I've just taken an interest in homemade lures.  If anyone has any good information on making jigs, minnow plugs, spinners, etc., I'd love to hear it.  i'm new to the club and I'm really excited to get to share my love for fishing with other hardcore anglers. FISH ON!

You can buy jig head molds at big tackle outfitters.  There's also several books on making plugs.

Glad to have you on board, apbaseballmaniac! I've found that one of the best websites out there for lure makers is jannsnetcraft.com. They sell kits that are awesome to get ya started, as well as instructions. I got one of their homemade spinner making kits last summer, went up to a huge lake in New York and they were the only thing that produced. You should start with one of those kits, a pair of needle-nosed pliers, and a pair of split ring pliers. Once again, welcome to the forums, and have fun making all sorts of custom lures, and catching tons of fish on 'em.

Thankyou. If you don't mind me asking, where in New York, i do a fair amount of fishing there myself, and there are definitely some great destinations

There are some great books available for making your own lures and tackle.  Jann's and Do-It Molds come to my mind as great sources for making lures, especially jigs.  Good luck and good fishing!  Welcome aboard!  Uncle Tom

Posted By apbaseballmaniac on 03 Dec 2010 08:36 PM
I've just taken an interest in homemade lures.  If anyone has any good information on making jigs, minnow plugs, spinners, etc., I'd love to hear it.  i'm new to the club and I'm really excited to get to share my love for fishing with other hardcore anglers. FISH ON!

check this out.  http://www.makelure.com/index.cfm

The lake I was talking about was Lake George, a little bit south of Champlain. Love it there, would recommend the trip to anyone.

That's exactly the impression I got from my short trip there. I think what made those homemade lures so effective there is because the heavily pressured fish haven't seen anything exactly like it and are therefore more likely to bite at it.

Absolutely! I'm sure anything homemade would work great at somethin like a little pond orsomething like my hometown mudhole, where my homemade spinners are the ticket any day.

You are after my heart.   I love tweaking store bought lures and making my own from scratch.  But they are not just for those mudholes near the house or small ponds--they work everywhere.  Only limited by our imagination or creativeness.  I wrote back several months ago about my love for making lures from different color straws acquired from different fast food restuarants.  I started out with one from the golden arches many years ago because the blue fish were so destructive of my plastic grubs.  It spread to other restuarants with other colors until it became an obsession.  Last week I opened my straw at DQ and it was clear.  Always wanted to put foil or some kind of wrap on my straws but it hit me that I could put the foil or brite colors on the inside of the straw.  Usually cut straw between two to four inches but there is not a limit.  Run wire through with loop in one end, add a colored bead if you like.  On the other end you can add a bead or beads or even propellor and finish it off with a treble hook or whatever hook meets your choice.  I have even added blades and feathers or hair.  Share with a friend and see which one can outdoor the other.  This lure works from the bank, kayak, bass boat, or ocean going craft.  Down South we top it off with a pot of grease, cole slaw or cheese grits and hush puppies (corn doggers) and glass of ice "sweet" tea or your favorite beverage--I always say a prayer and thank the One who made all this possible.  Uncle Tom