Jigs on spinning combos

[santacruz]

Saw a guy on the basspros show today throwing a jig on spinning gear.Never saw this done.Was wondering if any of you have done it,and your success or failure?BTW it was a small 5/16th jig.

[hitchhiker]

For skipping under docks and other overhanging structure, spinning gear makes it easier.

[Crestliner2008]

Jigs are not for baitcasting gear only. Baitcasters can do a lot of things very well....until you start to go light. Then the spinning rigs excel. However....going the other way, there's nothing a spinning rig can't do. I know a lot of guys will disagree with that, but I've caught just about everything - big & small - on a spinning rig. 

I saw that same show btw.

[eyedabassman]

Jigs are not for baitcasting gear only. Baitcasters can do a lot of things very well....until you start to go light. Then the spinning rigs excel. However....going the other way, there's nothing a spinning rig can't do. I know a lot of guys will disagree with that, but I've caught just about everything - big & small - on a spinning rig.

I saw that same show btw.

I too agree, I have used spinning  gear with 1/4 to 3/8 oz jigs. it also depends on the rod too! A 7 ft. spinning rod MH action and a fast tip.

[tbird]

I occasionally use a MF spinning rig to skip docks with 1/4 oz jigs..but only jigs up to 5/16oz.

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[SWMIBASSER]

I'm going to use a bunch on spinning gear this year. 1/8 and 1/4 small finesse jigs with tiny chunks and tiny paca craws....

Part of my resolution to finesse-i-phy all my presentations this year.

I'll still use 3/8 and 1/2 jigs on casting equipment for pitching and swimming jigs.

[River Rat316]

As said before match the rod to what you are throwing, up here in MN spinning gear seems to be the preference for most rec fisherpeople. I see lots of people throwing jigs with spinning gear. A good MH to H spinning rod with a fast tip should handle just about any bass jig. I regularily throw smaller finesse jigs with a 7'm with a fast tip and never have a problem with hookups.

[VABassin'14]

Anytime I am finesse fishing I use a spinning rod. I do this because I have better control and more confidence with a spinning rod.

[RandySBreth]

I throw lots of jigs on spinning gear, especially when targeting docks.

I'm not the only one, Guido Hibdon winning the Lake Champlain event on the FLW Tour in '07-  here's his technique..."Once he got a solid limit from the grass each day, Hibdon moved to shallow docks to do what he does best: stalk big largemouths in hard-to-reach places by skipping a jig.

His skipping jig was a 3/16-ounce jig teamed with a brown Guido Bug trailer. The jig was tied to 15-pound-test Trilene braided line on a spinning reel.

I use bright yellow braid so I can see my line better up under those dark docks, he revealed. I color the first few feet of the braid just up from the jig with a dark green marker, but the rest of it is bright yellow so I can see when one of those big suckers starts swimming off with it.

Hibdon caught his kicker largemouth today on the very last dock he fished at 2:30 p.m."

 

[Catt]

In the hands of an accomplished angler a spinning reel can do anything a bait casting reel can and visa versa

[Paul Roberts]

I almost always have a swimming jig rigged, and my outfit for that is a 6-6MH spinning rod with 12-14lb line. I have a range of spinning rigs covering 4 to 17lb line. I tend to use casting gear for crank-intensive techniques: SBs, larger CBs, and for winching fish out of heavy cover.

[Eternal Angler]

Of course you can use jigs on spinning gear, been doing it for years.  My brother use to use a baitcaster, but now he has switched over to spinning.  I overall like the presentation better.

I've been using the Pee Wee Gitzit and it's been doing really well on smallmouth bass.

[Fishing Rhino]

I use spinning gear for jigs.  A fish does not know what is on the other end of the line.  It makes no difference to the fish if the spool is stationary or revolves.

[flippin and pitchin]

Anytime I fish a jig on 10 lb or less the spinning rod gets the job.  My buddies and I like Hula Grubs which is more of a Jig than grub (spider jig ) for smallmouth and spinning rules for that application.

[bilgerat]

Strike King Bitsy Bugs and Bitsy Flips in 1/8 oz and 3/16 oz. Add a Paca Chunk and you are good to go. I fished these on a MF spinning rig last season and did very well. I used Sufix 20 lb braid with a mono leader.