What is your setup for swimjigs and bladed jigs?

[Junk Fisherman]

21 hours ago, Lendiesel22 said:

7-1 MH Om#n with 14lb FC.

Late last season DVT did a rebuild for me on a st criox LTB sweeper spinnerbait blank and it is set up for swim jigs. Just the right amount of tip to let em get the bait and plenty backbone to bury it. He took a crap build on a nice blank and made it a swim jiggin mofo. 

That is the rod I have been using the last couple years for chatterbaits and spinnerbaits.  It's been a great rod.  I see that most people are using fluorocarbon in the 12-15 lb range.  I have been using 15 lb P-Line fluorocarbon.  

[Lendiesel22]

I know alot use braid and i just have not had the need. Swim jigs are my 100% confidence baits so i always have one on and its in my hand about half the day. I have fished FC from 12 to 20lb and find the 14 is my number. I have 0 problems with hooks ups or break offs. In fact in the last 2 seasons I have not lost a single fish on a swim jig. Biggest was 6.6 in April. I feel like the FC gives me an edge as well. Like a ninja. Check your line and knot often and you will be fine.

[Junk Fisherman]

1 hour ago, Lendiesel22 said:

I know alot use braid and i just have not had the need. Swim jigs are my 100% confidence baits so i always have one on and its in my hand about half the day. I have fished FC from 12 to 20lb and find the 14 is my number. I have 0 problems with hooks ups or break offs. In fact in the last 2 seasons I have not lost a single fish on a swim jig. Biggest was 6.6 in April. I feel like the FC gives me an edge as well. Like a ninja. Check your line and knot often and you will be fine.

This is what I thought.  I am surprised so few people said they used braid.  

I know I need to get back to use swimjigs.  I used them a lot a few years back but I got into Chatterbaits with swimbait trailers the last couple years.  I don't think I used a swimjig at all last year (I did fish a lot for smallies last year though).  What makes you decide a swimjig vs bladed jig?  I'm guessing cover and water clarity?

[Mike L]

For Chatterbaits I use a 7' 2" MH/F Phenix M1 and 12# Yo Zuri.

For Swim Jigs it's a Loomis MBR 843C GLX with 20# braid.

 

Mike 

[Lendiesel22]

1 hour ago, Junk Fisherman said:

This is what I thought.  I am surprised so few people said they used braid.  

I know I need to get back to use swimjigs.  I used them a lot a few years back but I got into Chatterbaits with swimbait trailers the last couple years.  I don't think I used a swimjig at all last year (I did fish a lot for smallies last year though).  What makes you decide a swimjig vs bladed jig?  I'm guessing cover and water clarity?

I started fishing competitive 2 years ago. This club fished a mix of Delaware ponds, and rivers. I felt like in the ponds I was getting around efficiently and from the back of the boat giving them something the other guys weren't. They hit the cover with the normal stuff and I mop up with the swim jig used a bunch of different ways. Pick apart what they missed....For me more efficient than a bladed jig. It goes easily where the bladed jig struggles. 

[Bankbeater]

For bladed jigs I use the same set up that I do for spinnerbaits.  I use a MH 7'0" BPS extreme rod with an Abu 5600C4 reel.  The Abu is spooled with 15 pound Big Game.

I use the same rig for swimming jigs that I use for fishing them on the bottom.  I have 15 pound Yo-Zuri spooled on a Curado 200E7.  The reel is on a St. Croix rod. Sorry I can't remember the model.

[long island basser]

I use an Abu Garcia vendetta- 6'9" MH/ F with a lews team pro 7.1:1 spooled with 16 lb sniper. 

 

[Delaware Valley Tackle]

The same setup used for spinner baits of similar weight. M or MH fast action, normal speed reel (6.1:1 etc). Copolymer or braid with leader for abrasion resistance around wood. Personally I don't subscribe to the pulling bait away from a fish theory. If your getting short strikes change size, color, speed or another variable. 

[ww2farmer]

My swimjig, chatterbait, spinnerbait rod is the same as my frog rod. This is one rod I don't get fancy with. The 7' MH Berkley Lightning rod shock, with 50lb braid, and a 7.3:1 Daiwa Exceler reel gets it done for me.

[long island basser]

7 hours ago, Delaware Valley Tackle said:

Personally I don't subscribe to the pulling bait away from a fish theory. 

I don't subscribe either. I use all graphite rods with F or XF actions for EVERYTHING.

 

[ww2farmer]

1 hour ago, long island basser said:

I don't subscribe either. I use all graphite rods with F or XF actions for EVERYTHING.

 

That makes 3 of us..

[mprestonSEK]

7'1 MH/F Helium 3 with a Metanium HG with 30lb braid with a 17lb fluoro leader

[blckshirt98]

I fished chatterbaits heaviliy this past year, and used an Abu Garcia Revo STX Gen2 spooled with 20 lb fluoro, with a Phenix X3 Crankbait Rod.  Haven't used a swim jig yet, but the chatterbaits you can just fish like a crankbait.

[Trace]

Swimjigs- 7ft mh Lews American hero rod with Lews tournament mg 6:4.1.50lb powerpro. Also used for frogs 

Chatterbait- Denali rosewood 7'4" heavy multi purpose. Tatula 6:3.1 50lb power pro. 

Last summer was the first time throwing them and had really good success on those combos with braid.  

[Murrica]

7'3" MH Duckett Ghost with a shimano Curado 201I with 12b P-line CXX.  I use CXX on most of my rods due to a lot of rocky river fishing.  I like other lines and the CXX doesn't cast the best with light lures on my baitcasters but i have burned through other lines in a month if I am fishing the bottom with lots of snags.

[DTack]

I have spent much more time with a chatterbait than a swimjig.  For the Chatterbait I use a Dobyns 734c Champion, 7:1 Curado E, and 16lb sunline sniper fluorocarbon.  I really have a hard time feeling I could do much better than keeping them hooked with this.  I really do "horse" the fish in and keep my rod TOTALLY loaded.  It's all about finding a system that works for you.  
I'm not quite to this level of confidence with a swimjig yet... I tend to use either a Dobyns 744dx Champion Extreme, or a Dobyns 764c Champion, I go back and forth with Braid or Fluoro on these rods.