Rocky Bottoms

[Balshy Fishing]

So basically, when I fish jigs[which is almost all the time], I use this style of grub jigs. 

 

 

 

Now, I see everybody here talking about getting these shaky heads and putting skirts on 'em and a trailer. I'm completely new to THOSE style of jigs so basically, for a "jig inclined" person, what should i look for at bass pro and what trailers should i get. I see the other threads and I see people using language i'm not used too when talking about this stuff so someone explain it as if you were talking to a pre-schooler. 

 

I almost always fish areas with rocky bottoms, any advice? 

 

Thanks! 

[martintheduck]

Jig fishing rocky bottoms? Siebert Outdoors makes a "dredge head" jig that I have had really good luck with in rocks.... hopping it along. Personally, around rocky stuff I'm throwing exclusively Siebert black/blue dredge head with a rage craw trailer. kills em'.

[smalljaw67]

So basically, when I fish jigs[which is almost all the time], I use this style of grub jigs. 

 

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Now, I see everybody here talking about getting these shaky heads and putting skirts on 'em and a trailer. I'm completely new to THOSE style of jigs so basically, for a "jig inclined" person, what should i look for at bass pro and what trailers should i get. I see the other threads and I see people using language i'm not used too when talking about this stuff so someone explain it as if you were talking to a pre-schooler. 

 

I almost always fish areas with rocky bottoms, any advice? 

 

Thanks! 

 

I think you are getting shaky head mixed up with a bass jig, very easy to explain. Typical skirted bass jig is a round or specialty head like and Arky style head that has a rubber or silicone skirt on it and it usually has some sort of soft plastic craw or creature attached to the hook as a trailer. A shaky head is a round, football, or specialty type head with a long shank light or standard wire hook and some have a screw or barb on the head in order to attach a thin plastic bait like a straight tail worm in order to rig it weedless. There are also shaky heads that have a barb on the hook shank to rig in the same manner. For the areas you fish I would suggest an Arky head in 1/4oz or 3/8oz with a craw type trailer, a smallie beaver would work but Seibert Outdoors would be the place to go as they can provide you with the perfect jig and a trailer to match. Once you get a jig and trailer you will want to let it sink to the bottom and then you have to use trial and error in order to determine the mood of the fish. If they are aggressive a hopping retrieve may work or in a negative mood you will want to crawl it slowly on the bottom, follow movement with pauses of a few seconds but eventually fishing it in that manner you will learn to use those types of jigs in short order.

[Balshy Fishing]

Much appreciated! Any other advice? 

[WRB]

The jig you included isn't a grub jig because there isn't a collar of lead with a spike or spring to hold a grub or plastic worm.

What you have is a steelhead jig.

You could use the type of jig to wacky rig plastic worms, by hooking the worm in the center of the worm sideways.

The round head shape is good for rocky bottoms and most shaky heads use a similar shape with a flattened nose so the head stands upright. The shaky head uses a barb or spring on the jig head to hold the plastic worm by the nose end, the jig hook through the worm body.

The football head also works good in rocky areas. A plain football head jig with a double tail grub like Yamamoto Hula grub is a good combination to learn to jig fish with.

Tom

[OkobojiEagle]

Charlie Brewer Spider head w/bronze hook or Gopher Tackle "Big John" mushroom jighead... the lightest you can feel while fishing it.

 

 

oe

[papajoe222]

Not to steer you in a different direction, but the jig head you pictured is a poor choice for rocky bottoms, especially chunk rock.  You'll find yourself getting hung up on a regular basis.  For bottoms with river rock, I'd suggest a football head jig dragged among the rocks. They come  skirted and plain and I'd add some sort of floating plastic trailer.  For chunk rock, be prepared to loose some jigs no matter what type you choose.  A bullet head, or any style with the line tie at the nose will reduce hang ups, but won't eliminate them.  They also come skirted and plain. Some sort of trailer is a good idea. 

A sensitive rod will also be a bonus as will keeping your rod tip up which helps keep the head of the jig up and out of the crevises.