Lake Trout Jigs

[Hairbone]

I have poured a bunch of bank sinkers in the past using the cast iron pot and ladle method. I had collected a few molds off e-bay over the past 6 months and put some hooks together to come up with some deep water jigs to mess with. Santa was nice to me a I got a Lee pro 4-20 melter, so it is easier to work with. I have used lead head jigs in the past with either bucktail, marabou or soft plastics that I made myself from factory heads. Larger sized heads are hard to find with light hooks so I wanted to make some to my specifications. Though I would share what I have had cooking so far:

Pictured on the left is a 1 oz 5/0 with #7 barrel swivel for attaching a blade., 1 oz stand up erie with a 4/0 heavy wire & 4/0 light wire hook.
On the right is a 2 oz spoon, 1.5 oz spoon and 3/4 Hopkins for size comparison.

[Gecha (Gerry)]

Good work with those jigs and spoons. They look very nice.

[fishy1]

if we had safe ice we could try them out.

[Targa V18]

Are you dipping them into powder paint for colors?

[Hairbone]

I have played around with the powder paint. I am using a toaster oven I got from a garage sale for $5.

The lead heads are easy to coat, but the spoons are much more difficult do to their size.

I base coated in white and used pro tec glow green on some of the spoons but wasn't happy with the glow layer. Will post some pics later.

I will hook you up with some Targa

[Hairbone]

pro tec super glow green over a white base coat at 20 seconds under black light. Comes out with a mottled look.

[fishy1]

nice job harry.

[Targa V18]

I have played around with the powder paint. I am using a toaster oven I got from a garage sale for $5.

The lead heads are easy to coat, but the spoons are much more difficult do to their size.

I base coated in white and used pro tec glow green on some of the spoons but wasn't happy with the glow layer. Will post some pics later.

I will hook you up with some Targa

Sweet! Thanks for the response. The lead heads look great.