bentron Posted March 17, 2016 Posted March 17, 2016 Ive recently been learning to fish jigs so I picked up an assortment of strike king football and hack attack jigs to practice and perfect the art with, but i have noticed after a week or so that a few of the jigs show heavy wear on the head, chips of paint missing and big chunks of bare lead exposed. Should this be happening? I expect some wear and tear on a lure that is dragged and hopped across the bottom, but i expected a little more than a week before major chips appeared. On one of the hack attack jigs my 3rd cast with it tied on yielded a chip. Am i being to picky or paranoid? Thanks for any help/ advice! Quote
bigturtle Posted March 17, 2016 Posted March 17, 2016 from strike king, ya thats normal. some jigs have better paint job than others, and strike king jigs are average at best Quote
Dan_the_fisher Posted March 17, 2016 Posted March 17, 2016 I'm still wondering how a jig can last you two weeks lol. They aren't really design to last forever, and the more mojo they have to me the better. Also custom jigs with better baked on paint jobs seems to last a lot longer 1 Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted March 17, 2016 Global Moderator Posted March 17, 2016 I bake mine after I paint them and rarely lose any paint but they rarely last long enough to lose paint so it's a wash really. They'll eat a plain leadhead just fine though so I wouldn't worry about it. 1 Quote
ethan-333 Posted March 17, 2016 Posted March 17, 2016 buy some custom jigs from a someone and you wont regret it. i started making my own, and selling them and have had 0 issues with paint chipping after i bake them Quote
Super User roadwarrior Posted March 17, 2016 Super User Posted March 17, 2016 Touch them up with fingernail polish. 1 Quote
frogflogger Posted March 17, 2016 Posted March 17, 2016 I've never seen chipped paint to be a problem with bass eating a jig - some of my best are mostly paintless - Quote
Super User buzzed bait Posted March 17, 2016 Super User Posted March 17, 2016 i usually lose mine before they get to that point!!! Quote
Super User WRB Posted March 17, 2016 Super User Posted March 17, 2016 You may be hitting shoreline rocks at the water line, that will chip the paint. Don't worry about chipped jig paint the don't care! Tom Quote
Super User Raul Posted March 17, 2016 Super User Posted March 17, 2016 Well, at least yours live long enough to show signs of wear, most of mine hardly survive a fishing trip. 3 1 Quote
Super User roadwarrior Posted March 17, 2016 Super User Posted March 17, 2016 Or two consecutive casts! 1 Quote
Super User Raul Posted March 17, 2016 Super User Posted March 17, 2016 23 minutes ago, roadwarrior said: Or two consecutive casts! A lotta times that´s one cast too many. But what the heck, you just can´t make an omelette without breaking some eggs. 1 Quote
tholmes Posted March 17, 2016 Posted March 17, 2016 3 hours ago, Raul said: Well, at least yours live long enough to show signs of wear, most of mine hardly survive a fishing trip. This.^ I usually lose them long before I have to worry about re-painting them. Tom Quote
bentron Posted March 17, 2016 Author Posted March 17, 2016 so it seems i need to worry less about the paint and more about actually having enough to fish with! Quote
Super User Munkin Posted March 17, 2016 Super User Posted March 17, 2016 5 hours ago, WRB said: You may be hitting shoreline rocks at the water line, that will chip the paint. Tom This is my guess as well but since I do not own any SK jigs I cannot comment on their paint. I do know the paint of SK crankbaits is not very durable and half the time you can see the paint flaking off in the package. Allen Quote
bentron Posted March 17, 2016 Author Posted March 17, 2016 Whats a good quality brand y'all recommend picking up? Quote
Super User ww2farmer Posted March 18, 2016 Super User Posted March 18, 2016 OP I feel your pain, and the strrugle is real........... I had a green pumpkin senko once that two of the little black flakes fell out of..............my life was never the same. 1 Quote
ethan-333 Posted March 18, 2016 Posted March 18, 2016 4 hours ago, bentron said: Whats a good quality brand y'all recommend picking up? i seriously recommend custom handtied jigs. you can buy them just about as cheap if bot cheaper than name brands and you wont regret it. bass baits buy and barter on facebook is a really good group 1 Quote
Super User Raul Posted March 18, 2016 Super User Posted March 18, 2016 10 hours ago, bentron said: so it seems i need to worry less about the paint and more about actually having enough to fish with! If you aren't casting them to where they can hang up and get lost then you are not casting to where the fish are. The only jigs that can last several trips for me are swimming jigs. 1 Quote
Ersteman Posted March 18, 2016 Posted March 18, 2016 I had Strike King jigs and they chipped whenever you hit anything. I switched to Siebert Jigs and never looked back. They don't chip. I smoked a rock last year and figured my jig was done. Nope, just a small dent on the jig, but paint held up surprisingly and there was no chips. Siebert sets new standards in paint durability. 1 Quote
bentron Posted March 19, 2016 Author Posted March 19, 2016 10 hours ago, Ersteman said: I had Strike King jigs and they chipped whenever you hit anything. I switched to Siebert Jigs and never looked back. They don't chip. I smoked a rock last year and figured my jig was done. Nope, just a small dent on the jig, but paint held up surprisingly and there was no chips. Siebert sets new standards in paint durability. sounds good ill have to try some out, Where is best place to buy? Quote
Super User roadwarrior Posted March 19, 2016 Super User Posted March 19, 2016 8 hours ago, bentron said: sounds good ill have to try some out, Where is best place to buy? Online, direct: http://www.siebertoutdoors.com/ Quote
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