Swim jigs

[Mr. Aquarium]

So I love jig fishin. Pitching, crawling footballs down deep, or just about any jig on bottom. But I never fished swim jigs.  I recently found some swim jigs for cheap money, they were close out Workinman swim jig by Beast Coast jigs. I’m really excited to use them. 
  I have a lot of grass in my area. From really heavy grass to just below or matted, to submerge stuff on the bottom from 3-20 feet of water. Also have plenty of logs, stumps, pads and lay downs.  Very clear water and stained water. We have a variety of ponds in my area! 
 

What trailers do you like to use? Any other advice or info would be appreciated 

[Munkin]

Keitech 3.8" Fat Impact is my favorite.

 

Allen

[SC53]

SK Rage Craw or a Bitters small naked swimmer. 

[MN Fisher]

#1 - 4" Berkley Pit Boss

#2 - 5" RI Skinny Dipper

[LrgmouthShad]

So long as this past spring wasn't a fluke for me and applies in other parts of the country... take a swim jig with a rage menace trailer on some spawning flats during the spawn and burn that thing as fast as you can. I got fond of using a 1/2oz because I could move it quicker. 

 

That thing freaking wrecked on NY ponds and small lakes April-May. It got big girls too. I might upload photos later but they are already floating around on other threads. One was around 6lbs with numerous around 4lbs

[Derek1]

a rage craw side ways works well also if you have a bunch. 

[garroyo130]

This is a good article on basics

 

https://brovarneybaits.com/swim-jig-basics/

 

the guy also makes good baits

[Columbia Craw]

If I could only pick one;  Zoom Super Speed Craw?

[Bird]

Zman diesel, Keitech fat impact and rage craw are the ones I use mainly.

I've became fond enough of swimjigs that I never threw any other type of jig last year.

I throw them like a Spinnerbait at half the speed or less.

 

 

[bowhunter63]

Rage swimmer is my go to 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

live magic shad is my favorite  

[slonezp]

Kailin's sizemic shad

[TnRiver46]

I’ll use anything for a trailer and sometimes nothing for a trailer. Speed craw, menace, zoom fat Albert, finesse worm, speed worm, fluke…….

 

i have caught many fish just reeling in jigs of all kinds, I was trying to reel them in to throw another cast and whammy. I don’t think it’s considered a swim jig but they eat up a strike king bitsy bug when you reel it 

[Mr. Aquarium]

2 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

I’ll use anything for a trailer and sometimes nothing for a trailer. Speed craw, menace, zoom fat Albert, finesse worm, speed worm, fluke…….

Good cuz I got a lot of flukes, craws and creature baits! 

[TnRiver46]

Just now, Mr. Aquarium said:

Good cuz I got a lot of flukes, craws and creature baits! 

Oh yeah and paddle tails! Or swimming senko…….

[DitchPanda]

Rage menace is the only trailer I've used the last 2 years.

[Mr. Aquarium]

28 minutes ago, DitchPanda said:

Rage menace is the only trailer I've used the last 2 years.

I’ve got a few of those. Love the rage series 

[Jar11591]

I love Rage Swimmers for swimmin a jig. 

[swhit140]

Rage Menace, Rage Swimmer, Skinny Dipper are my top ones, but you can use all kinds of soft plastics on them really.

[casts_by_fly]

6 hours ago, Mr. Aquarium said:

Good cuz I got a lot of flukes, craws and creature baits! 

 

5 hours ago, Mr. Aquarium said:

I’ve got a few of those. Love the rage series 

Keitechs are my standard because they have a great shimmy and roll at low speed. Sometimes I fish fast and sometimes slow and the keitech does both well. A rage menace is great and if you have small bluegills around the menace Junior on a trimmed jig is dynamite. I prefer a menace when I am fishing it faster. Once last year I forgot my tackle bag and had to fish only what was rigged on the rods plus a small handful of cutoff lures that were in the boat from the last trip. Swim jigs were the ticket that day but I only had two keitechs. After o blew through those I put on a rage craw from a pitchin jig on the other rod and rigged it vertically. Great action and kept catching fish. It wouldn’t be my first choice, but to your point above, use what you have already. So many trailers available for some many purposes and yet most of them work well for most scenarios. 

 

 

[softwateronly]

Lots and lots of great options already listed.  I love swim jigs, super effective on my weedy, bluegill filled lake and one of my favorite bites.  3.75-5" Gambler ez's and R2S d walkers have turned into my favorites, they catch and they last forever.  Don't overlook a heavy swim jig (1/2-3/4oz) either for the deeper side of the weed break lines.

 

scott

[Ski]

9 hours ago, DitchPanda said:

Rage menace is the only trailer I've used the last 2 years.

THIS ^^^^^^ install vertical for swim jigs.

8 hours ago, Jar11591 said:

I love Rage Swimmers for swimmin a jig.

And THIS ^^^^^

 

[Choporoz]

I caught a nice fish on a swim jig.  Once.  About 5 years ago.  I still try it once in a while, but it is way down on the confidence scale.  I'll swim a Keitech, but generally on a weighted hook.   I'm most likely to use spinnerbait, swimming worm, chatterbait, even crankbait before a swim jig.

[A-Jay]

14 hours ago, Mr. Aquarium said:

What trailers do you like to use? Any other advice or info would be appreciated 

 

I fish clear natural lakes.

Success for me comes with natural colors / patterns

that come 'close to' matching the resident forage.

I use an assortment of trailers. 

A-Jay

[Fat Ika]

15 hours ago, Mr. Aquarium said:

So I love jig fishin. Pitching, crawling footballs down deep, or just about any jig on bottom. But I never fished swim jigs.  I recently found some swim jigs for cheap money, they were close out Workinman swim jig by Beast Coast jigs. I’m really excited to use them. 
  I have a lot of grass in my area. From really heavy grass to just below or matted, to submerge stuff on the bottom from 3-20 feet of water. Also have plenty of logs, stumps, pads and lay downs.  Very clear water and stained water. We have a variety of ponds in my area! 
 

What trailers do you like to use? Any other advice or info would be appreciated 

If you're talking specifically for the beast coast workingman's swim jig, it's a compact swim jig with a shorter than avg swim jig hook. If using a paddletail, I like bass assassin boss shiner 3.5" for this specific swim jig. If rigging parallel to hook creature/craw, I like cutting 1 or 2 segments off a zoom speed craw. Sometimes, I use the midsize rage bug. It's almost a perfect size creature for this jig.