Finished Some Swim Jigs

Finally got a chance to finish a batch of swim jigs

These are 7/16oz (mold says 1/2oz)

Powder coated and oven cured

The chartreuse heads with the red eyes are glow-in-the-dark

I have a good feeling about the chartreuse/red skirt combo

Any suggestions on head color/skirt color combos?

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those are awesome looking. I would put those right there with warbaits.

Those two bottom ones would be great at Canyon Lake and Perris.
Nice looking.

Very very nice! What hooks do you use also are they 3/0 ?

Mustad Ultra Point 3/0
Can also use a 4/0 depending on the application

The mold was designed for a Mustad 91768 and the FW guys seem to think that it is a very good hook to use

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Us west coast SW guys seem to think that it just looks odd so I modified the mold to use a more standard jig hook
A Mustad 32886BLN (warbaits uses this hook)

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or I found that if you bend the shank of a Mustad 32786BLN, it will also fit
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The reason I lean towards the Mustad brand is because of the good quality and reasonable prices.
Most of the other designer hook brands are much more expensive and are of similar quality

man those look sweet...nice work

My buddy who I fish with likes the 91768 hooks, once the fish takes the bait it's all over with those hooks.

Damn thats sweet! can i get a dozen?

n2deepfsw wrote:My buddy who I fish with likes the 91768 hooks, once the fish takes the bait it's all over with those hooks.

Oh did you know those hooks are razor sharp too

n2deepfsw wrote:My buddy who I fish with likes the 91768 hooks, once the fish takes the bait it's all over with those hooks.

Thanks guys!

Gil, Is he a saltwater fisherman using the 91768?
The guys fishing LMB back east seem to really like that hook
I poured a handful of them.
Might have to do a few more!
Also a good selling point
It's a medium wire hook and may not be suitable for heavy line but good enough for up to 20lb. line IMO
This size hook should be good for 3" & 4" swimbaits
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Still looking for suggestions for head color and skirt colors
Planning on making some brown/orange combos (burnt)

miller wrote:

n2deepfsw wrote:My buddy who I fish with likes the 91768 hooks, once the fish takes the bait it's all over with those hooks.

Oh did you know those hooks are razor sharp too

Lmao! You were the tester last night, it was fun fishing the wall.

IN2DEEP wrote:

n2deepfsw wrote:My buddy who I fish with likes the 91768 hooks, once the fish takes the bait it's all over with those hooks.

Thanks guys!

Gil, Is he a saltwater fisherman using the 91768?
The guys fishing LMB back east seem to really like that hook
I poured a handful of them.
Might have to do a few more!
Also a good selling point
It's a medium wire hook and may not be suitable for heavy line but good enough for up to 20lb. line IMO
This size hook should be good for 3" & 4" swimbaits
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Still looking for suggestions for head color and skirt colors
Planning on making some brown/orange combos (burnt)

Yeah Scott those are the ones and we did fish the wall with them, they worked great. I poured some on Friday with the same mold (my first pours) which came out pretty good.

Nice Gil!
If you need help with building a fluid bed for powder coating, let me know.
I've built a few of them already.
Works almost as good as the commercially made ones and get's the job done at 1/3 the cost
Lot's of tips and info on tackleunderground. Very cool and helpful guys in the wire bait section
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IN2DEEP wrote:Nice Gil!
If you need help with building a fluid bed for powder coating, let me know.
I've built a few of them already.
Works almost as good as the commercially made ones and get's the job done at 1/3 the cost
Lot's of tips and info on tackleunderground. Very cool and helpful guys in the wire bait section
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Thanks Scott, I do have some questions I'll pm you with my number.

Nice work Scott

Very doog job scott!!! Yo quiero!!

Damn Scott those looks sweet! I'd say do one up in a Firetiger pattern or a White & Red pattern but that just the colors I like in the harbor.

I still got the other two because I'm afraid to use them and lose them!

Vagabond wrote:Damn Scott those looks sweet! I'd say do one up in a Firetiger pattern or a White & Red pattern but that just the colors I like in the harbor.
I still got the other two because I'm afraid to use them and lose them!

Thanks!
Now there we go, some color ideas
-Fire Tiger
-White & Red: I heard this was the hot color last year for stripers out of the surf.

...Use those jigs, they don't seem to snag very easily.

IN2DEEP wrote:

Vagabond wrote:Damn Scott those looks sweet! I'd say do one up in a Firetiger pattern or a White & Red pattern but that just the colors I like in the harbor.
I still got the other two because I'm afraid to use them and lose them!

Thanks!
Now there we go, some color ideas
-Fire Tiger
-White & Red: I heard this was the hot color last year for stripers out of the surf.

...Use those jigs, they don't seem to snag very easily.

halloween patern!

Aquaholic38 wrote: Very doog job scott!!! Yo quiero!!

Aquaholic38 wrote:halloween pattern!

That's a good color too!

Nice looking stuff.

Awesome!
I would think black jig head with two thirds black skirt one third white skirt.
Anothter combo
Dark green jig head with one third dark green skirt, one third chartruese skirt, one third orange skirt

Thank you FishinPhil for the input!

Those look great man those are gunna slay some fish!!!!