Question Concerning Swim Jig

[Mccallister25]

I finally went to BPS yesterday, and picked up 2 booyah 3/8 oz. swimmin jigs. I was casting it out last night and noticed that the jig was spinning slowly in a counter clockwise direction. It did this every cast. If its any help, I had it on a 6.1/1 reel. Are they supposed to do this, or am I doing something wrong? Maybe the trailer I had on there?

[Arv]

My guess is its the trailer but its hard to say. What were you using? Swim jigs should run straight through the water w/o spinning.

[eyedabassman]

could be too much line twist.or the trailer was not put on wright.Make sure the trailer is on the jig evan.

[Mccallister25]

Ill try a different trailer. I was using the Rage shellcracker, and it was my first time using it. I probably just rigged it an odd way.

[georgeyew]

Try running it without a trailer first. If it does not spin, then you know that the trailer is at fault.

[rockchalk06]

Ill try a different trailer. I was using the Rage shellcracker, and it was my first time using it. I probably just rigged it an odd way.

You have to rig the Shell Cracker straight as possible other wise it tends to make it twirl.

[das028]

I've said this in another thread but why buy a swim jig. I've had just as many strikes swimming any jig Im using at the time, then I've had with swim jigs. Probablly more, becasue I have a brush jig on most of the time anyway. To each is own I guess, I just think its another gimmick

[Jay Ell Gee]

I've said this in another thread but why buy a swim jig. I've had just as many strikes swimming any jig Im using at the time, then I've had with swim jigs. Probablly more, becasue I have a brush jig on most of the time anyway. To each is own I guess, I just think its another gimmick

If you say so, boss.

I really can't begin to guess on the rolling unless the trailer isn't aligned and you are simply burning it too fast. If I am not mistaken, Our resident bass genocide agent (Mr. Kent, aka RoadWarrior) uses that exact trailer. Make sure that the wide body is rigged perfectly straight up and down, it's tall and wide so may push water and roll of it isn't centered.

Anything rage on the back of a swim jig is sure to get bit.

[das028]

If you say so, boss.

I really can't begin to guess on the rolling unless the trailer isn't aligned and you are simply burning it too fast. If I am not mistaken, Our resident bass genocide agent (Mr. Kent, aka RoadWarrior) uses that exact trailer. Make sure that the wide body is rigged perfectly straight up and down, it's tall and wide so may push water and roll of it isn't centered.

Anything rage on the back of a swim jig is sure to get bit.

 

Just curious, and keep in mind when you say "if you say so, boss", i am responding in a freindly manner. Is this a bad thing? i've heard lots of guys on the forum state some of the same things i do as fare as swimming jigs. Just curious my freind?

[Mccallister25]

It was in fact the trailer. I swam it without a trailer yesterday, and with a rage craw. Everything was fine!!

[iabass8]

I've said this in another thread but why buy a swim jig. I've had just as many strikes swimming any jig Im using at the time, then I've had with swim jigs. Probablly more, becasue I have a brush jig on most of the time anyway. To each is own I guess, I just think its another gimmick

the swim jig style head, the bullet shaped head, not the triangular shaped head booyah makes(i think), comes through grass and cover better than any style jig head due to it's shape. you can by all means swim any jig head in open water and probably be efficient in doing so. brush jig heads are great as they can fish well casted or pitched into cover and if made correctly stand up right when the jig is moved along the bottom or at rest. swim jigs do not stand up well. brush jigs, while you can "swim" them through cover, don't come through cover when retrieving them horizontally at a long distance as well as your traditional swim jig. you can fish any jig anywhere but certain jigs work better in certain situaitons. If you still believe it's a gimmick, google "tom monsoor swim jigs" and there are dozens of articles about him and how he made the swim jig a science and won a lot of money doing so while others couldn't replicate his success swimming your traditional jigs.

[das028]

the swim jig style head, the bullet shaped head, not the triangular shaped head booyah makes(i think), comes through grass and cover better than any style jig head due to it's shape. you can by all means swim any jig head in open water and probably be efficient in doing so. brush jig heads are great as they can fish well casted or pitched into cover and if made correctly stand up right when the jig is moved along the bottom or at rest. swim jigs do not stand up well. brush jigs, while you can "swim" them through cover, don't come through cover when retrieving them horizontally at a long distance as well as your traditional swim jig. you can fish any jig anywhere but certain jigs work better in certain situaitons. If you still believe it's a gimmick, google "tom monsoor swim jigs" and there are dozens of articles about him and how he made the swim jig a science and won a lot of money doing so while others couldn't replicate his success swimming your traditional jigs.

 

fair enough, i probably shouldnt have used the word gimmick. I guess its just a person preference. In my experience I've never had the reason to change my jig if I wanna swim it. Same action i want. Keep in mind this is coming from a "one rod" guy.

[buzzfrog]

you can swim any jig, some swim better through crap.. :)

[Jay Ell Gee]

the swim jig style head, the bullet shaped head, not the triangular shaped head booyah makes(i think), comes through grass and cover better than any style jig head due to it's shape. you can by all means swim any jig head in open water and probably be efficient in doing so. brush jig heads are great as they can fish well casted or pitched into cover and if made correctly stand up right when the jig is moved along the bottom or at rest. swim jigs do not stand up well. brush jigs, while you can "swim" them through cover, don't come through cover when retrieving them horizontally at a long distance as well as your traditional swim jig. you can fish any jig anywhere but certain jigs work better in certain situaitons. If you still believe it's a gimmick, google "tom monsoor swim jigs" and there are dozens of articles about him and how he made the swim jig a science and won a lot of money doing so while others couldn't replicate his success swimming your traditional jigs.

fair enough, i probably shouldnt have used the word gimmick. I guess its just a person preference. In my experience I've never had the reason to change my jig if I wanna swim it. Same action i want. Keep in mind this is coming from a "one rod" guy.

I was just responding to the gimmick statement. No harm meant.

I agree that swimming jigs through open water can be done well with a brush jig.

However, I fish a LOT of shallow water full of vegetation so the swim jig comes through much easier. In fact, in usually resorting to a swim jig when the cover I am fishing is too thick for a spinnerbait.

[rockchalk06]

I've said this in another thread but why buy a swim jig. I've had just as many strikes swimming any jig Im using at the time, then I've had with swim jigs. Probablly more, becasue I have a brush jig on most of the time anyway. To each is own I guess, I just think its another gimmick

You really don't have a clue do you?

A swim jig is designed to pull through weeds and grass.

[Megastink]

Try buying a different swim jig:

-Brovarney

-Lethal Weapon

-Dirty Jigs

A real swim jig is (generally) 1/4oz, bullet head, light wire hook, light weed guard, thin hand tied skirt. Thread a 3-5" single tail grub or swim bait and have at it!

Booyah swim jigs are not REAL swim jigs.... Go ahead, debate me. Just because you can swim it and get bites doesn't make it a swim jig. I think it's a terrible design. Buy a real one.

[Mccallister25]

No need for debate. I found what the problem was, and corrected it. I simply prefer booyah jigs, real or not. I dont tournament fish, so I tend to buy lures that are more readily abailable. They have worked for me in the past, and continue to work so its what I use.

[Megastink]

No need for debate. I found what the problem was, and corrected it. I simply prefer booyah jigs, real or not. I dont tournament fish, so I tend to buy lures that are more readily abailable. They have worked for me in the past, and continue to work so its what I use.

If you want to try something closer to real, and it will produce very well, try a Strike King Bitsy Flip jig with a grub. It's a good readily available producer.

[CPBassFishing]

Try buying a different swim jig:

-Brovarney

-Lethal Weapon

-Dirty Jigs

A real swim jig is (generally) 1/4oz, bullet head, light wire hook, light weed guard, thin hand tied skirt. Thread a 3-5" single tail grub or swim bait and have at it!

Booyah swim jigs are not REAL swim jigs.... Go ahead, debate me. Just because you can swim it and get bites doesn't make it a swim jig. I think it's a terrible design. Buy a real one.

Not trying to debate anything, just providing a different viewpoint. Swim jigs produce for me in the late spring when the hydrilla starts to really pop up. I fish a dirty jigs 3/8 oz swim jig with a 4" swimbait. It has a medium-heavy wire hook and a fairly stiff weedguard. I fish it on 50lb braid and a MH rod. That gear was necessary to pull fish out of the hydrilla. If I had used a light wire hook it would have bent out.

[iabass8]

He's referring to a northern or wisconsin style swim jig.

 

you are referring to a southern style or california swim jig that has a beefier build.

[Megastink]

He's referring to a northern or wisconsin style swim jig.

you are referring to a southern style or california swim jig that has a beefier build.

Yes! Well put. Thank you! To me, if it ain't a Wisconsin swim jig, it ain't a swim jig!!!! I'm just a little stubborn that way....