Custom Flounder Gig

isubarui · Post by **isubarui** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 10:54 pm

Decided that I needed something else to do when out at night if the fish are not biting. Looked at some of the gigs in the stores and they looked a little flimsy and mass produced. I wanted one with a weighted head, sturdy prongs and short to fit in the kayak so I made my own. The prongs are stuck into grooves cut into the shaft and then epoxied and wrapped with aluminum mesh. Then I wrapped steel wire around the prongs while the epoxy was still able to be molded and covered everything in another round of epoxy. Of course I have never been looking for flatfish in the shallows so maybe what i made is not ideal... any comments on its usefulness?

Hard Wired · Post by **Hard Wired** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 11:27 pm

Looks pretty good. Is that all-thread you used for the prongs? Seems sturdy enough.

Paddle4Fish · Post by **Paddle4Fish** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 11:53 pm

Those flounders are SCREWED!!!!

Mitchw123456 · Post by **Mitchw123456** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 12:39 am

you will love the all thread prongs as it doesn't matter how mch a flounder flounces around he aint coming off

redhead · Post by **redhead** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 10:36 am

That will definetly work,and by using the allthread they shouldn't fall off.

wastin away · Post by **wastin away** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 10:51 am

Paddle4Fish wrote:Those flounders are SCREWED!!!!

good one

Lagoonfisher · Post by **Lagoonfisher** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 11:59 am

Reminds me of Nightwings flounder gigs, except his have a threaded hexbolt. Them threads will hold on!

capn crunch · Post by **capn crunch** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 12:45 pm

are those all threads stainless? if not, i might have gone to a lil more expense and done that. looks great.

Night Wing · Post by **Night Wing** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 12:50 pm

Threads on flounder gigs are the ticket. Thanks for the picture. One question. The steel wire wrapped around the wooden shaft should rest very quickly if it isn't stainless. Even stainless rusts.....just more slowly.

isubarui · Post by **isubarui** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 12:58 pm

I couldnt find any stainless all-thread I think (I just bought the most expensive 5/16" all-thread so who knows)and just made the rest with what I had on hand for a first try. The gig will get another coating of epoxy so everything under it should be water tight except for the exposed all-thread.

Yaklash · Post by **Yaklash** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 2:15 pm

isubarui wrote:I couldnt find any stainless all-thread I think (I just bought the most expensive 5/16" all-thread so who knows)and just made the rest with what I had on hand for a first try. The gig will get another coating of epoxy so everything under it should be water tight except for the exposed all-thread.

That's galvanized steel and the spike shafts should hold up if you clean it well each time you use it (which, in the case of the threads, may mean high pressure spray or scrubbing it clean of flounder meat). The grinding you did to the tips will, on the other hand, cause rust to show up almost immedialtely on them, even before you put it in the water.

ShadyAngler · Post by **ShadyAngler** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 2:22 pm

Looks to me like the Flounder are about to be screwed!

Night Wing · Post by **Night Wing** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 3:07 pm

ShadyAngler wrote:Looks to me like the Flounder are about to be screwed!

To the bottom!

ShadyAngler · Post by **ShadyAngler** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 3:16 pm

ROTFLMAO

get_the_net · Post by **get_the_net** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 5:15 pm

If I remember correctly wasn't there a thread last year on what size the threads can be? Does anyone remember I think there was a game law about that.

Night Wing · Post by **Night Wing** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 5:53 pm

I don't think there is any game law concerning how large the threads must be on the point of a gig.

jclc43837 · Post by **jclc43837** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 5:58 pm

9/21/2007 a night of gigging

t.chris · Post by **t.chris** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 8:50 pm

That looks like fun! It is now on my list of "must do".

dpdogwood · Post by **dpdogwood** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 2:15 pm

heres my gigging rig.

Night Wing · Post by **Night Wing** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 4:58 am

dpdogwood,

How well does your helmet/light.....light up the bottom? That is a neet setup. How about some details on your helmet/light?

Night Wing · Post by **Night Wing** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 5:09 am

dpdogwood,

I found your setup in another topic thread. Thanks for sharing your setup with the particulars of it and photos.

Carver · Post by **Carver** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 8:11 am

dpdogwood wrote:heres my gigging rig.

That is one cool rig!

Is the light 12V?

jcoop_00 · Post by **jcoop_00** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 10:24 am

That looks great and very effective.

FishingSETX · Post by **FishingSETX** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 11:26 am

Looks like a Q-beam bulb. Do you have a problem with glare from the water? What about heat from the bulb?

dpdogwood · Post by **dpdogwood** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 6:51 am

get a shop light with that reflector, remove the electrical iniards and insert a "starfire headlight, and wire it up with clamp ons to attach to the battery. This is a standard light bulb from wallymart, at about 19 to 22.00's. Put a plexiglass cover over the front so water won't hit the bulb. No, it doesn't overheat at all. My idea came because I wanted more spread on the light instead of a direct beam like the normal headlights produce. I can still use my headlight under the water trick too.

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