well the warmth in the air has me wanting to chase walleyes on the river banks again, so this year i decided to make my own jigs since i go through so many in a spring trying to fish in the rocks.. and also ill be trapping and keeping my own minnows so you guys that have done all this what am i doing wrong or what will i be doing wrong, we have a lot of minnows in a creek up here so im gonna throw the minnow trap in there to catch them, just put bread in the trap and they will fill up? also i bought a bubbler for an old cooler we have. going to mount bubbler on lid and run hoses into it cooler for minnows http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002QFY3AU/?tag=nodakangler10-20
this is the bubbler i bought, and also bought suction cups to hold plastic tubing in place, what do i need for water? pull it from creek? also do you need to feed the minnows or do they sustain by themselves, and how often to i need to change water?
now the jigs, not sure what to do on the hooks yet, picked up some gamakatsu 3-0 90 degree and some mustad 2-0 90 degree, bought lead and a do it molds hot pot 2 with a ladle and also a do its mold round ball jig head mold in a 1/2 and 3/8 ouce heads, then i bought a few different color of powder paint to put on the jigs once they are poured... from what i have heard heat the jig heads up put them in the powder paint and shake it off so you dont have a thick coating then bake them... from what i read to cure the paint 350 degrees for 45 minutes will do it for ya... this is what im planning on doing for this stuff if you guys have any pointers let me know, thanks!
this is the bubbler i bought, and also bought suction cups to hold plastic tubing in place, what do i need for water? pull it from creek? also do you need to feed the minnows or do they sustain by themselves, and how often to i need to change water?
now the jigs, not sure what to do on the hooks yet, picked up some gamakatsu 3-0 90 degree and some mustad 2-0 90 degree, bought lead and a do it molds hot pot 2 with a ladle and also a do its mold round ball jig head mold in a 1/2 and 3/8 ouce heads, then i bought a few different color of powder paint to put on the jigs once they are poured... from what i have heard heat the jig heads up put them in the powder paint and shake it off so you dont have a thick coating then bake them... from what i read to cure the paint 350 degrees for 45 minutes will do it for ya... this is what im planning on doing for this stuff if you guys have any pointers let me know, thanks!
