Bandersnatch Posted June 17, 2020 Posted June 17, 2020 What's your favorite swim jigs and why *Jig *Weight *Color *Trailer If you want to give imaway your secrets Mine *Lethal weapon Iv with a craw. I love the head for cleaning the grass, love the keeper but am not in love with the skirt or colors, also wouldn't mind a heavier weight. I'd love to try the witch sense or dirty jigs but am not sure about the screw lock around the shank keeper. I feel like I'd just mess up plastics putting them on. Also, they heads especially on the dirty jigs don't seem to gave as much of a point. What are your guys favorites? 1 Quote
Hook2Jaw Posted June 17, 2020 Posted June 17, 2020 BOSS Big Boy. I like them because after you slide a BOSS skirt on, they're $2.67 each and pack a Mustad Ultrapoint on them. That's quality per dollar. The eyes don't get knocked off, the paint doesn't chip coming through grass or pads. They shed grass well with the hidden line tie. I like them in ½ ounce with a white skirt for imitating shad or bluegill for, well, bluegies. I tip them with a YUM Pulse swimbait or their Money Craw or Craw Chunk. I really need to find a good heavy moderate fast stick for throwing them on. I've also been wanting to experiment with this head from BOSS to hit those heavier sizes and have a cheaper California swimjig to get through the grass mo' better. 2 1 Quote
galyonj Posted June 17, 2020 Posted June 17, 2020 The one day I had any luck at all with swim jigs this year, I was using a 1/4oz 6th Sense in sexified shad with a trimmed skirt and a 3.75" pearl flash rage swimmer on the back. They make a pretty legit swim jig. I love the screw lock. 1 Quote
EWREX Posted June 17, 2020 Posted June 17, 2020 my go-to is a 3/8oz. 6th sense divine swim jig in either grass mutant or bluegill fire. both colors represent bluegill and yellow perch which are the main forage in a lot of the lakes i fish. i'll either use a paddle tail swim bait or creature bait in a green pumpkin-ish color and dip the tail end in dip-n-glo 1 Quote
Super User Catt Posted June 17, 2020 Super User Posted June 17, 2020 Santone Lures Chris McCall Rayburn Swim Jig ? 1 1 Quote
Super User MN Fisher Posted June 17, 2020 Super User Posted June 17, 2020 I'm a simple sort - Strike King Tour Grade 1/4oz or 3/8oz Black/Blue, Sexy Shad, and either Bluegill or Green Pumpkin. Berkley Pit Boss. Berkley Chigger Craw, RI Skinny Dipper, or Zoom Ultra Vibe Chunk 1 Quote
camman Posted June 17, 2020 Posted June 17, 2020 Santone McCall Rayburn Swim jig - 5/16oz in Black/Blue or Rayburn Red with a Keitech trailer. Quote
Finessegenics Posted June 17, 2020 Posted June 17, 2020 I really like the Lunkerhunt swim jigs. Strong and sharp hooks, nice skirt options but there aren't many. I use the common shiner and perch patterns. Only gripe is the weed guard is a little flimsy, but doesn't bother me since I'm not pitching it into super heavy cover. They only come in 3/8 oz. I like to pair it with a Berkley Power Swimmer or XZone Swammer, they really get the jig rocking. I don't have much experience with swim jigs and I think 1/4oz would better suit when and where I use them. I plan on tying my own using the Boss heads and skirts from fishingskirts.com . Not sure if I should use a heavy wire hook or a more finesse one Quote
Super User DitchPanda Posted June 17, 2020 Super User Posted June 17, 2020 1/4oz boss swim jig with a homemade skirt is what I throw most. I also throw the boss bullet heads or the siebert grass heads again with a homemade skirt. I make my skirt northern style trimming all the inside strands off and tie it with braid. The only colors I really throw are bluegill or white. Buying the heads this way and making my skirts I can get just the color I want and I can make a quality jig for around $2. 1 Quote
waymont Posted June 17, 2020 Posted June 17, 2020 Another Boss jig head user here. I prefer the standard Boss Swim Jig heads. They are very balanced, and have a great Mustad hook, with a well designed trailer keeper too. Boss skirts are killer too. Around $2.70 a jig! 1/4 and 3/8oz are all I use. Quote
JediAmoeba Posted June 17, 2020 Posted June 17, 2020 The kind with a wire arm coming up from the head that has 1 or 2 blades attached that spin. 1 3 Quote
Super User scaleface Posted June 17, 2020 Super User Posted June 17, 2020 ? 31 minutes ago, JediAmoeba said: The kind with a wire arm coming up from the head that has 1 or 2 blades attached that spin. I agree . 1 Quote
Super User RoLo Posted June 17, 2020 Super User Posted June 17, 2020 The 'Swim Jig Shootout' has nothing to do with swimming a jig, nothing to do with brand loyalty, but has everything to do with weedlessness and complimentary features: SWIM JIG SHOOTOUT FEATURES REVENGE SWIM JIG DIRTY JIGS SWIM JIG OUTKAST HC SWIM JIG OUTCAST RTX All-TERRAIN Grassmaster Nose Eyelet Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Round-Bend Hook Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Guard Angle 40o 40o 30o 30o 5o Keeper Retention 5-star 4-star 3-star 3-star 4-star Head Shape Laterally Flat Conical Conical Laterally Flat Conical Hook Wire Medium Heavy Medium Heavy Heavy Available Weights 1/4,3/8.1/2,3/4 1/4, 3/8, 1/2 1/4, 3/8 3/8.1/2,3/4 3/8.1/2,3/4,1 My personal favorite is the 'Revenge Swim Jig' Secondary factors such as 'colors' & 'trailers' warrant a separate thread. Roger 2 Quote
Born 2 fish Posted June 17, 2020 Posted June 17, 2020 3/8 bluegill the cheapest I can find because I loose at least 5 every trip to pike. Quote
Super User Teal Posted June 18, 2020 Super User Posted June 18, 2020 I'm still using a small supply of Northstar customs flip & swims.... great jigs. Kietech, skinny dipper, or rage on the back. Idk what they call it but its green pumpkin and orange. 1 Quote
Super User Catt Posted June 18, 2020 Super User Posted June 18, 2020 @RoLo Y'all need to give a close look at Santone Lures Chris McCall Rayburn Swim Jig! The head design & multi-colored weedguard is not only very weedless but it comes through brush easily. A 2X Strong Mustad Ultra Point Hook will keep any Hawg pinned. Offered in 5/16 - 7/16 oz & 31 colors 3 1 Quote
Super User RoLo Posted June 18, 2020 Super User Posted June 18, 2020 REVENGE SWIM JIG I agree, McCall’s Rayburn jig is an excellent swim jig. Both jigs have a nose-eye and a sweptback weedguard, but I prefer the embedded line-eye on the Revenge swim jig (Throw 3/4 oz Revenge for pike). Roger 1 Quote
matbellon3 Posted June 18, 2020 Posted June 18, 2020 I really like the Zman Project Z Swim Jig, skips well, stands up on bottom when stopped and comes through the grass pretty well. Haven't been able to find them for a while now though so this thread will help point me to some new options. Quote
Bandersnatch Posted June 18, 2020 Author Posted June 18, 2020 37 minutes ago, RoLo said: REVENGE SWIM JIG I agree, McCall’s Rayburn jig is an excellent swim jig. Both jigs have a nose-eye and a sweptback weedguard, but I prefer the embedded line-eye on the Revenge swim jig (Same jig I use for northern pike). Roger Those revenge seem nice however I wonder about the less pointed head, the lethal weapon Iv is very pointed. I feel like the revenge wouldn't clean off as much, I'm likely wrong Quote
Jweller Posted June 18, 2020 Posted June 18, 2020 I just put in a big order for some Santone finesse swim jigs. My PB came off of a Dirty Jigs no-jack swim jig in blue craw with a rage menace for the trailer. I’m not the biggest fan of the tuna hook in those though, hopefully the Santone finesse is more my type of jig. Quote
Ogandrews Posted June 18, 2020 Posted June 18, 2020 Dirty jigs finesse swim jig in 1/4 oz for a smaller profile, usually early in the year or if I’m just looking to get any bite, huge confidence bait for me DJ no jack swim jig in 5/16,3/8, and 1/2 my all around swim jig. Weight just depends on depth and thickness of cover. In broad leafed weeds over 4-5 ft I will usually go to the 1/2 because I like how much commotion it makes banging through the weeds. This is my go to bait for a moving bait coming through grass, flooded shorelines, thick brush, flipping docks, anything really I can bang the bait through. Once in awhile I’ll throw a 3/4 California swim jig if I’m fishing deep weeds or really want the bait to bang around on a flooded shoreline but 95% of the time I’m throwing that normal no jack Im almost always throwing either the yellow perch or the bluegill pattern as either imitates both a perch and a sunnie really well. If I’m on the Mississippi I’ll throw tactical Shad because that is the only place around here with Shad in it, but anywhere else it’s a perch color. finesse 1/4 gets a 3.8 keitech in sun gill, the no jack gets a 4.3 or 4.8 depending on weight again in sun gill, and the California gets a local made swimbait really similar to a salt shaker, way harder kick than keitech. If I’m imitating Shad then I usually use a sight flash or rainbow Shad. very rarely will I use a crawfish style swimjig, but if I do I just use a green pumpkin version of what I just talked about with a paca slim on it. 1 1 Quote
Super User RoLo Posted June 18, 2020 Super User Posted June 18, 2020 Quote I feel like the revenge wouldn't clean off as much, I'm likely wrong In slimy vegetation, weeds can adhere to the tiniest corner, even the corners of an external line-eye. In heavy vegetation, a weedguard with a wide angle is enough to get catchy & choky. The 'Revenge Swim Jig' has an embedded line-eye with NO corners, and has a low-slung weedguard. In Florida, weedlessness isn't an asset, it's a necessity. Roger Quote
Bandersnatch Posted June 18, 2020 Author Posted June 18, 2020 30 minutes ago, RoLo said: In slimy vegetation, weeds can adhere to the tiniest corner, even the corners of an external line-eye. In heavy vegetation, a weedguard with a wide angle is enough to cause a problem. The 'Revenge Swim Jig' has an embedded line-eye with NO corners, and has a low-slung weedguard. In Florida, weedlessness isn't an asset, it's a necessity. Roger I'm going to take your word on it. Quote
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