Jigs & Plastics

[ice_it_06]

Tomorrow is tackle stocking day with a $150 budget.

I'm going to get more involved with plastics this season and also stock up on more must have jigs.

question:

For the $150 budget what would you make sure you had in your arsenal regarding plastics, jigs, and color/sizes ?

[slipperybob]

wow! personally that'll buy lots of jigs and plastics....

get thos marmoosa type of jigs, small profile and heavy sinker.

gotta have a few genz bugs - red ones of course

I like my forage minnows

[Borch]

For me it would look like this.

#10 & #12 Little Atom Optic Stealths in various colors

#10 & #12 Custom Jigs and Spins Diamond Jigs

#6 & #8 Custom Jigs and Spins Ratsos

1/32 & 1/16 oz colorless jigs

1/32 oz tube jig heads

Little Atom Nuggies(white, pink, yellow, glow & Motor Oil)

Little Atom Wedgies, various colors

Little Atom Noodles, various colors

Powerbait Panfish tubes(white, white/pink, etc.)

Powerbait 2" Power Minnows(glow, chartruese, black shad)

Powerbait Panfish Nymphs (white/pink, white)

Lindy has some good plastics as well.

Bug luggage for your jigs

That'll get you started.

[Pleasant]

I picked up a jar of Gulp natural waxies and was surprised that they work quite well on jigs. I figured if nothing else the kids could use them for sunfish bait next summer LOL.

Lynn J.

[harvey lee]

You could also check out the Outdoor pro store right here obn Fishing Minnesota's HSOforum. Also check out the crappie and sunfish jigs on the left side under outdoor pro series jigs.

I use many different JB lures for eyes to sunfish and one cannot beat the Scenic Tackle line up for eyes and some larger fish.

Many good options here from the pannies to those eyes.

www.outdoorprostore.com

[ice_it_06]

Thanks for the direction and help guys.

Thought allot more guys used the plastics on here.

Will use the info and advise given and give the plastics a run this year.

[dilleyo]

If I had $$ to spend, I saw this posting on hsolist and looked pretty tempting......

by the way, I don't know who is selling it, I just thought someone might be interested.

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[hanson]

Borch posted a very good, thorough list!

Alot of the jigs are interchangeable as many companies produce similar styles of the same jig. I have really come to like the Little Atom line of jigs as they are the original manufacturer of many, many of the popular jigs on the market such as the Ratfinkee, Demon, Purist, etc. Add to that customer service that is out of this world and fast shipping on products and what more could you want?

For plastics, you have your finesse plastics and you have your larger, more aggressive, fishing plastics. Once again, I go to little Atom for my plastics as they are scented with Anise and are incredibly lively underwater.

My more aggessive plastics start with the 2" Berkley Power Minnow. Man it took some time to try these things and now its almost the first thing I tie on! I'm going to experiment with 3" & 4" Power Minnows through the ice this winter as well... yes I said 4". Not a typo! The key word there is "experiment".

[cRaPpiEMaN8265]

for crappies and gills i almost exclusively use ratso, in white and black and nuclear ants also in white and black. Both have worked very well for me but i dont think you need to spend 150 bucks just for some lures! buy a new shack or something with that money and just get a few plastics cuz i think thats a bit overboard! IMO

Later,

Ryan

[hanson]

ice_it_06

Can I go back to your original question for a second? You mentioned plastics and most folks think panfish tackle. In the panfish rhealm of fishing, you've received some pretty good feedback.

Now... you walleye fish much?

This is where things could get expensive. That is Jigging Spoons. I have more spoons than I know what to do with but there are a number of things to pay attention to. You have spoons that fall slow and flutter or spoons that sink fast and drop straight. You have spoons with rattles, and spoons without rattles. Then you have spoons with regular paint jobs, and spoons with glow paint jobs. And obviously spoons of different sizes. When you are talking $3-5 per spoon, it adds up fast!

Before I get too in depth, is your question pertaining to panfish type stuff, walleye stuff, or the multi-species area that I love?

[rocki]

hanson, how do you fish the power minnow in the winter? whats the technique under the ice and what type of jig is used? new to the plastics also!!!

[harvey lee]

I dont know about $150.00 being overboard as I will guess I own at a minimum approx. $250.00 in jigs and lures for the ice season.

if one needs a different color or a different oz weight lure then I have it in the box.

[Boar]

Hey hanson i assume that you are targeting eye's with the berkly power minnow Correct? I've never tried them an need to expand my horrizons, What collors do ya like an how do ya rig them. Info would be cool, Boar

[ice_it_06]

Hanson:

I used the early info of borch and other sources and placed a rather good on-line order @ a few different places.

I do fish the eyes and that area of the plastics I've not even addressed yet.The power products are on the list and any spoons or jig advise well considered as well.

Don't see $150 as being to difficult to reach as Harvey Lee stated. At this point I'm @ $90 on-line already and haven't left the house for tomorrows run.

I have two sons in their mid twenty's so I only end up with 50% of what I consider mine anyway. lol

[hanson]

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Hey hanson i assume that you are targeting eye's with the berkly power minnow Correct? I've never tried them an need to expand my horrizons, What collors do ya like an how do ya rig them. Info would be cool, Boar

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Well... this year I'm going to try with the larger sizes. We've fished crappies on Upper Red with the 2" Power Minnows with pretty incredible success and the walleyes loved them! Loved them! That got me thinking and I've now added more (and larger) to my selection to try this winter. At this point, the larger sizes are still in the theory stage. I'm going to give them a run on Lake of the Woods at Christmas time. A 3" Power Minnow is no larger than the Emeralds you buy up there, it all comes down to how you work the bait in my mind. And the eyes on Lake of the Woods love aggressively worked jigging spoons, why wouldn't they hit a larger plastic? Thats my theory anyway. What is great about the plastics is they provide a fairly slow fall in the water, if you don't rig them with too heavy a jighead. This slow fall is what drives the fish nuts.

How do we rig these? On collarless jigheads. 2" minnows are usually rigged on a 1/32oz jighead with no collar (barb). These collarless heads are the same as Custom Jigs & Spins Ratso jigheads. On the larger Power Minnows, I'm going with some larger collarless jigs I've found. The minnow body sits straighter on a collarless jig vs a collared jig.

Wish I had a picture of a basic rigged plastic. Hope that made sense?

[hanson]

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I do fish the eyes and that area of the plastics I've not even addressed yet.The power products are on the list and any spoons or jig advise well considered as well.

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Well... if you read my post just above this one, there are some ideas for fishing walleyes with plastics that are completely untested yet this year. Hopefully... things work well.

Back to the spoon idea... I love the JB Lures Varmints, Rattling Varmints, and Angel Eye spoons. These spoons are also available under the Scenic Tackle name but can usually be much easier to find or order under the JB Lures name. I'd start with 1/8oz on the Varmints & Rattling Varmints although you'll want a few larger as well. Favorite colors include Perch, Glow Red, Pink/White, Chartreuse, Hammered Gold or Gold.

The spoon list could get much larger than that but that is sort of a "one stop shop" for fluttery spoons (Angel Eye), fast fishing spoons (Varmint or Go-Devil), and rattling spoon (Rattling Varmint). Tip those with a minnow head and jig, jig, jig.

[ice_it_06]

Much appreciated

[Borch]

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How do we rig these? On collarless jigheads. 2" minnows are usually rigged on a 1/32oz jighead with no collar (barb). These collarless heads are the same as Custom Jigs & Spins Ratso jigheads. On the larger Power Minnows, I'm going with some larger collarless jigs I've found. The minnow body sits straighter on a collarless jig vs a collared jig.

Wish I had a picture of a basic rigged plastic. Hope that made sense?

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Well I just happen to have a pic of a 2" glow Power Minnow rigged with a 1/32 oz Scenic Tackle panfish jig.