Recently got interested in "dockshooting". Would like to make some fish attractors like the attached photos. I have a good supply of tobacco sticks but I need some type of device that I can put the sticks thru. Any ideas?
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Recently got interested in "dockshooting". Would like to make some fish attractors like the attached photos. I have a good supply of tobacco sticks but I need some type of device that I can put the sticks thru. Any ideas?
6" pvc would work or a small plastic barrell.
If you're using Tobacco sticks ... why not run them thru a 1gal plastic milk jug :confused: ... then fill jug with small rocks or sand or dirt or quickcrete or whatever :pQuote:
Originally Posted by crappiecrazy
Also ... if you're going to fish a jig around them, you might consider using a weedless jighead ;) And don't worry about the Crappie not biting them, or missing fish, or losing lip stuck fish :eek: ... 'cause I've used them in/around/thru some pretty gnarly brush & fallen trees, and they've worked just fine, for me & my fishing partners.
Other than a milk jug ... I've seen, or been told about, milk crates - old basketballs - small buckets w/lids ... that can also work as a "hub" for your sticks (or PVC pipe).
You could weight them down, as previously mentioned .... or, if you wanted to have them "suspend" -- fill the "hub" with styrofoam pieces, blow/spray in some kind of foam (waterproof/buoyant), or something that will help float the attractor. Tie a piece of nylon cord/rope to the hub and a screw/bolt with a eye ... and quickcrete that bolt/screw into a concrete block.
... luck2ya ... cp :cool:
Tom, i've made some with tobacco sticks and just cut a 5 gallon bucket in half and set them in concrete. Turned out pretty good.
Thanks for the good ideas! I will try some of all of them and see what I like the best. Crappypappy, I have been using "Laker Stickgaurds" and really like them! I have always been weary of weedless jigs for crappie but I am "seeing the light".
I make them out of toilet tank floats and 1/2" couplings. They really work well, you precut the pvc legs (17 of them) 2 1/2 to 3 feet long and put them in your boat a piece of coathanger and a brick will hold them down or tie them off to a dock.
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Originally Posted by sticksteer
Could you give me some more info? I don't understand how you attacted Pvc to the tank floats.
PVC Pipe in Milk Crate
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Originally Posted by crappiecrazy
That's why I mentioned it :p Seems there's still a lot of people that don't "trust" weedless jigheads, and I used to feel much the same way. Years ago, back when I first started using jigs more often than minnows, I didn't much trust the brush guard style weedless jigheads. Found some Laker Stickguards, and tried them out. They worked OK, but seemed to only last for a fish or two. Then I found the Oldham's Crappie jigheads, which are weedless by having a thin wire loop coming out of the head of the jig, that slips under the hookpoint.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42...py/oldhams.jpg
These worked just fine, and I used them and promoted them for several years. Their downfall was that the wire loops were so fragile, and any excess bending of them would eventually break them ... or the fish would bend/twist them up, and destroy the wire loop. They are no longer being made, as Terry Oldham has decided to stop production of them, in favor of his Bass products.
Then along comes Grousefly ;) and the tournaments I fished. Grousefly sent some of his jigs in for prize donations. We got to be friends, and I liked his creations. I had a jig, that I had purchased locally, but was no longer being made. I sent it to him, to see if he could reproduce it or come up with something similar. That was the V-wing (as I call it) and I've been using it, and promoting it, since. (bottom jig)
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42...y/jigheads.jpg
My confidence in weedless jigheads, now, over what it was before .... is a 180deg turnaround :D I'm even confident in using the brush style, and successfully used one to catch this "big Mama", this past Spring :
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42...WB20070005.jpg
Since I fish around wood, mostly, and don't have or know of any PVC structures (in the lakes I fish) .... using weedless jigheads allows me to probe the cover a lot more thoroughly, with less hang-ups, and I feel like I catch and land more fish, because of them.
It took me a few years to become a convert :p but, I'm a bonafide weedless jighead fanatic, now !! LOL !!!
Good luck with your attractor making, and I hope they produce for you !!
.... cp :cool:
OK Pappy, Where can I guy get these grousefly's jig at.
Tim
Weve been using weedless jighead for years.I use them almost exclusivley when fish brushpiles.The only thing I dont like about commercially made weedless is they have too small of a hook.I bought a mold years ago from do-it and make our own 1/16 oz to 1/8 oz weedless.
His name is Paul Mullins - (Grousefly is his User ID name)Quote:
Originally Posted by bttmline
He can be reached by email - [email protected]
He can also be reached by PM (he's a member, under that user ID)
He can be reached by phone ... 606-642-3167
He can make them in several weights - hook sizes - hook colors - painted or unpainted - etc.
He sells the weedless ones pictured (unpainted), to Crappie.com members for $0.25 each (for any number under 100) and $20 per hundred (if buying in bulk).
He fills orders on a first come basis, so there may be a period of time before receiving your order ... but, it's worth it ;)
Contact him, tell him I sent ya (or refer him to this post), and tell him what you're looking for. Not sure :confused: ... then, just for reference - those jigheads in the picture are 1/16oz with #2 gold hooks. I also have some in 1/32 & 1/16oz with #4 bronze hooks - 1/32oz with #2 gold hooks - 1/32 & 1/16oz with #2 red hooks. They all work fine (and I still have most of them :eek: :D :D )
.... cp :cool:
You take a toilet tank float and drill holes in it with a uni-bit. This is a cone shaped bit that allows you to drill multiple size holes with one bit. I drill them to the 3/4 size hole. Take 1/2 pvc pipe and cut off some 2" pieces . Glue the 2" pieces into 1/2 " pvc couplings. Just stick the coupling with the short nipple in the hole and glue in with hot glue. I can get 17 of these in a standard tank float. There is a piece that sticks off the ball that is made to thread onto the rod in your toilet, use this to attach your wire and brick to sink it. I tried to attach a picture of one to my original post but it didn't work.
trying to get a picture posted again
Thanks CP. I will do that
Tim