Favourite swim jig

[primetime]

I find most swim Jigs all fish well, I like the Jewel Swim Jig for lighter line more of a true swim jig without a thick hook and has a thinner guard, you can still fish it in heavy cover and be alright. The shape of the head gives it a different action than most bullet 90 degree line ties.

 

Many Swim Jigs are simply casting jigs with eyes. I swim alot of casting jigs and just cut a few fibers out to hook more fish. 

 

One swim Jig that is really good is that Strikezone jig which has a flat head like the Booyah but has a 6/0 hook, comes in 1/4-1/2, and falls differently than other jigs cause of the flat head. The AT swim Jig is a great alternative when you don't need a super stout hook. Flat head, Thin guard that touches the hook, but You can take a VMC Casting JIg and cut a few fibers off and it works plenty good.

 

Nichols has the Saber swim Jig which is cheap and I love that Toothpick hook holder they have. I think it is Nichols, I ordered the heads in a bulk lot. 

 

With all that said, You can get them inexpensive & how you want them from Siebert and choose eyes, Hook, colors etc. and he wire ties the skirt which helps. For some reason the Booyah versions have the flat head and ride high easily, but they all fall apart on me. 

 

Dirty Jigs are pretty, but all but one of their jigs are basically Flipping jigs with an eye, Even in heavy cover you don't need it to be that heavy guage imo. Too much weed guard and Thick hook = too many lost fish. A swim Jig should hook most strikes, I would rather swim a Hack attack Jig than a Dirty jigs....

[Mr Swim Jig]

I use North Star Baits Original Swim Jig and their Flip & Swim Jig...

[bowhunter63]

Strike king

[Gundog]

Wacky Worm makes their own jigs/swim jigs/ brush jigs. Like the quality and the fact that they use heavy, sharp hooks.

[Quarry Man]

On 9/4/2017 at 9:34 AM, IndianaFinesse said:

Strike king swim jig.

 

Great jig, i seem to go through them quick, but the hook up ratio is unreal. Im giving dirty jigs a try soon. What rod and reel and tips do you have? I use keitech trailers and skinny dippers as trailer. and a 6.3:1 with 10 lb mono and a 7 1 m mod rod

[IndianaFinesse]

1 hour ago, Quarry Man said:

 

Great jig, i seem to go through them quick, but the hook up ratio is unreal. Im giving dirty jigs a try soon. What rod and reel and tips do you have? I use keitech trailers and skinny dippers as trailer. and a 6.3:1 with 10 lb mono and a 7 1 m mod rod

I like both the fat keitechs and the rage menace grubs as trailers, and if I'm fishing clear water a 4" curly tail can be good to.  Your setup should be fine, unless your around heavy cover.  I don't have a rod for them, so I just throw it on my multi purpose moving bait rod (6'6" mod-fast, fishes between a medium and medium heavy) spooled with 15 pound mono.  A longer rod like the one you have would be helpful I think though, unless target casting.

[punch]

I got turned onto Boss heads + skirts off TW and i'm now using those. WAY more cost effective (pike like to bite them off in Minnesota) and the hooks are SHARP. I land way more fish with these Boss swimjigs. 

[Munkin]

On 9/16/2017 at 2:39 PM, Quarry Man said:

 

Great jig, i seem to go through them quick, but the hook up ratio is unreal. Im giving dirty jigs a try soon. What rod and reel and tips do you have? I use keitech trailers and skinny dippers as trailer. and a 6.3:1 with 10 lb mono and a 7 1 m mod rod

I would suggest lighter wire hooks as the thicker hooks are tougher to set the hook on.

 

Allen 

[Quarry Man]

Just now, Munkin said:

I would suggest lighter wire hooks as the thicker hooks are tougher to set the hook on.

 

Allen 

the strike king one i use is a light wire. i hook almost every fish with it. no hookset needed. i totally agree with you on that one!

 

I was thinking of giving this jig a try soon:

 

https://www.dickssportinggoods.com/p/dirty-jigs-swim-jig-17ad8ugfswmjg14cllur/17ad8ugfswmjg14cllur?recid=Product_PageElement_product1_rr_1_2749_&rrec=true

 

line tie and weed guard look good. hook is a mustard. skirt might be living rubber. its not a dirty jigs but it is advertised as such. probably a mistake. want to try dirty jigs as well

 

[Munkin]

2 minutes ago, Quarry Man said:

the strike king one i use is a light wire. i hook almost every fish with it. no hookset needed. i totally agree with you on that one!

 

I was thinking of giving this jig a try soon:

 

https://www.dickssportinggoods.com/p/dirty-jigs-swim-jig-17ad8ugfswmjg14cllur/17ad8ugfswmjg14cllur?recid=Product_PageElement_product1_rr_1_2749_&rrec=true

 

line tie and weed guard look good. hook is a mustard. skirt might be living rubber. its not a dirty jigs but it is advertised as such. probably a mistake. want to try dirty jigs as well

 

I don't think that is aDirty Jigs bait,  it looks like a Greenfish tackle bait.

 

Allen 

[NorthernBasser]

Maybe Mike will see this and can answer. But what's the differences between the Siebert Swim Jig and their Shot Caller Swim Jig? @Siebert Outdoors

[ChrisD46]

On 9/3/2017 at 10:58 PM, A-Jay said:

I fish my own creation quite a bit but also do like the Freedom Tackle Stealth Live Action Hybrid Jig ~

http://www.freedomlures.com/stealth.html

A-Jay

*No shad color swim jigs A-Jay ?

[A-Jay]

2 hours ago, ChrisD46 said:

*No shad color swim jigs A-Jay ?

The fish I'm targeting are usually feeding on perch, small bluegill / pumpkinseed & crayfish.

A-Jay

[Siebert Outdoors]

14 hours ago, NorthernBasser said:

Maybe Mike will see this and can answer. But what's the differences between the Siebert Swim Jig and their Shot Caller Swim Jig? @Siebert Outdoors

 

The biggest difference in the two is the Swim jig has smaller eyes and a wider head.  More like a creek chub minnow.  The Shot Caller is thinner on the sides with a bigger eye and a flat spot on the bottom of the head.  The hook is the same Mustad Ultra Point 28 deg bend hook. 

[Tizi]

I like 6th Sense Divine Swim jigs and Dirty Jigs

[Cdn Angler]

Venom lures swim jig has been great for me.