swim jigs (not chatter style baits)

[set_the_hook]

Just wondering what most guys are using for swim jigs. right now i use booyah with a yum money craw trailer usually 3/8oz. just wondering what some favorite brands and sizes for some is out there.

[hmongkidBee]

I use omega swim jigs and have caught a few bass on it.  I use berkley powerbait grubs as a trailer

[Jig Man]

Most any jig can be used as a swim jig if you have open water.  If you are swimming in grass then use a grass jig, if in timber use a head designed for wood, etc.

I swim jigs from 1/8 oz to 1 oz depending on the depth of water, wind, water clarity, and agressiveness of the fish.

[bmadd]

1/4 and 3/8 oz Booyah Boo jigs are what I use to swim around flooded bushes and grass. I match them with a 4" double tail grub from yamamoto or kalins

[aarogb]

My favorite would have to be a Outkast Pro Swim Jig.  For a trailer I would go with a double tail grub or something that has a lot of action.

[sal669]

As previously stated, you can swim any kind of jigs. Just because a company markets a certain style as a "swim jig", it doesn't mean that's the only thing that will catch them.

I use predominantly a white-ish jig (Booya, Strike king most of the time) with a single tail 4" grub with the curl pointing down. The grub could be white, clear or smoke with silver sparcle, chartreuse or glow. Sometimes I'll go with a green pumpkin-ish or black/blue jig with a matching grub.

I almost always cut the weedguard compleatly off.(I 'm fishing mostly weedy areas, not brush or logs)

[RyneB]

I use Brovarney swim jigs rigged with a Kalins lunker grub trailer,or a zoom grub. I like to throw a 1/4 ounce bait. It was my best producer of 08 and 09. The crappie color has several 50 fish days.

[bweave09]

An idea i saw in FLW recently was instead of using a grub, throw on a small colorado or willow blade (I guess you could use any blade), put it on a ball bearing swivel, and rig it like a trailer hook with the plastic tubing. It looked cool in the magazine and should give off some good vibration. I havent had a chance to try it out but it looks good in my hand.

[David P]

Dirty Jigs Tackle makes a full lineup of SICK swim jigs. I've had pretty good success with them so far, and can't wait for spring to really give them a great work out.

[wisconsin heat]

the best ones ive found were the KVD style at basspro shops, they are remarkebly weedless, and they come with some awesome skirt colors, i will fish them with or without trailers...for trailers, my unusual favorite is a black mister twister, 4 tailed grub....im not sure, but i think its called a creeper...

[soccplayer07]

Dirty Jigs Tackle makes a full lineup of SICK swim jigs. I've had pretty good success with them so far, and can't wait for spring to really give them a great work out.

those look great.

[SWMIBASSER]

I tie my own, that is very similar to a Nichols Mango jig. Cone shaped head, and light weed guard.

This is my go to jig for almost every possible way of jig fishing. Even fishing wood.

I usually swim a 3/8 jig with a paca chunk. I figure If I need to go deeper I'll switch to something else.

Single tail grubs are good swim jig trailers as well.

[Jack Handey]

Lethal Weapon II w 4" single tail grub

[hookset on 3]

Dirty Jigs Tackle makes a full lineup of SICK swim jigs. I've had pretty good success with them so far, and can't wait for spring to really give them a great work out.

Another Dirty Jigs swimmer.

for a trailer try the back half of a Yamamoto Swim Senko.

[Primus]

I've done well on the 1/4 oz Outkast Pro Swim jig in the Purple Green color with a #214 color (Smoke with large black,blue & small gold flake) Yamamoto 5" grub as the trailer.

[Paul Roberts]

Most any jig can be used as a swim jig if you have open water. If you are swimming in grass then use a grass jig, if in timber use a head designed for wood, etc.

I swim jigs from 1/8 oz to 1 oz depending on the depth of water, wind, water clarity, and agressiveness of the fish.

Ditto. Swimming a jig is technique first, a lure configuration second.

[DWG1984]

Agreed I actually use a 1/4 ounce football head jig, its not the ideal jig head type for the technique but it was the first kind I swam and I've had continued success with it

[A-Jay]

LMB and SMB really liked the swim jig sold by *** - the green pumpkin w/ green pumpkin single grub trailer was the most consistent color. I'm partial to the Berkley powerbait grub.

1/4 & 3/8 were all I needed down to 15-20 feet of very clear water ~ come on SPRING !

A-Jay

[RoLo]

Any jig can be used in any cover but some shapes are better suited to certain cover.

For instance, the Arkie head that originated in Arkansas is deemed the best shape around 'wood',

while Football heads are commonly used for fishing around 'rocks'.

A jig used for off-bottom cranking needs no special shape or standup capability,

but should have a pointed jighead to penetrate weeds.

It should also have a weedguard that lies on an obtuse angle to the jighead to shed weeds.

Bristles that stand perpendicular to the head create a horrible weed-trap.

My favorite Swim Jig is the Outkast RT Jig , which offers most of the features I look for.

> Eye On Nose

> Bristle Weedguard

> Obtuse Weedguard (135-deg)

> Round-Bend Hook

> Premium 5/0 Mustad

> Double Keeper Barb

> Double-Rattlebox

> Lead-free

Roger

[smallie pro]

i use yankem swim jigs.  They are the best swim jig on the market.  They are the best quality and have the best hook you could ever have in a swim jig.  They have gamakatsu hooks that are super sharp and super strong.  I throw my swimjigs with braid and have no problem.  They have a fat head swim jig wich weighs 1/4 oz but is the size of a 3/8oz.  It has size 6 hook that hooks up awesome.  You dont have to worry about that 5 lber breaking the hook anymore with this jig

[NOVA Angler]

i use yankem swim jigs. They are the best swim jig on the market. They are the best quality and have the best hook you could ever have in a swim jig. They have gamakatsu hooks that are super sharp and super strong. I throw my swimjigs with braid and have no problem. They have a fat head swim jig wich weighs 1/4 oz but is the size of a 3/8oz. It has size 6 hook that hooks up awesome. You dont have to worry about that 5 lber breaking the hook anymore with this jig

I use Yank'em Swimg Jigs as well.  They are a great jig and Brad is a great guy.  Give them a try!

http://www.yankemjigs.com/index.html

[David P]

I use a Dirty Jigs Swim Jig with a little swimbait on the back or a paca chunk. Works great, all sizes of fish love it.

[NOVA Angler]

I use a Dirty Jigs Swim Jig with a little swimbait on the back or a paca chunk. Works great, all sizes of fish love it.

What kind of swim bait do you like as a trailer?  I'm expermenting with Skinny Dippers but was looking at the basstrix spintrix trailers....they're expensive at $2 a pop though.

[Shadcranker]

Dirty Jigs Tackle makes a full lineup of SICK swim jigs. I've had pretty good success with them so far, and can't wait for spring to really give them a great work out.

X2- I have bought several brands- Omega, Black Angel, SK, Outkast, etc. The Dirty Jigs seem to have the best components. the skirts in particular are really well made.