Jigs

1FASTLASER · 06-06-06, 06:27 AM

Probably discussed before but gonna start it again. Ever notice the amont of ways to fish the probably #1 fish producer???? There's fineese jigs,weed jigs, jigs for rocks,trash, etc..etc.. There are more varieties of jigs out there than just about any other bait cept for maybe the plastics. Personally I fish three different types of jigs. The spider jig,the heavy jig for weeds and the Demon jig. Those three types WILL produce when all else fails. So whats ya'lls think on this.

Bender · 06-06-06, 08:34 AM

I never had fished a jig until last Sunday. The guy I was fishing with is a big jig guy, he caught a niice 3 1/2 post spawn female with it. The only thing I had was a huge pike followed it up to the boat. I am going to try to use them a lot more this year. He was using a black w/ brown trailer and I had both black. I was using a big 3/8 trying to get through some weeds but I think that a smaller one would have been better. Do you have pictures of the different styles Laser?

Rodman_Rob · 06-06-06, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by 1FASTLASER

Ever notice the amont of ways to fish the probably #1 fish producer????

I gotta disagree with this statement here, no way is the jig the #1 producer, I'd say a worm or other soft plastics come way out ahead, and spinners, cranks, and rattle traps are also ahead of the jig. but I will say it is a versatile bait and one of the few that consistantly catches large fish.

pig n jig · 06-06-06, 01:56 PM

Rodman Rob, I would like to disagree with you,but everyone is entitled to their opinion. The thing the jig has taught me is even if I am catching fish, I keep moving trying to find bigger fish in the weedbed. When I strictly fished soft plastics, I was content with catching any size of fish as long as I was locked on a pattern and catching them. It wasn't until I started jig fishing, that I knew I could catch fish regularly and keep moving through out the weedbed in search of a bigger fish.It also taught me to be able to go hours without a bite, but not switching up baits like I used to when fishing other lures, because I know the longer I crawl aroung the heavy vegetation without a bite, the closer I am to catching them.

P N J

Rodman_Rob · 06-06-06, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by pig n jig

Rodman Rob, I would like to disagree with you,but everyone is entitled to their opinion. The thing the jig has taught me is even if I am catching fish, I keep moving trying to find bigger fish in the weedbed. When I strictly fished soft plastics, I was content with catching any size of fish as long as I was locked on a pattern and catching them. It wasn't until I started jig fishing, that I knew I could catch fish regularly and keep moving through out the weedbed in search of a bigger fish.It also taught me to be able to go hours without a bite, but not switching up baits like I used to when fishing other lures, because I know the longer I crawl aroung the heavy vegetation without a bite, the closer I am to catching them.

P N J

my personal expierence with the jig, and what I've read from others, the jig is much like a swim bait........few bites but when you do get one, hold on. lots of others baits that easily produce numbers doubling and tripling that of jigs.

pig n jig · 06-06-06, 05:56 PM

?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ??????????????????........ The possiblities are endless, varying from day to day.That is why a wise person chooses to have as many lures in his arsenal as he can find the time to figure out how they work and when and what type of conditions that person understands to make them work to the best of his ability. Each individual has at least one pet lure. A lure he has figured out by putting alot of time in out on the water using it, where it shines above the rest of his arsenal.What would be interesting is to take self inventory and randomly draw the lure selection to use for the day and make yourself fish it all day long. Then we would see just how bad we really are when we can't fish our strengths all of the time ?

P N J

bassguy2004 · 06-06-06, 09:33 PM

I have to reply to this thread because as I've said before and I'll say again, to me the jig and pig is my NUMERO UNO bait. Anytime, anywhere, it doesn't matter. I've pitched, flipped, hopped, dragged, swam a jig and all responses to the retrieve are alittle different. I've had the rod darn near jerked out of my hand on a hit and I've had the bite be so subtle that you wouldn't know the fish was there and the only reason you know because the line had moved 2 feet. In my opinion jigs are the greatest bar none. Plastics are in there too.

NCYankee · 06-06-06, 10:01 PM

I'm still not a big fan of jigs. Plastics are my go to lures. I use jigs occasionally around specific structure. I like craw jigs, so I recently bought some paca craws. I haven't used them yet but have heard some good things about them. I'll probably mostly fish them as jigs.

Bassman5000 · 03-22-11, 03:41 PM

Oh I love jigs, to me it really is the most versatile lure because with different sizes and different shapes and with all the different plastic trailers, the jig has more possible combos than just about any other lure. And although you may not be catching them on every cast you will most defenitly be hauling in bigger and better fish. When nothing else seems to fancy the fish pull out a jig and a small trailer.

smittyman · 03-22-11, 04:03 PM

OooooOo you said it there bassman, to me, the main reason jigs are so productive is their versatility. You have different styles, different skirts, different retrieves. You can fish them almost every way under the sun and everything is to your liking. And then on top of that you have an unlimited number of trailers and ways to rig them. Jigs are absolutely top of the chain when it comes to baits. Also you can fish them all season and consistently get hits. I'm not saying that you should only throw jigs, because there are situations where others will work better, but everyday I fish, I'm throwing a jig/trailer combo at least a couple of times.

MississippiBoy · 03-22-11, 04:17 PM

smittyman · 03-22-11, 04:22 PM

i guess that means this thread/topic is dead? LOL

nofearengineer · 03-22-11, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by smittyman

i guess that means this thread/topic is dead? LOL

If anyone is going to answer him....please wait 5 years before doing so.

Bassboss · 03-22-11, 05:15 PM

LOL. at least it's still a good thread.

I suppose one can never have to many threads about jigs!

dave0943 · 03-24-11, 05:29 PM

I fish River systems 65% of my water time. I will on any day use a jig. I use swim jigs, heavy jigs, lite jigs, football jigs, many types of flipping jigs. I will even use floating jig heads with smaller swirl tail gubs for finicky fish. I won't say that I use a jig the most. The conditions tell me what I use. I will say when fishing is tough, a jig will usually save my tail. I've been using wacky jig heads quite a bit. I also use many different trailers. I have a whole lot of confidence in a jig.
Dave

keithdog · 03-24-11, 07:38 PM

I basically have three styles of jigs that I'll use in various sizes and colors. The pitchin jig, the swim jig and the football jig. The football jig doesn't get much use from me as I am fishing mainly weedy lakes with very little rock. I mainly pitch jigs into heavy cover and open pockets in dense weed beds. I'll also swim jigs through cover that one would also use a spinnerbait in. Also I'll use a swim jig in shallow grassy areas. And I'll work jigs near deeper weedlines and around the deeper areas of points near deeper water.

pig n jig · 04-03-11, 12:51 PM

Man I thought Dirk was back posting again.I don't even remember posting, thats how long its been or is it because I'm older and just can't remember ?

M_A_C_K · 04-03-11, 06:57 PM

The zombie pic was a metaphore for this thread rising from the grave... ooooooo scaryyyyy lol

bamabassman · 04-03-11, 09:09 PM

well look who the cat dragged in........piggie!!! talk about posting again, WHERE YOU BEEN MAN?

06-06-06, 09:33 PM	#7
bassguy2004 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Santa Rosa, California Posts: 317	I have to reply to this thread because as I've said before and I'll say again, to me the jig and pig is my NUMERO UNO bait. Anytime, anywhere, it doesn't matter. I've pitched, flipped, hopped, dragged, swam a jig and all responses to the retrieve are alittle different. I've had the rod darn near jerked out of my hand on a hit and I've had the bite be so subtle that you wouldn't know the fish was there and the only reason you know because the line had moved 2 feet. In my opinion jigs are the greatest bar none. Plastics are in there too. __________________ Show me the water, I will fish. Redwood Empire Bass Club

03-22-11, 03:41 PM	#9
Bassman5000 BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Ludington, Michigan Posts: 2	Oh I love jigs, to me it really is the most versatile lure because with different sizes and different shapes and with all the different plastic trailers, the jig has more possible combos than just about any other lure. And although you may not be catching them on every cast you will most defenitly be hauling in bigger and better fish. When nothing else seems to fancy the fish pull out a jig and a small trailer. Last edited by Bassman5000; 03-22-11 at 03:49 PM.

03-22-11, 04:03 PM	#10
smittyman BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Lyndhurst, NJ Posts: 92	OooooOo you said it there bassman, to me, the main reason jigs are so productive is their versatility. You have different styles, different skirts, different retrieves. You can fish them almost every way under the sun and everything is to your liking. And then on top of that you have an unlimited number of trailers and ways to rig them. Jigs are absolutely top of the chain when it comes to baits. Also you can fish them all season and consistently get hits. I'm not saying that you should only throw jigs, because there are situations where others will work better, but everyday I fish, I'm throwing a jig/trailer combo at least a couple of times. __________________ "a bad day of fishing is better than a good day at work."

03-22-11, 04:17 PM	#11
MississippiBoy BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: May 2007 Location: Ridgeland MS Posts: 3,923	__________________ I smell smoke, and I hear sirens. Do you think that's a problem?

03-22-11, 04:22 PM	#12
smittyman BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Lyndhurst, NJ Posts: 92	i guess that means this thread/topic is dead? LOL __________________ "a bad day of fishing is better than a good day at work."

06-06-06, 06:27 AM	#1
1FASTLASER BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: crossett,arkansas Posts: 2,777	Jigs Probably discussed before but gonna start it again. Ever notice the amont of ways to fish the probably #1 fish producer???? There's fineese jigs,weed jigs, jigs for rocks,trash, etc..etc.. There are more varieties of jigs out there than just about any other bait cept for maybe the plastics. Personally I fish three different types of jigs. The spider jig,the heavy jig for weeds and the Demon jig. Those three types WILL produce when all else fails. So whats ya'lls think on this. __________________ Laser's rule with Merc's doing the pushing..........KEEP THE WETSIDE DOWN AND THE DRY SIDE UP!!!!!!

06-06-06, 08:34 AM	#2
Bender BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Brighton, MI Posts: 2,414	I never had fished a jig until last Sunday. The guy I was fishing with is a big jig guy, he caught a niice 3 1/2 post spawn female with it. The only thing I had was a huge pike followed it up to the boat. I am going to try to use them a lot more this year. He was using a black w/ brown trailer and I had both black. I was using a big 3/8 trying to get through some weeds but I think that a smaller one would have been better. Do you have pictures of the different styles Laser?

06-06-06, 01:56 PM	#4
pig n jig BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Avoca, NY Posts: 3,508	Rodman Rob, I would like to disagree with you,but everyone is entitled to their opinion. The thing the jig has taught me is even if I am catching fish, I keep moving trying to find bigger fish in the weedbed. When I strictly fished soft plastics, I was content with catching any size of fish as long as I was locked on a pattern and catching them. It wasn't until I started jig fishing, that I knew I could catch fish regularly and keep moving through out the weedbed in search of a bigger fish.It also taught me to be able to go hours without a bite, but not switching up baits like I used to when fishing other lures, because I know the longer I crawl aroung the heavy vegetation without a bite, the closer I am to catching them. P N J

06-06-06, 05:56 PM	#6
pig n jig BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Avoca, NY Posts: 3,508	?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ??????????????????........ The possiblities are endless, varying from day to day.That is why a wise person chooses to have as many lures in his arsenal as he can find the time to figure out how they work and when and what type of conditions that person understands to make them work to the best of his ability. Each individual has at least one pet lure. A lure he has figured out by putting alot of time in out on the water using it, where it shines above the rest of his arsenal.What would be interesting is to take self inventory and randomly draw the lure selection to use for the day and make yourself fish it all day long. Then we would see just how bad we really are when we can't fish our strengths all of the time ? P N J

06-06-06, 10:01 PM	#8
NCYankee BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 188	I'm still not a big fan of jigs. Plastics are my go to lures. I use jigs occasionally around specific structure. I like craw jigs, so I recently bought some paca craws. I haven't used them yet but have heard some good things about them. I'll probably mostly fish them as jigs.

03-22-11, 05:15 PM	#14
Bassboss BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Shawano, WI Posts: 7,761	LOL. at least it's still a good thread. I suppose one can never have to many threads about jigs! __________________ If you can't fix it with heavy squats or fish oil, you're probably going to die. Last edited by Bassboss; 03-22-11 at 05:21 PM.

03-24-11, 05:29 PM	#15
dave0943 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Iron Mountain, MI Posts: 174	I fish River systems 65% of my water time. I will on any day use a jig. I use swim jigs, heavy jigs, lite jigs, football jigs, many types of flipping jigs. I will even use floating jig heads with smaller swirl tail gubs for finicky fish. I won't say that I use a jig the most. The conditions tell me what I use. I will say when fishing is tough, a jig will usually save my tail. I've been using wacky jig heads quite a bit. I also use many different trailers. I have a whole lot of confidence in a jig. Dave

03-24-11, 07:38 PM	#16
keithdog BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: IN Posts: 8,308	I basically have three styles of jigs that I'll use in various sizes and colors. The pitchin jig, the swim jig and the football jig. The football jig doesn't get much use from me as I am fishing mainly weedy lakes with very little rock. I mainly pitch jigs into heavy cover and open pockets in dense weed beds. I'll also swim jigs through cover that one would also use a spinnerbait in. Also I'll use a swim jig in shallow grassy areas. And I'll work jigs near deeper weedlines and around the deeper areas of points near deeper water. __________________ Just one more cast, and then some!

04-03-11, 12:51 PM	#17
pig n jig BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Avoca, NY Posts: 3,508	Man I thought Dirk was back posting again.I don't even remember posting, thats how long its been or is it because I'm older and just can't remember ?

04-03-11, 06:57 PM	#18
M_A_C_K BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Ludington, Michigan Posts: 280	The zombie pic was a metaphore for this thread rising from the grave... ooooooo scaryyyyy lol

04-03-11, 09:09 PM	#19
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	well look who the cat dragged in........piggie!!! talk about posting again, WHERE YOU BEEN MAN? __________________ so many lures, so little time.

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