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 Looking for a Good Jig
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10/21/13 10:03 PM
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Black Bass Blake
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I say this every year around this time. I always have the best intentions of becoming a good jig fisher but just don't have the confidence in them to make myself fish them. This Fall will be different. What's a good Fall color and size to build some confidence. When do the crawfish molten? And what water temp is idea for jig fishing? Thanks for any help.
Mark Perry have any jigs for sale?
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Re: Looking for a Good Jig
[Re: Black Bass Blake]
#9418204
10/21/13 10:09 PM
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ColoradoTransplant
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What kinda jig you talkin about? football jig? or just jig head with softplastic on it?
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Re: Looking for a Good Jig
[Re: Black Bass Blake]
#9418224
10/21/13 10:13 PM
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Black Bass Blake
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Hey Colorado any kind of jig that will build confidence, football, finesse, stand up, but I do want a skirted jig. I can flip pegged T-rigs with craw plastics and catch fish just can't seem to get the bites with a skirted jig.
"A parent is only as good as they're dumbest child. If one wins the Nobel Peace Prize, but the other gets robbed by a hooker you failed"
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Re: Looking for a Good Jig
[Re: Black Bass Blake]
#9418404
10/21/13 11:24 PM
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Donald Harper
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My Baby Doll Jig Prototypes are available.
Shoot me a PM. for the Link.
Comes with:
12 mm. Rattling eyes.
6.0 Gami. hook in 3/4 oz.
Living Rubber hand tied skirt in 3 different colors.
Skirts are tabs with Minnow Powder poured in the tabs.
3 trailers (twin tails, Floating Craw Claws and Speed Craw Jr.) Hand poured with Night Crawler Scent.
6 hot capsules and keepers to give the jig a Heat Signature.
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Re: Looking for a Good Jig
[Re: Black Bass Blake]
#9418451
10/21/13 11:44 PM
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ColoradoTransplant
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Ive been having the best luck with white powergrubs on a jig head these past few trips... I was fishing moving water in a river, and still water as well
I am admittedly an amatuer at best, but I fish mine two ways... first way I do it is kinda like a jerk bait with a twitch pause twitch pause movement, and they usually hit it either on the fall, or right when you twitch, and you kinda wanna let em turn with it before setting the hook in an upward motion
The second way I do it is to just swim em... varying my retrieval speed -- again I am an amatuer with jigs... I am more of a crankbait / spinnerbait kinda guy
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Re: Looking for a Good Jig
[Re: Black Bass Blake]
#9418453
10/21/13 11:45 PM
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Jake Shannon(Skeet4Life)
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Get ya a 3/8 or half ounce black and blue jig put a plack and blue x-cite raptor craw trailer on it and start fishing it you will get bit eventually. Ever lake is a good lake for a jig but Ray Bob.
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Re: Looking for a Good Jig
[Re: Black Bass Blake]
#9418455
10/21/13 11:46 PM
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Lynn
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Give Joey Watts a shout at Flatlands Custom Tackle, www.flatlandscustomtackle.com. He knows how to build a jig and will customize them to your specs. I've had good luck recently on his finesse jigs and his swim jigs. Good luck!
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Re: Looking for a Good Jig
[Re: Black Bass Blake]
#9418464
10/21/13 11:50 PM
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armadillo joe
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Mark Pack's Awesome jigs are just great I haven't been able to hang one up in grass yet he has a real different weed guard.
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Re: Looking for a Good Jig
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#9418500
10/22/13 12:06 AM
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Hookset Brother- Martin
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All you need is a 3/16 santone finesse jig in #96 river bream. Best jig
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Re: Looking for a Good Jig
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#9418523
10/22/13 12:17 AM
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D Thomas
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Give Joey Watts a shout at Flatlands Custom Tackle, www.flatlandscustomtackle.com. He knows how to build a jig and will customize them to your specs. I've had good luck recently on his finesse jigs and his swim jigs. Good luck! ^^^ He makes great jigs and some killer bladed swim jigs too! Not sure if he still makes the bladed swim jigs, but they were awesome on Fork in the spring. Hot Craw was the color.
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Re: Looking for a Good Jig
[Re: Black Bass Blake]
#9418588
10/22/13 12:32 AM
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Bruce Johns
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I don't think the perfect jig has ever, and maybe never will, be invented. Try some different shapes in an aquarium and prepare to be unimpressed. The ones that hold a craw, for instance, in a slightly upright position have a head that is too wide and can many times just slip right out of a fish's mouth. The fish has the thing in it's mouth sideways...and the hook just misses. A jig that won't do that, allows the bait to rock over on it's side...nothing in nature does that. There are some with split weedguards that may be a slight improvement...but not much.
While I'm on a roll....whoever first thought it was was a good idea to put colored weedguards on a jig? Are the fish supposed to not notice it? Surely there are fibers that are just as suitable in clear. Why are they limited to swim jigs?
My 2 cents.
Last edited by Bruce Johns; 10/22/13 12:34 AM.
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Re: Looking for a Good Jig
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#9418614
10/22/13 12:37 AM
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Carrot Stix
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Go buy a handful of strike king tour grade 3/4 oz green pumpkin football jigs , throw a strike king rage craw in summer craw color on the back , drag it slow and send me pics !!! I promise if you fish it enough you will be blown away
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Re: Looking for a Good Jig
[Re: Black Bass Blake]
#9418638
10/22/13 12:46 AM
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Chase-N-Bass
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Check out Kustom Kicker Jigs, The Freak. The best jig I have ever used! kustomkickerjigs.com check them out
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Re: Looking for a Good Jig
[Re: Bruce Johns]
#9418657
10/22/13 12:50 AM
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Black Bass Blake
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I don't think the perfect jig has ever, and maybe never will, be invented. Try some different shapes in an aquarium and prepare to be unimpressed. The ones that hold a craw, for instance, in a slightly upright position have a head that is too wide and can many times just slip right out of a fish's mouth. The fish has the thing in it's mouth sideways...and the hook just misses. A jig that won't do that, allows the bait to rock over on it's side...nothing in nature does that. There are some with split weedguards that may be a slight improvement...but not much.
While I'm on a roll....whoever first thought it was was a good idea to put colored weedguards on a jig? Are the fish supposed to not notice it? Surely there are fibers that are just as suitable in clear. Why are they limited to swim jigs?
My 2 cents. Thanks Bruce, I can't tell a lot of blood sweat and research went into your findings. Makes sense
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