Floating Jigs

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Floating Jigs; Home Made
Topic Started: Jul 1 2008, 06:58 PM (195 Views)
GET R DONE	Jul 1 2008, 06:58 PM Post #1
Fishin' for Loch Ness Posts: 729 Group: Global Moderators Member #12 Joined: Jan 31, 2008	Here's how to make floating jigs, it's really easy. All you need is a small single or treble hook, a few spilt shots and some good ol' ear plugs. Ear plugs float, they also come in a bunch of different colours, yellow and green are my favorites. Simply slide your hook through the ear plug as you would with a twister. Put a few split shots at about 10 to 12" away from your hook and you've got yourself a floating jig. My gramps taught me that trick and I've caught alot of walleye in the river back home that way. Cheap plus they work awesome..



chevy man	Jul 1 2008, 07:36 PM Post #2
Walleye Posts: 716 Group: Global Moderators Member #14 Joined: Jan 31, 2008	good tip buddy, but you can get more use out of them while fishing, if you tired of hearing your buddy complain that he isn't catching any fish, simply reverse the procedure of making them [by removing the hook and split shot] so you can use them, simply insert in ear and voila, peace and quiet.



GET R DONE	Jul 1 2008, 08:53 PM Post #3
Fishin' for Loch Ness Posts: 729 Group: Global Moderators Member #12 Joined: Jan 31, 2008	chevy man Jul 1 2008, 07:36 PM good tip buddy, but you can get more use also from them while fishing, if you tired of hearing your buddy complaint that he is not catching in fish, simply reverse the procedure of making them [by removing the hook and split shot] so you can use them, simply insert in ear and voila, peace and quiet. LOL, right on buddy. Your right tho..



Tye	Jul 2 2008, 11:10 PM Post #4
Larvae Posts: 17 Group: Regular Member Member #141 Joined: Jun 30, 2008	Good tip, thanks I'm going to try it this weekend.



4ST EYES	Jul 10 2008, 05:20 PM Post #5
4ST EYES Posts: 148 Group: Top Users Member #46 Joined: Feb 2, 2008	Good tip, people use them at the rod and gun club and then toss them after shooting. I will have to start picking them up. They do look like small marshmellows(sp).



GET R DONE	Jul 11 2008, 07:33 PM Post #6
Fishin' for Loch Ness Posts: 729 Group: Global Moderators Member #12 Joined: Jan 31, 2008	make sure you pick up the ones without a coat of WAX 4ST EYES, they might shine too much lol.



4ST EYES	Jul 13 2008, 01:49 PM Post #7
4ST EYES Posts: 148 Group: Top Users Member #46 Joined: Feb 2, 2008	Trouble is they probably all have some sort of wax on them, like ear wax. One thing that will likely help is to soak them in fish attractant. They should soak it up quite well. Never used the stuff before but it makes sense.



Rob from Sudbury	Oct 16 2008, 07:04 PM Post #8
Larvae Posts: 5 Group: Regular Member Member #155 Joined: Oct 15, 2008	This does work really well - you can get proper floating jig hooks that will not wiegh it down as much and it will float better. We used to cut an orange one into a ball shape and feed it onto our hooks for rainbow - works well Good stuff for a survival kit too as the earplugs squash down and are compact



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