Swim jig on spinning set up.

[jmcarriere]

Normally i would not even think about this but since i would like to habe one tied on for this weekend and the rod i would normally use will have something else on it has anyone used a mhf spinning set up for a swim jig in cover

[A-Jay]

Yes - I have. And it's fairly effective. 

However I will say that it almost always includes a braid mainline, a swimjig with no heavier than a medium gauge wire hook and rarely is it in super heavy or stout cover.

In other words, if you're looking to be presentation a heavy hook style swimjig into deep slop - you may be challenged to haul an over-sized Big Girl up & out of it.

Good Luck

A-Jay

[jmcarriere]

1 minute ago, A-Jay said:

Yes - I have. And it's fairly effective. 

However I will say that it almost always includes a braid mainline, a swimjig with no heavier than a medium gauge wire hook and rarely is it in super heavy or stout cover.

In other words, if you're looking to be presentation a heavy hook style swimjig into deep slop - you may be challenged to haul an over-sized Big Girl up & out of it.

Good Luck

A-Jay

Thats what i was afraid of and it may be able to go on the rod i would normally throw it on if the milfoil patch is died back

[DINK WHISPERER]

If it's stout enough rod I don't see why not. My son throws all his jigs on a 7' 2" MH/F spinning setup. It does have 50lb braid mainline though. He's dragged 5lbers out of cover no problem.

[jmcarriere]

Just now, DINK WHISPERER said:

If it's stout enough rod I don't see why not. My son throws all his jigs on a 7' 2" MH/F spinning setup. It does have 50lb braid mainline though. He's dragged 5lbers out of cover no problem.

The set up is a 7' mhf shimano clarus with a daiwa rg 2500 spooled with 30lb 832 i may just end up trying to find a decent rod and reel for about 200 trying to avoid doing that but that what it may come to

[DINK WHISPERER]

All my Shimano rods have always been a little heavier then their rating. Honestly i would try it out and see how it goes for now.

[Angry John]

Guys catch huge fish on spinning gear not my first choice but I think the bass crowd in general think light lures on spinning.  A few guys throw swimbaits on spinning.   Not my cup of tea either but it is done.  Will it work I think so but only you can determine if it's for you. I throw 1/4 heads on a spinning rod but it's only a 3 power.

[craww]

 Absolutely fine. As long as youre rod and line are up to the task virtually any quality spinning reel will be completely fine...Not speaking to you directly OP,  but I wish people would stop getting folks to think a 3 or 4lb bass, which is frankly a bit of a wimp as a fighter in the fish world is gonna flex the frame of a spinning reel. With the exception of larger, harder fighting fish; the rod does all the work.

[burrows]

Using a spinning setup for swim jigs is perfectly ok. I used to swim football jigs with and uglystick and a Diawa sweepfire and had no problem doing it. And I probably used to catch more back then swimming a jig then I do now.

[Deleted account]

If a MH spinning rod with 30 lb braid doesn't work for a swim jig, I'd change the angler...

[Lures'n'Liberty]

Yes, you absolutely can, however you have got a perfectly good reason to go buy a new rod and reel, so why not use it? I'm not sure what your budget is, but there's a lot of good deals out there, find one and tell the wife it was on sale.

[jmcarriere]

52 minutes ago, Lures'n'Liberty said:

Yes, you absolutely can, however you have got a perfectly good reason to go buy a new rod and reel, so why not use it? I'm not sure what your budget is, but there's a lot of good deals out there, find one and tell the wife it was on sale.

Budget if i was to go buy one would be 200.

[Paul Roberts]

I do the majority of my swim jig fishing -in fact a dedicated rig- off a MH spinning rig. I use 20# braid and a 14lb leader. Jigs run 1/8 to 3/8oz. I use them for open water, cover edges, and even on slop at times -although my fish are northern fish and not large. 

[Lures'n'Liberty]

$200 will certainly get you a hell of a lot of rod and reel. I'm an oddball but my preferred swim jig combo is a custom 6'6"MH with a pistol grip and a Daiwa GC80 with 12# Trilene and it works really well with Screwy Lewy jigs.  

[jmcarriere]

1 hour ago, Paul Roberts said:

I do the majority of my swim jig fishing -in fact a dedicated rig- off a MH spinning rig. I use 20# braid and a 14lb leader. Jigs run 1/8 to 3/8oz. I use them for open water, cover edges, and even on slop at times -although my fish are northern fish and not large. 

Im in minnesota and am doing one last tournament on saturday so we dont have giants either. Was just trying to avoid buying a set up when i was going to buy a nice set up for swim jigs chatterbaits and spinnerbaits this winter.

[Munkin]

Personally I only use spinning rods for lures that are too light for a baitcaster.  If you are comfortable with the spinning rod than use it. Like spinnerbaits every rod with a rating of about 8 to 20lbs with line in the same range has worked for me with swim jigs. 

 

Allen 

[Jaderose]

You'll be fine.  Get out of your head and go fish.

[bassin is addicting]

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If a MH spinning rod with 30 lb braid doesn't work for a swim jig, I'd change the angler...

my thought exactly..

 

The set up is a 7' mhf shimano clarus with a daiwa rg 2500 spooled with 30lb 832 i may just end up trying to find a decent rod and reel for about 200 trying to avoid doing that but that what it may come to

 

that setup will be fine.

 

 

[J Francho]

Absolutely, yes.  Love throwing 1/4 swimmers like that.  Great in fall when smallies start coming up shallow again.

[primetime]

I use a Medium to MH Spinning rod for 1/4 oz swim Jigs all the time. Same thing with Swimbaits on a Jighead. I throw lures up to 1/2 oz on my MH rods all the time, You just have to be aware of the lb test you are fishing, how thick or stiff the weedguard/Hook are since the right action of rod can make a big difference.

 

The "Finesse" Style swim Jigs are often good enough around most cover and I find I get much better hook ups when swimming a jig on any gear. I find many "Swim Jigs" are really Grass jigs with eyes, at least the heavy cover jigs, you can flip with most of them.

Medium Action spinning rods with a 2500-3000 Spinning reel can handle big fish. Most saltwater guys (Myself Included) fish Medium action rods, 15-20lb braid, nothing bigger than a 3000 spinning reel for balance, and plenty of better fighting and bigger fish are landed consistently as long as you have plenty of water to avoid structure.

 

Line breaks before most gear will fail. If you are Pitching a Jig into heavy weeds, then you need to have gear that can over power the fish, but I find I now use lighter rods and line than I used to all the time except when Frogging or pitching.

 

Med Spinning or Med Casting get used the most for me especially for lighter jigs and weightless plastics. Seeing what many Inshore Saltwater guys use really has changed my outlook on "Heavy gear" for bass fishing. Obviously there is a time and place for heavy gear, but I enjoy using the lightest tackle I can get away with.

[thinkingredneck]

Many in shore salt water fishermen use spinning gear.  Now you can't use ultralight in the slop very efficiently.  Most bass fishermen seem to go on the heavy side, IMHO.