Strike King Bitsy Bug Jig

[AGOSS]

Just picked up two of these jigs at walmart, one in brown and one in black/blue. How do you like these jigs and most importantly do they catch fish??

[ww2farmer]

I like them, especially the Bitsy Flip. I catch plenty of fish on them, big ones too. Are they the best, prettiest, most finely crafted jigs out there? Nope, far from it. But they are cheap, and available every where, and for me, since I don't make my own jigs, they are hard to beat for less than $2. I lose dozens of them a year with no tears shed. When the skirt falls apart.....I throw them away. When the hook gets dull..............I throw them away. That's even if I have them long enough for that to happen. If your not putting a jig where your going to lose it, your not putting it where the bass are. Some one would have a real hard time trying to convince me that a $4 jig, while it might be better built, have a prettier skirt, and paint job on the head, with the best of the best components is going to catch me one single fish more than I catch on the bitsy flips. I am not anti-spending money on jigs either, I have boxes full of more expensive jigs, but 9 time out of 10, when I am faced with a tough bite, and need a small flipping jig, it's a bitsy flip tied on.

[keith71]

I tie my own jigs and have for some time now,but I still use bitsy bugs from time to time. If you bought the regular Bitsy,I throw them on 6-10lb test med light spinning gear.The bitsy flip has a much better hook and you can throw it on whatever you want. I like the Bitsy craw trailer or the tiny Paca craw to tip these bad boys.

[AGOSS]

. I like the Bitsy craw trailer or the tiny Paca craw to tip these bad boys.

Thanks i didnt know what trailer to put on them! cause there pretty small! haha. I got the the regular bitsy bug not the flip i mite pick up the flip tomorrow!

[CPBassFishing]

Don't like em one bit. SK jigs are not high quality..... not even close. I bought a bitsy flip once. The head was malformed, the weedguard was not even in front of the hook point, the point was dull, and the skirt had barely any action. Stick with seibert and northstar. The extra quality and performance is worth it in the long run IMHO.

[ww2farmer]

Thanks i didnt know what trailer to put on them! cause there pretty small! haha. I got the the regular bitsy bug not the flip i mite pick up the flip tomorrow!

I like Zoom super chunk jr's, or GYCB fat baby craws with the "worm" part of the craw trimmed down to fit the jig.

[ww2farmer]

Don't like em one bit. SK jigs are not high quality..... not even close. I bought a bitsy flip once. The head was malformed, the weedguard was not even in front of the hook point, the point was dull, and the skirt had barely any action. Stick with seibert and northstar. The extra quality and performance is worth it in the long run IMHO.

 I have owned HUNDREDS of Bitsy Flips/Bugs over the last 15 years, I can recall two................TWO..........that were junk out of the package, and the only problem with them was the weed guards were not glued in, no big deal, a dab of super glue on them, and they were back in business. Not bad for a $1.75 jig. To the  OP, By all means, support the sponsors of this sight, they make great jigs too. Just because CPBassFishing got one bad one, doesn't mean they are junk. I have been using them since he was in diapers. Like I said, they are NOT as nice as a Northstar/etc......but that's not what catches fish. And I sleep a whole better at night knowing that every dock post, stump, laydown, rock pile, and who knows what else I have snagged them on has a collection of sub $2 jigs resting in peace on them than $4 jigs.

[rockchalk06]

Don't like em one bit. SK jigs are not high quality..... not even close. I bought a bitsy flip once. The head was malformed, the weedguard was not even in front of the hook point, the point was dull, and the skirt had barely any action. Stick with seibert and northstar. The extra quality and performance is worth it in the long run IMHO.

So your saying you got one bad jig and they now suck? I've always wondered where the bad reviews on websites come from??

I see your only 16. Let me give you some free advice. Before you trash a product online thats known for good products, give it more than a 10 second thought. True NSCB jigs are better quality. Doesn't mean SK, jigs are crap.

[aceman387]

I have been using bits bugs jigs for years,for the money they can't be beat.I have caught some big bass on these little jigs.

[Jigfishn10]

Just picked up two of these jigs at walmart, one in brown and one in black/blue. How do you like these jigs and most importantly do they catch fish??

 

Don't like em one bit. SK jigs are not high quality..... not even close. I bought a bitsy flip once. The head was malformed, the weedguard was not even in front of the hook point, the point was dull, and the skirt had barely any action. Stick with seibert and northstar. The extra quality and performance is worth it in the long run IMHO.

 

CPBass, I see nothing wrong with your post, the OP asked for your opinion and you gave it with back-up information. Nothing to be ashamed in what you did.

 

I see that you are fairly new here and may not have viewed the many posts about defective SK lures that have been purchased and have been replaced by the fine customer service folks at Strike King. They are probably the most user friendly folks in the industry, so if you have a defective product, give them a call, there are reports that they not only replace the product, but also ship extras at no charge.

 

Now if you don't like a product that's fine too, but IMHO, give them another whirl, maybe your opinion might change.

 

One other thing, there is a rep from SK who is a member here, he doesn't sign on a lot, but he his a member.

[RAMBLER]

I don't understand CP's problem.  If the jig was really as bad as he says, anyone could have seen how bad it was while on the shelf/hangar and still in the package.  Why buy one that looks that bad unless all you want is an excuse to sound off about something.

[annexation]

The only fish I've ever caught on a jig have been on the watermelon green Bitsy Bugs, so what's that tell ya? If you said "You need to fish jigs more often", then you might be right.

[Blues19]

I have not used them, but they are on my "to get"  list for when I need a small jig.

[ColdSVT]

I have 25 bitsy flips in my box right now....great little jigs especially for the price

and I know I will lose 80% of them this season lol

[5fishlimit]

The bitsy bug with a paca chunk Jr is one of my favorites when doing some river fishing for smallies!

Like stated before you don't get so mad when you lose one to a snag.

[HeavyDluxe]

Last year, I bought 6 jigs which were a 50/50 mix of Strike King Bitsy Bugs and Booyah somethingorothers. From what I saw, they were fine and worked fine - especially for the budget price I was able to get them.  I didn't see any of the massive QC issues that other posters have raised.

 

I think you'll do fine with these.

 

I will add, however, that this year I bought a dozen jigs from Siebert Outdoors.  I bought some of the Zenith series jigs which were (are?) on sale.  They were only marginally more per jig than something like the SK or Booyahs and there is a marked increase in quality.  So, when you lose your Bitsy Bugs you might want to consider that when you go to replace them.

[papajoe222]

I like them during cold front conditions when most guys are using finess gear. I'll opt for a BitsyBug with a good sized trailer that will give me a really slow fall and get it up against some form of cover as it falls.  Also, in the fall, I'll swim a white jig with a shad style trailer through the upper water column with some bone jaring results. 

[jeff25]

i started getting into jig fishing this year. bought a black, watermellon and a green pumpkin. with net bait paca chunk trailors. so far the black is all iv caught fish on. but the water is pretty murky around here

[jignfule]

I use them  on my NRX 852/ Ci 2500 stradic w/ 10# nanofil. Fun combo

[SirSnookalot]

I like the way the way the trailer stays on them.  Personally I'm not a fan of jig fishing for bass, that said for about 2 months straight this year I used nothing but, my catch rate was excellent both size and numbers.  In all honestly I did not see much of difference between brand of jigs or type of trailer I was using, I even used ordinary bucktails with trailers when I was out of stock of bass jigs, they worked good too.

[Snakehead Whisperer]

The bitsy bug with a paca chunk Jr is one of my favorites when doing some river fishing for smallies!

Like stated before you don't get so mad when you lose one to a snag.

x2. These jigs with a paca craw trailer are killer. The SK bitsy bug craw trailers are ok too, though they don't last as long as the pacas and they're harder to thread onto the hook.

 

They are the best value out there. At $1-2.00 ea. it's hard to beat. 

[Snakehead Whisperer]

I like the way the way the trailer stays on them.  Personally I'm not a fan of jig fishing for bass, that said for about 2 months straight this year I used nothing but, my catch rate was excellent both size and numbers.  In all honestly I did not see much of difference between brand of jigs or type of trailer I was using, I even used ordinary bucktails with trailers when I was out of stock of bass jigs, they worked good too.

I love fishing bucktails for bass, and they seem to be as effective (or more so at times) without a trailer.

[SirSnookalot]

I love fishing bucktails for bass, and they seem to be as effective (or more so at times) without a trailer.

Some of the saltwater flats jigs have weed guards on the them, with or without a trailer I like they way they move.

[Bankbeater]

I have used bitsy bugs, and flips for years without any problems.  They are cheap enough so that I don't kick myself when I lose one.

[mjseverson24]

Big fish like small jigs under certain circumstances. I personally use small jigs almost all the time because I like the fall rate. I get most of my bites on the fall, so I want to maximize the fall time per flip. the SK bitsy flip is a great jig for this purpose, not the best but I have cought plenty of 4-6 lb bass on them.

 

Mitch