Artificial (E-Z) Eggs?

[PolarBear]

Howdy
I have been pouring custom plastic worms for over 30 years mainly for bass and bottomfish.  I just started making them in steelhead colors and patterns.  I see and hear of guys using artificial salmon eggs as clusters and singles.  I have been seriously thinking about buying some hand pour and injection egg molds and making my own.  I like to tweak my own color combinations. scents and a lot of those that I see in the store are just plain old straight colors.   I prefer to use real eggs when I can but that old "make it myself" bug is getting the best of me.  Since I have never fished with them I was curious what you folks think of artificial salmon eggs?
Thanks

[Naches Nightmare]

I love them, always have some just above my real eggs

[TheHunt]

Polar, I would love to get some from you if you pull the trigger for this idea.  I can PM you regarding what I am looking for.  Something unique...

[Ridgeratt]

I would be interested in seeing some of your work.

[Bullkllr]

I literally caught a steelhead on my first ever cast with rubber eggs (Egg-Bumpers as I recall). They work!

I like singles for fishing under a float, especially.

Pouring them sounds like an interesting project. And they do seem more expensive than they should be for the small bags at tackle stores. I like the softer ones more than the harder, even if they tear more.

[PolarBear]

I am really wanting to buy the injection molds but it would be a couple hundred bucks to get started and be able to do multi/bi color eggs.  As with my bass worms, I make them super soft.  They don't last nearly as long but I have found over the years (especially when I was tournament fishing) that the fish tend to bite harder and hold on longer the softer they are.  I want to make fake eggs as soft as real ones.  I also have an idea of making clusters with a transparent outside and a semi-tranparent core.  I'm probably going to order some in a week or two.  Once I get started and get my colors figured out I will see what you guys think and let you guys try them out!
Thanks for the input!

[GEARHEAD]

i have had alot of luck with EZ Eggs, i started using them a couple years ago, its all i use now.....

[Houndhunter]

Just buy the mold tight ass so I can catch some fish on them fake eggs!

I just bought some gulp eggs, to test out. Btw I need you to buy me some vmc fast grips at sunbirds  , oh I need some yarn too.....

[husky270]

 Ez eggs work great caught many fish on them just need to watch the places you use them as they do contain scent ive used them in the columbia with great success on a jig. :

[PolarBear]

Just buy the mold tight ass so I can catch some fish on them fake eggs!

I just bought some gulp eggs, to test out. Btw I need you to buy me some vmc fast grips at sunbirds  , oh I need some yarn too.....

Paul, I just bought some #1 & #2 Fastgrip hooks at Sunbirds in Chehalis on Friday.  The store in Yelm is all out. 

[RadSav]

I've tried a lot of them over the years.  Found that the softer they were the better they worked.  Never have taken a fish with the Gooey Bob though I've fished them hard.  Best I found were in Canada at Fred's Tackle in Chilliwack.  They were a four leaf clover of the softest plastic I've ever seen.  Sorry I can not remember the name of them.  One baggy was crawfish scented and the fish absolutely slammed them.  Some of the hardest strikes I've ever had on soft plastics.  I will PM you if I remember who made them.

The guys at Fred's talked me into adding a little light colored yarn applied above the egg sack to stream it over the eggs.  Said it gave both a milking egg presentation and helped it catch on the fish's teeth.  Hard to compare catching fish up there to down here.  But my strike to hookset ratio was sky high on that trip.  If I ever get a chance to winter fish again I'll be using them the exact same way.

[Button Nubbs]

They are good for more than just fishing by themselves. Take a sandshrimp tail and thread it so the end of the tail is going up the leader away from the hook. Run 2 eggs up your hook and over the eye of the hook and slide the shrimp down onto the eggs and insert them into the cavity of the shrimp. The eggs add a little buoyancy and you don't have to mess with your bait loop cutting the shrimp. It's a deadly technique drifted or under a float.

I'm was gonna start pouring soon but I just dumped a whole bunch of money into rod building equipment. Poor me...

[WSU]

They seem to work fine.  I've caught fish using them with yarn balls and with bait.

[PolarBear]

Alright, I'm pulling the trigger on the egg mold.  My question is what size do you prefer?  I am trying to decide between 1/4" or 5/16" singles. 

[TheHunt]

I would choose 5/16 for singles.