How To Prevent Weeds On A Jig?

[Weld's Largemouth]

When I fish jigs here in florida I always get weeds that get on the line and get caught on the front of the jig. What can I do to prevent these weeds? I once heard that adding a small bead on your line can make the weeds slide right off. Help me out here, I'm gonna fish jigs tonight, as I'm going for my PB. Last night of fishing in Florida.

Thanks a ton

Welds

[5dollarsplash]

We fish a lot of slimy stuff and weeds around Wisconsin, and theres no way to prevent it that I've found.  I'm guessing Florida is the same, just the nature of the beast.  Jigs get mucky/weedy/slimy.

[georgeyew]

I am not sure about the bead. But using a jig that has a pointed head would allow it to slide through the weeds. A lot of swim jigs would be good for that.

[MarkH024]

We fish a lot of slimy stuff and weeds around Wisconsin, and theres no way to prevent it that I've found.  I'm guessing Florida is the same, just the nature of the beast.  Jigs get mucky/weedy/slimy.

Understatement, lol.

 

Swim jigs or a flip and swim jig style with a bullet shaped head will help keep some off.  Its just the nature of the beast fishing jigs in weeds. I've gotten so used to cleaning weeds off lures all the time that it's just expected now.  Pitching a soft plastic or t-rig plastic is probably the best "weedless" application.  Even that will tend to pick up some junk here and there.

[THE_Vue's]

the only knot i can think of is the clinch knot.  The tag end line pointing down instead of up like the Uni

[tcbass]

I've been using a Strike King 1/4 oz Tour Grade Swim Jig and it amazingly goes through grass well. I did just order a bunch of Siebert's jigs though too because I've heard so much about them on here.

 

 

 

 

Someone told me that some swim jigs have the eyes horizontal rather than vertical and that that helps spread weeds too. Not sure if this is true though.

[gulfcaptain]

You can always go to a punch jig......tungsten flipping wieght with a skirt attached and use a bobber stopper.  And if you get hung up in the grass, fish a heavier jig to push it through.  And although I don't have any of the Sebert Jigs yet, will be placing an order within the next 2 weeks for some of his punch jigs.

[ClackerBuzz]

You can always go to a punch jig......tungsten flipping wieght with a skirt attached and use a bobber stopper.  And if you get hung up in the grass, fish a heavier jig to push it through.  And although I don't have any of the Sebert Jigs yet, will be placing an order within the next 2 weeks for some of his punch jigs.

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a jig is the wrong tool for the job

[Siebert Outdoors]

There is no 100% lure that I have ever found but there are jigs with more of a bullet head style that come through better then say a football, round ball just about any other jig.  The bullet shaped heads work the best but are not 100% weedless.  The punch jig and pegged T rig are also 2 great alternatives when fishing thick weeds but will sometimes still pull weeds.  I've even had frogs pull weeds. 

The best technique I've found to go along with the bullet/grass/punch jig is to pop/snap it once you start pulling grass.  This will normally knock off the grass.  You dont have to give it a strong snap just a quick one. 

 

Slime,  Ehh not much you can do with that.  Popping it may pull most of it off. 

[Weld's Largemouth]

There is no 100% lure that I have ever found but there are jigs with more of a bullet head style that come through better then say a football, round ball just about any other jig.  The bullet shaped heads work the best but are not 100% weedless.  The punch jig and pegged T rig are also 2 great alternatives when fishing thick weeds but will sometimes still pull weeds.  I've even had frogs pull weeds. 

The best technique I've found to go along with the bullet/grass/punch jig is to pop/snap it once you start pulling grass.  This will normally knock off the grass.  You dont have to give it a strong snap just a quick one. 

 

Slime,  Ehh not much you can do with that.  Popping it may pull most of it off. 

I used a one of your jigs very similar to one in your photo and i pulled it through lots of weeds nicely but near the shoreline it got stuck up in a plant, however a 2lb largie came up and slammed it even though it had the plant on it!

[SirSnookalot]

Weeds are one thing slime is something else.  Thin head like a bullet will come thru weeds a little better than a round head, but nothing goes thru slime.

[Sam]

Where are the fish?

 

In the weeds and grass?

 

So if you want to catch them where will you have to throw your baits?

 

And what can you do to help prevent the weeds and grass from sticking to your rigs?

 

Very little.

 

If you cast into the weeds and grass you are going to pick up weeds and grass no matter what you do.

 

You can try to avoid attracting the weeds and grass with the use of moving baits that are above the weeds and grass, like a wake bait or an unweighted Senko or trick worm but you will pick up weeds and grass sooner or later.

 

As the guys have written above, you can minimize the weeds and grass you attract but if the bass are holding in the weeds and grass and you want to catch them you will have to put up with the aggravation of removing the foliage after your casts.

 

Now go out and throw into the weeds and grass and post some pics of the hogs you catch!

[F14A-B]

It is not possible it's just not.. Not with a jig/ guard.. A punch rig.. Or a T rig still is a better choice down there at this time of year....

[A-Jay]

 

 

Use this - it works well in those conditions.

 

 

 

A-Jay

[F14A-B]

Use this - it works well in those conditions.

A-Jay

Nice pictorial ! That is a very proper rig for that purpose, truly !

[Catt]

There is no 100% lure that I have ever found but there are jigs with more of a bullet head style that come through better then say a football, round ball just about any other jig.  The bullet shaped heads work the best but are not 100% weedless.  The punch jig and pegged T rig are also 2 great alternatives when fishing thick weeds but will sometimes still pull weeds.  I've even had frogs pull weeds. 

The best technique I've found to go along with the bullet/grass/punch jig is to pop/snap it once you start pulling grass.  This will normally knock off the grass.  You dont have to give it a strong snap just a quick one. 

 

Slime,  Ehh not much you can do with that.  Popping it may pull most of it off. 

 

 

What I see my students doing is they try to force Jig/Texas rig through the grass, Like Siebert said, ya gotta finesse it!

 

I apply pressure with my rod, release it, apply pressure again, release it; I do this real fast causing jig/t-rig to wiggle through.

[A-Jay]

What I see my students doing is they try to force Jig/Texas rig through the grass, Like Siebert said, ya gotta finesse it!

 

I apply pressure with my rod, release it, apply pressure again, release it; I do this real fast causing jig/t-rig to wiggle through.

 

X2 ~

 

The bait is in the basses world, they know it's there.

The fishes "Food" rarely Tries to be seen.  So attempting to emulate that by working the bait with less rather than more action is an option.

 

Rather than drawing as much attention to the bait as possible by snapping & ripping it through the weeds; Easing it along, letting the bait glide when you can, doing whatever you can do to make as little commotion as possible sometimes is the deal.  

 

A-Jay

[F14A-B]

I swear by a T- rig , I use cranks/ rattle too... But 70% of my fishing is with a t-rig and there are multiple diffrent spins on rigging it too... Like A- Jays.... Punch rigs.... All spins off basic Trig... They just work, almost always.. Even when a good horizontal bite is going on. Who doesn't want to use a crank/ rattle bait when they are eating it good? Nonetheless , T-rigs are still my primary fishing style, I simply love it, and have complete and utter confidence in it!

[Catt]

X2 ~

 

The bait is in the basses world, they know it's there.

The fishes "Food" rarely Tries to be seen.  So attempting to emulate that by working the bait with less rather than more action is an option.

 

Rather than drawing as much attention to the bait as possible by snapping & ripping it through the weeds; Easing it along, letting the bait glide when you can, doing whatever you can do to make as little commotion as possible sometimes is the deal.  

 

A-Jay

 

Exactly!

 

A Jig is used to emulate a crawfish...not a bull in a china closet 

[MichBassMan]

One thing that helps, regardless of the bait your using, is to fish against the wind and retrieve your baits with the wind. Your bait then travels parallel to the weeds instead of fighting them. Fishing any jig or T.Rig across wind loads your baits with grass/weeds the fastest. Even submerged weeds seem to flow in a certain direction from the wind or the currents the wind causes.

[einscodek]

heads witht the eye at the tip like a bullet head come thru weeds like hydrilla well with a weedguard

nothing stops the fine hair-thin weeds or algae

 

unfortunately its summer and the bass are in it.. so u need to as well

[ChrisAW]

If you have any local stores that carry All Terrain Jigs, give their grass jigs a shot. The head is very conical and the line tie is molded into the head, allowing them to come through weeds very easy. You still catch a little on the knot, but not very often do I get anything stuck to the jig.

[ClackerBuzz]

X2 ~

 

The bait is in the basses world, they know it's there.

The fishes "Food" rarely Tries to be seen.  So attempting to emulate that by working the bait with less rather than more action is an option.

 

Rather than drawing as much attention to the bait as possible by snapping & ripping it through the weeds; Easing it along, letting the bait glide when you can, doing whatever you can do to make as little commotion as possible sometimes is the deal.  

 

A-Jay

vote for best of^

there are many different kinds of grass bites. above them, below them, in the middle, outer edges, topwater, bounced off the tips, stokes, rips etc.  but for me the technique that get the most bass..and the biggest bass...day in day out..is slow stitching a weightless soft plastic

[BasshunterJGH]

Using braid helps a little, it actually cuts thru the grass u end up getting less weeds on your jig.