Dirty Jigs skirts won't work?

[Whatever]

I am attempting to learn jig fishing, and encountering problems. When using a swim jig, and attempting to change skirts, the Dirty Jigs skirts I am using have a metal collar that will not remotely slide onto the hook on the jig head. What am I missing here? (This has probably been answered before, but I cannot find it. And Useless Tube, as usual, is no help).

[DitchPanda]

Sounds to me like what you bought are punch skirts. These are designed to slide on your line after you slide on a weight then you tie on a hook after the skirt. The idea is you Texas rig a plastic to make it weedless and the skirt adds bulk to the presentation. It is designed to be fished in heavy vegetation.

[Whatever]

With your info in mind, I actually read the package (Duh!), Yes, it says Punching Skirt! Thank you , Ditch, for illuminating that issue.

Now I need some swim jig heads that accommodate regular skirts, and the appropriate skirts. I have been using the ones with the stiff bristle "weed guard", and they work very well in the local milfoil.

Thank you, Sir!

[galyonj]

5 hours ago, Whatever said:

Now I need some swim jig heads that accommodate regular skirts, and the appropriate skirts.

 

I feel like I'm about to ask a stupid question, but why are you trying to buy skirts and jigheads separately instead of just buying a jig that already has a skirt?

 

I know that making one's own custom jigs is a thing, but it seems unnecessarily...fiddly when one is trying to learn how to fish a jig, as you say you are.

[Deleted account]

Punching skirts don't make sense to me.

[Whatever]

6 hours ago, galyonj said:

 

I feel like I'm about to ask a stupid question, but why are you trying to buy skirts and jigheads separately instead of just buying a jig that already has a skirt?

 

I know that making one's own custom jigs is a thing, but it seems unnecessarily...fiddly when one is trying to learn how to fish a jig, as you say you are.

No, the question is legit. It seems easier to take a half dozen jig heads, in several sizes, and two dozen interchangeable skirts, versus buying 2 dozen jig heads, in various weights. I am given to understand that the color of the skirts can make a big difference in success.

Skirts are fairly cheap, compared to buying several dozen completed jigs.

[roadwarrior]

Well, if you are fishing in the right places, you need replacement jigs.

One and done is "standard operating procedure", but I have gone four

for four on occasion, too.  In a boat you can generally recover 75% or

so fishing rocks, but only 50% or less around wood.  The percentages

on the Tennessee River are considerably lower.

 

[papajoe222]

On 7/4/2021 at 7:24 AM, BassWhole! said:

Punching skirts don't make sense to me.

The advantage to using a skirt on a punch rig is twofold; It adds bulk and action to your presentation and it slows the fall rate which can make the difference in getting bit when fishing weeds in deeper water.