamie, you have them there but just never targeted them. You gotta step outside the box to learn how, and it isn't hard. That spinner head would slay them where I fished in FL. I have a 1/48 minnow that could me modified to have the spinner and that would be good also. I like where this is going.