What's The Difference?

[angler1]

I love to flip and pitch a sweet beaver with a punch skirt under a pegged tt weight. It esentially looks like a jig, right, or is this just my misconception. Will this rig work as effectively as a standard jig?

[bkohlman]

Should work just fine, I have done this exact combo before and caught a few nice ones.

[jignfule]

I'll find out this season. I love jiggin and have stocked up on skirts and tungsten to pitch in the heavier stuff.

[jhoffman]

The main difference is going to be in the head. You will be pretty limited going the punch route. A football head in rocks is money, makes that craw jump up in a defesive position.

 

I see no reason to skip out on jigs unless money is super tight. You can get a jig pretty cheap. Booyah makes a jig thats like $3 max and $2 on sale that works pretty well.

[jhoffman]

Ive never made punch skirts, do they put living rubber in them?

[tbone1993]

Ive never made punch skirts, do they put living rubber in them?

You can do what you want with a punch skirt. It just dresses up a punch rig and gives it more flare for the bottom.  

 

I love to flip and pitch a sweet beaver with a punch skirt under a pegged tt weight. It esentially looks like a jig, right, or is this just my misconception. Will this rig work as effectively as a standard jig?

Different jig heads act differently on the bottom. A punch rig might tip over more than your standard jig head. You also get a different style of presentation for different scenarios. Most guys I know will punch into a junk then let it fall, twitch it once or twice then that is it. With a jig they may go a lot slower. Also you can skip a flat jig better than a punch rig.

[webertime]

It's a substantially larger profiled bait than a jig of equal weight with the same trailer. The bait tends to take more of a horizontal position than a jig/trailer when at rest. Not really good or bad, just things to keep in mind.