Some ice jigs I make

[ice45]

[Jim Almquist]

Hey Ice45

You really should share some of your pics of your ice rod as well. Good looking stuff that you have made is always very cool.

[Dark Cloud]

Nice looking clean paint jobs. Try some two tone eyes and/or stripes on em. Not sure if the fish care but they look nice in the box.

[ice45]

I am gonna try some of that stuff too just practicing on some good clean paint jobs first.

Here is a pic of my favorite ice rod

[hydro]

I like the shape of those ice jigs. If you don't mind sharing, how did you make them? Were they solder "blobbed" with an iron or were they cast in a mold?

I have been making similar jigs most of my life and seldom purchase any in stores anymore. Just last week, I modified an old bullet head crappie jig mold to get a heavier jig head and allow the cavity to accept larger hooks. They were tested on Friday and proved to be very effective. I know you wil enjoy catching fish on those ice jigs as well!

[ice45]

I Had a machinist cut me a couple of molds out of the do it mold blanks that are blank. Pretty spendy but i like what they turned out to be like. They are then poured with lead.

[Dark Cloud]

Looks like he used a HT marmooska to make that mold? Good idea!

There are alot of homemade and stock molds out there. I have every jig manufactured ... but I only seem to use my own creations...

Heres a pict of some I make. Options are endless...

[Jack Peterson]

Looks like he used a HT marmooska to make that mold? Good idea!

There are alot of homemade and stock molds out there. I have every jig manufactured ... but I only seem to use my own creations...

Heres a pict of some I make. Options are endless...

Those look very nice Dark Cloud. What are they made out of?

[ice45]

Those look good great job!

[Dark Cloud]

Most of whats there is lead. Anything with a bead - the beads are tungsten. The spoons are blades with soldered on hooks(they did a number on crappies and perch last season )

Im working on some more new tungsten stuff now...

Ice45 - wasnt trying to steel your thunder in this thread. Just trying to give you some painting ideas...

[ice45]

No thats ok you do good work, nice paint! Can you point me in any direction for some tungsten stuff it would be greatly appreciated. You can email me [email protected]