What is a Swing Head?

[Joe_w1234]

Hello

I’ve heard some great things about swing head jigs, and I want to maybe try this technique out. I heard that you fish one like a crank bait, but this doesn’t seem right to me. My mind says they should be fished like a shakey head or something slow on the bottom. Also, does anyone have a favorite creature bait to put on the end? I’m thinking about a sk rage bug. And what size jig head?

Thanks in advance for the help

[Choporoz]

Rage Bug.... reg and/or magnum. 

 

I've used Siebert's, Strike King, Biffleheads and generic (Janns and/or Barlow....not sure.)  All work - but, for no reason I've totally figured out, the Biffleheads come through junk better.

I generally use 3/8 and 1/2.

 

I typically drag along bottom, but you can swim them just fine, too.

[GreenGhostMan]

I use Bass Patrol deflection jigs.  Tackle warehouse has them. 3/8 and 1/2 oz mostly like the above poster. I usually only fish them on hard or rock bottom. Reeling just fast enough to tick the bottom.  I typically use SK rage bugs and other beaver style baits, but you could probably use any soft plastic and get bites. 

[Jig Man]

I make my own.  I use from 1/4 to 1/2 oz with 2/0 to 5/0 hooks depending upon the bait.  Brush hogs, baby brush hogs and paca craws have worked best for me.  I have to hop or drag it to get bites.  Swimming like Tommy B. gets me nowhere.

[Brett's_daddy]

Are you talking a swing jig head for bottom contact or a swing swim jig head like these...https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/catpage-FREEHJ.html?from=basres

[A-Jay]

10 hours ago, Sweet Tater Pie said:

Hello

I’ve heard some great things about swing head jigs, and I want to maybe try this technique out. I heard that you fish one like a crank bait, but this doesn’t seem right to me. My mind says they should be fished like a shakey head or something slow on the bottom. Also, does anyone have a favorite creature bait to put on the end? I’m thinking about a sk rage bug. And what size jig head?

Thanks in advance for the help

My personal affection /addiction for fishing swing heads runs deep.

My standard presentation is a stop & go deal either directly on or just off the bottom.

Rage Bug & a mid-sized swimbait are my two go-to trailers.

Rig has accounted for a large percentage of the brown bass in the Frabil last few seasons.

Some additional info here

 

 

 

A-Jay

[Black Hawk Basser]

I've had some success fishing them just off bottom with a medium paced "crankbait" retrieve.  I really like the bait that was intended for them, the Gene Larew Biffle Bug.

 

I think this is a rig that cannot be fished the wrong way, as long as you don't crank it in at a breakneck speed.

[WRB]

Not many anglers get a lure named after them, Tommy Biffle is one of them.

The Biffle bug is a swing head jig with a Biffle bug trailer, he is the man who popularized this jig. Watch Tommy Biffle videos on how to fish them.

Tom

[Catt]

[smalljaw67]

I use it like a crankbait but not fast. I make my own and have found that a small 1/8oz works well when I swim it using a small swimbait like a Keitech 3.8 as the trailer. Most of the time I use 1/2oz with a sweet beaver trailer and I reel fast enough to maintain bottom contact. Bites are different that you'd expect, I've had maybe a dozen bites over the last few years that I've felt, most of the time I'm reeling and the rod begins to load up and I just lean back to drive the hook all the way in. 

[Joe_w1234]

4 minutes ago, smalljaw67 said:

Bites are different that you'd expect, I've had maybe a dozen bites over the last few years that I've felt, most of the time I'm reeling and the rod begins to load up and I just lean back to drive the hook all the way in. 

Great tip thanks!

[Bluebasser86]

I use them a lot, I make my own. The 1/4oz is the size I use the most by far and I drag it instead of using a steady retrieve.

[Joe_w1234]

19 hours ago, A-Jay said:

My personal affection /addiction for fishing swing heads runs deep.

My standard presentation is a stop & go deal either directly on or just off the bottom.

Rage Bug & a mid-sized swimbait are my two go-to trailers.

Rig has accounted for a large percentage of the brown bass in the Frabil last few seasons.

Some additional info here

 

 

 

A-Jay

 

19 hours ago, Pickle_Power said:

I've had some success fishing them just off bottom with a medium paced "crankbait" retrieve.  I really like the bait that was intended for them, the Gene Larew Biffle Bug.

 

I think this is a rig that cannot be fished the wrong way, as long as you don't crank it in at a breakneck speed.

 

20 hours ago, Choporoz said:

Rage Bug.... reg and/or magnum. 

 

I've used Siebert's, Strike King, Biffleheads and generic (Janns and/or Barlow....not sure.)  All work - but, for no reason I've totally figured out, the Biffleheads come through junk better.

I generally use 3/8 and 1/2.

 

I typically drag along bottom, but you can swim them just fine, too.

 

16 hours ago, smalljaw67 said:

I use it like a crankbait but not fast. I make my own and have found that a small 1/8oz works well when I swim it using a small swimbait like a Keitech 3.8 as the trailer. Most of the time I use 1/2oz with a sweet beaver trailer and I reel fast enough to maintain bottom contact. Bites are different that you'd expect, I've had maybe a dozen bites over the last few years that I've felt, most of the time I'm reeling and the rod begins to load up and I just lean back to drive the hook all the way in. 

 

Wow great info here! Thank you everyone for your help and support