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How big is to big for lakers tube jigs?
kwackkillncrew:
i typically pick what size tube i want and then match the jig head to the size of the tube depending on how fast or slow i want it to fall or how i want it to swim. normally use a half ounce to ounce. as hardwater said i think the fish are getting use to seeing tube jigs all the time. i picked up a couple of yakima twitchen jigs https://www.basspro.com/shop/en/yakima-bait-twitcher-jig, i think they use them for steelhead maybe but i think they would work really well for lakers and pout. lots of flash and i think they will swim real nice. 3/4 ounce jigs for nockin rocks and making noise.
kasilofchrisn:
Those twitchers look interesting.
Would be pretty straightforward to make using one of my jig head molds and my fly tying gear.
Though I'm not that good at fly tying yet.
I'm thinking of also trying one of my vertical squid head molds tied with bucktail.
I'm thinking the squids flairs would make it swim a bit like an airplane jig.
I've got some other molds I might try that the lakers haven't seen before. Smaller versions of some of my saltwater stuff that get hammered in the salt.
I guess I need to get cracking on lure building so I'm ready when I head north!
kwackkillncrew:
ya after buying them and looking at them it would be pretty easy to tie up. tieing on the rabbit strip some flashabue strips is pretty easy to do. Then i look at it this way. since i have to buy the jig head thats probably 1.50, rabbit strip flashabu brings it up to $2.00 probably take 15 minutes or so to tie it. So for $2.00 and 15 minutes of time i could have a jig. Or i am in sportsmens buying other things see the jigs and buy them for $5 bucks a piece and not worry about anything else. If i was losing alot of jigs i would probably make them my self but i dont know if i have ever snagged and lost a jig fishign for lakers or eel pout.
I use to tie my own russian river flies but it really doesnt make sense to with how cheap they are at the store, just not worth the time to tie them for me i guess. But its probably like most things people dont always do things to save money, they do them because they enjoy it. I dont enjoy fly tying unless i am making dolly lamas or bigger flies like when i went down to the situk for steelheads.
Bushwhack Jack:
I agree with AKhardwater. I like the big 6 or 7 inch tubes. I don't like the small 4-5 inch tubes that Kodiak Customs makes. They might catch a lot of fish but all of the big fish I have caught have been caught on the big tubes. I really feel like you can't go wrong with the bigger tubes. I once cut open the stomach of an average size burbot (5-6 lbs.) and pulled out a 14-inch whole whitefish that it completely swallowed. I doubt a big laker is going to turn down anything you throw at them unless it doesn't look like a whitefish or smell like a whitefish. Just my 2 cents.
On another note, I also agree that sound makes a big difference. I hope that someone (you, Kodiak Customs, Canyon Plastics) designs some type of tube jig or something similar that clicks or makes a sound. I've been fishing with AKhardwater before and in one of his secret spots there are rocks on the bottom, allowing him to smack his lead jig heads on the bottom and indeed it does seem to attract the burbs.
kasilofchrisn:
--- Quote from: Bushwhack Jack on Jan 13, 2021, 05:03 PM ---I agree with AKhardwater. I like the big 6 or 7 inch tubes. I don't like the small 4-5 inch tubes that Kodiak Customs makes. They might catch a lot of fish but all of the big fish I have caught have been caught on the big tubes. I really feel like you can't go wrong with the bigger tubes. I once cut open the stomach of an average size burbot (5-6 lbs.) and pulled out a 14-inch whole whitefish that it completely swallowed. I doubt a big laker is going to turn down anything you throw at them unless it doesn't look like a whitefish or smell like a whitefish. Just my 2 cents.
On another note, I also agree that sound makes a big difference. I hope that someone (you, Kodiak Customs, Canyon Plastics) designs some type of tube jig or something similar that clicks or makes a sound. I've been fishing with AKhardwater before and in one of his secret spots there are rocks on the bottom, allowing him to smack his lead jig heads on the bottom and indeed it does seem to attract the burbs.
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Yeah Kodiak customs doesn't make his own tubes or tube jigs.
Not sure who Tony has make them for him.
I need to get some more big tubes ordered up!
I do make a tube jig with a built in rattle for sound.
Can't say if it makes a difference as I've only tested them once and I was skunked.
Hopefully get some more testing in soon if our weather cooperates and the bigger lakes on the peninsula get safe ice.
Anyway my new tube mold will also have the rattle option.
Here's a picture of what they look like with the rattle cast in them.
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