I love jig fishing.

[Darth-Baiter]

That’s all I threw today.  I got pretty tuned up to feeling the jig.  
 

today I did well.  Using a small finesse jig I got a good pile of keepers. Water is still cold, but the fish were biting. 
 

setting the hook was a thrill.   So much fun!  
 

thanks  you all.    You helped!

[Mobasser]

Glad to hear the jigs worked out good. And I agree, BR is a great place to learn.

[Dens228]

Like you I also love the jig! Couldn't get a bite on them yesterday in my first outing of the year, they loved the spinnerbait though.  Can't wait for that first jig bite. 

[Luke Barnes]

I used my first full size finesse jig with a rage menace trailer yesterday. Was in the rocks so figured i would be ok because it was a football head. Looked great underwater. Lost it after about 10 minutes. Switched to a SK Bitsy Flip in Cajun craw with a TRD Crawz trailer and didn't get a sniff. Im not giving up on the jig but I, so far, have zero confidence in it. 

[huZZah]

I quit using football heads cause everyone said they are great for rocks...and I lost all 3. In rocks. I use arkie style only now and have better luck working it loose from everything. But I love jigs. Just not football. 

[Darth-Baiter]

I picked up some hand tied jigs from a local guy. so beautiful.  But the fish were not having any of it. 
 

plain Jane football green pumpkins.  Game on. 
 

the tungsten head was nice. I was shocked how the material transmits more tactile feedback thru the line. 

[scaleface]

19 minutes ago, huZZah said:

I quit using football heads cause everyone said they are great for rocks...and I lost all 3. In rocks.

LOL . Me too. I was at Table Rock lake . Bought some 3/4 ounce football head  jigs to fish 30 foot deep on rocky points  and lost them all . 

[Darth-Baiter]

I lost my football jigs to underwater trees.  

[NorthernBasser]

12 hours ago, Luke Barnes said:

Was in the rocks so figured i would be ok because it was a football head. Looked great underwater. Lost it after about 10 minutes. 

 

12 hours ago, huZZah said:

I quit using football heads cause everyone said they are great for rocks...and I lost all 3. 

 

11 hours ago, scaleface said:

LOL . Me too. I was at Table Rock lake . Bought some 3/4 ounce football head  jigs to fish 30 foot deep on rocky points  and lost them all . 

 

11 hours ago, They call me “Gaiter Salad” said:

I lost my football jigs to underwater trees.  

 

I guess you could say that your guys' football jigs got....intercepted. 

 

 

 

[Darth-Baiter]

5 hours ago, NorthernBasser said:

 

 

 

You could say your guys' football jigs got....intercepted. 

 

 

 

Haha.  

[Jigfishn10]

17 hours ago, They call me “Gaiter Salad” said:

setting the hook was a thrill.   So much fun! 

Besides maybe a topwater bite, is there anything better than a jig bite!? 
 

I doubt it! ?

[Luke Barnes]

7 hours ago, huZZah said:

I quit using football heads cause everyone said they are great for rocks...and I lost all 3. In rocks. I use arkie style only now and have better luck working it loose from everything. But I love jigs. Just not football. 

I looked at some Arkie brand ones at Wally world. I lost the only true finesse jig i have so am looking to make my own. Does the Arkie head do good for hopping and bottom bouncing like a t rig?

[huZZah]

It’s what I do with it. Also swim it. For me, it’s the most versatile. I don’t do much flipping/pitching. And very little punching from bank. 
 

I have a couple of the true swim jigs as well but I just like arkies. 

[snake95]

1 minute ago, Luke Barnes said:

I looked at some Arkie brand ones at Wally world. I lost the only true finesse jig i have so am looking to make my own. Does the Arkie head do good for hopping and bottom bouncing like a t rig?

Pretty sure he means Arkie style not brand.

 

I am not a jig expert but I think the key advantage of an Arkie is that they are a good all round shape for many applications.

[Luke Barnes]

Just now, huZZah said:

It’s what I do with it. Also swim it. For me, it’s the most versatile. I don’t do much flipping/pitching. And very little punching from bank. 
 

I have a couple of the true swim jigs as well but I just like arkies. 

I'm a bank fisherman too. Only thing I'll pitch to is a dock or downed tree. Rest is swimming and bouncing. Thinking of trimming strands out of the skirt and making it more finesse style. But I like how the Arkie head looks. 

1 minute ago, snake95 said:

Pretty sure he means Arkie style not brand.

 

I am not a jig expert but I think the key advantage of an Arkie is that they are a good all round shape for many applications.

That's what I took from it. It just so happened that the Arkie style ones I was looking at yesterday was Arkie brand.

[mrpao]

Is it just me, or do jigs get hung up way more than Texas rigs?

It seems i get hung up at least three times more often with jigs as compared to TR.

Thats one thing that discourages me from throwing the jig so much.

[throttleplate]

33 minutes ago, huZZah said:

It’s what I do with it. Also swim it. For me, it’s the most versatile. I don’t do much flipping/pitching. And very little punching from bank. 
 

I have a couple of the true swim jigs as well but I just like arkies. 

$1.56 at wally world in minn.

[Darth-Baiter]

18 minutes ago, mrpao said:

Is it just me, or do jigs get hung up way more than Texas rigs?

It seems i get hung up at least three times more often with jigs as compared to TR.

Thats one thing that discourages me from throwing the jig so much.

If the snags are horrific I switch to a Texas rig.  It’s tough to snag a t-rig. It’s so slender and all. 
 

 

[MIbassyaker]

8 hours ago, huZZah said:

I quit using football heads cause everyone said they are great for rocks...and I lost all 3. In rocks. I use arkie style only now and have better luck working it loose from everything. But I love jigs. Just not football. 

 

8 hours ago, scaleface said:

LOL . Me too. I was at Table Rock lake . Bought some 3/4 ounce football head  jigs to fish 30 foot deep on rocky points  and lost them all . 

 

So I'm not the only one!  I have had much better success with football jigs in scattered vegetation than rock.

 

I mostly use footballs now for specific spots i know of in gravel pits, that appear to have either the "right" rock or no downed trees.

[JustJames]

I lost quite a handful of jigs when I started. I remembered bought like 30-40 jigs (cheap ones) just to learn how to maneuver it around rock. I agree with everyone about football jig versus arkie jig. I like arkie jig for all around but football when dragging it downhill or parallel with gravel type rock.

Nowadays I got at least 2-3 fish before I lost one which is good enough for me I guess.

[Bluebasser86]

Jigs are my favorite baits to fish.

 

If you're snagging in cover a lot, check out either the Trashmaster jig, or something like a Slither rig if you want a super weedless version of a jig.

[NorthernBasser]

Another option for making a jig more 'snagless', especially in weeds, is using a tungsten version. The smaller head makes it slide through cover better. 

 

Siebert makes some great ones. 

 

https://siebertoutdoors.com/products/ols/products/tungsten-football-jig

 

And here they are rigged up with my favorite trailer (Netbait Paca Chunk). ?

 

[the reel ess]

I love them too!

[Bankbeater]

The only place I won't work a jig on the bottom is around rip-rap.  Then I swim it.