Elaztech mods. for Panfish

[moonrunner]

Hit a lake on the gamelands the other day and was surprised at how much skim ice was there. Drop shot weight would sink, but rest of line would just lay on top the skim ice, so no fishing that day. Today was warmer and tried another strip pit lake on the gamelands midday. No ice but very windy and rain was threatening. Before the small lakes ice over here, I wanted to try out these baits I had cut down from larger Elaztech baits. Was wondering if anyone has tried cutting any of these down for panfish and how they had worked out? Some good videos online on this subject and thought it worth looking into. Soft, pliable yet very durable & most of all is the lifelike action this stuff has. Cuts easily and locks solid on collarless jig heads with a little superglue. Harder to thread on than regular plastics and cannot be stored mixed with regular plastics. Rigged 4' below a 2 1/2" mini shy bite float landed a small LMB, 2 OK crappie and 1/2 dz. small crappies. Was trying to get into some gills, but the rain drove me out. I bought a similar product in a panfish size stinger on Amazon before, however, no longer available . Looking forward to trying these next year.

[gillchaser999]

Interesting looking baits .
Nice cold water catch!

[BuckeyeCrappie]

Nice catches, thanks for sharing

[BobC]

Skim ice! Scheeze, MR. We’re looking at 60s right now. I’m sure the cold is a’coming though!
Bob

[Spoonminnow]

Moonrunner you might try this as an alternative to glue:
floral arangement coated wire:



wrap once around:


snip one end close to post and bend it:




Collarless jig do less damage and the lure you used would have slipped up the hook much easier. The grub grip never fails me no matter how many fish strike the lure.

Nice mods and fish BTW.

[DockShootinJack]

Looks like your mods worked nicely

[S10CHEVY]

Nice fish, and thanks for the ride along.

[moonrunner]

Spent a few hours at the same lake today, action a bit slower. Using smallest split-tail grub managed another LMB, 3 small crappies like the one pictured and finally a gill (but boy was he little too).

[Jamesdean]

Yes sir, I have several bags of modified Zman baits. Check out Don on Show Me Fish Tales on youtube. 99% of what he fishes are modified Zman lures. That's where I get my Ideas for them from. Watching his many videos from the many different Missouri Department of Conservation Ponds and strip pits they do work very well. I have made many but due to working on the house, (remodel) and weather I haven't been fishing in some time. Can't wait to go try them.

[VaCrappieMan]

Glad it worked out for you and you put some fish on the bank. Some pretty fish there! I have been playing around with Nikko plastics as well as Mule plastics. They both seem to stretch just like the zman products and have various baits in panfish sizes if the elaztech type material interests you.