If only one jig....what would it be?

[born2climb]

As the the title says, I'm curious as to which jig you would choose if you could have only ONE. My current favorite is Strike King's Hack Attack Heavy Cover Swim jig in bluegill color, with a Rage Menace trailer, rigged so the "tails" are vertical. The I have it with me, I'll dip the tails in Spike-it dip.

 

I have a broad selection off jigs, from finesse to football to you-name-it, but the swim jig is my current favorite. I have caught a few fish on a jig a friend of mine made for me. The "weedlessness" of a jig is still an issue with me. I tend to throw them just about anywhere, because they're "weedless"....and wind up having to get unstuck much of the time. Still learning how to work a jig in cover.

[Texas Flood]

Outkast Cage Feider in mud puppy. 

[roadwarrior]

https://siebertoutdoors.com/products/ols/products/grid-iron-brush-jig

 

3/8, Kent Craw, hand tied

[DaubsNU1]

Green pumpkin. I do not care what brand... 

[MediumMouthBass]

Siebert Grid Iron G2 in 3/8. Jigs produce quantity and quality bass for me but no jig produces more than the football head style. For the color, well i tie the skirts myself and have 2 favorites, one is blue, black, with purple, and the second is a mix of blues and greens to match the same color as the Strike King Okeechobee Craw trailers.

 

I know you said one but i gotta add a 2nd just for finesse fishing, the Siebert Grid Iron Dock jig 1/4oz,

again with a skirt i tied to match the trailer, tried to get it to look just like the Strike King Moon Juice Rage Menace ill use for a trailer.

[LrgmouthShad]

Oldham Trailer Hitch Jig.

I would like a wide selection of colors and sizes, thank you very much

[river-rat]

25 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said:

Oldham Trailer Hitch Jig.

I would like a wide selection of colors and sizes, thank you very much

 

Oldham's Jigs for me also.

[born2climb]

Thanks for all the replies...and keep them coming!

 

Perhaps a waste of time asking, but can anyone expound upon what makes one style of jig more productive than another? For example, a poster above said that no jig produces more than the football head style. I am honestly curious as to the WHY of this. I have no doubt as to the accuracy of the statement...but am intrigued with knowing why it is so.

[WRB]

Been using my Viper head jig since 1971, caught all my giant bass using it and not changing.

Tom

[Catt]

Terry Oldham's Eye Max or Trailer Hitch 

 

Hackney's Flourcarbon Jig 

 

Seibert's Supreme Grass Jig

[MediumMouthBass]

3 hours ago, born2climb said:

Thanks for all the replies...and keep them coming!

 

Perhaps a waste of time asking, but can anyone expound upon what makes one style of jig more productive than another? For example, a poster above said that no jig produces more than the football head style. I am honestly curious as to the WHY of this. I have no doubt as to the accuracy of the statement...but am intrigued with knowing why it is so.

@born2climb youve got, swim jigs, football, arky, skipping, brush, finesse, among many other jig head styles/molds.

Some do better in wood (like pitching into a sunken tree) others do better at coming through grass and weeds. There are so many different jig head types so many different ways of fishing a jig.

Every jig is good and will catch bass, but what one produces the most depends on where you are fishing and what the bass want.

Do you tend to fish more in the deeper/colder/rockier parts of the lake or the shallow/weedy/warmer parts?

 

Ive tried alot of different types of jigs in many ponds and lakes near me, the swim jig rarely gets bit but i throw it alot because i enjoy fishing it, the bass in the weeds dont want a jig either (they would rather a frog or weightless texas rig) and the ones under the docks are usually smaller bass so i tend to stick to deeper water (around 8-15') and drag it/hop it over rocks and hard bottom. For me a football jig does this the best thats why i said its my top producer.

Its caught me alot of bass and also some big bass too, but if i went to a different state to fish for the weekend i might do much better throwing a swim jig to towards the bank next to some wood, or punching a 1oz jig in the weeds.

 

I like football styles the most for another reason too, i can drag it on the bottom, fish it like a swim jig and do the Alabama shake, pitch it into a tree, skip it under a dock, and even tho i tend to stick with 3/8-1/2oz i can make it much heavier if i wanted to just by adding a bulkier trailer, so if my kayak gets blown out above deeper water, no need to retie just put on a heavier trailer.

I can do almost anything with them, its just not always in the ideal way. And being on a kayak with limited room i try to take only what i think ill need, its easier to take a few football jigs i can do anything with than 30 different jigs for 30 different reasons.

[Pat Brown]

Siebert Sniper finesse jig or a Siebert Swim jig in the .5 oz range would do me.  Some kinda baitfish pattern works for me.

[WRB]

There are all types of jig none can do everything everywhere and that is the reason so many have been designed.

If you had to choose 1 out of hundreds pick 1 you catch more bass on.

I use several different jigs but only 1 stands out where and how I fish jigs because I design it to perform where I fish in deep steep rocky terrain highland reservoirs.

Tom

PS, a jig is only as good as the hook used to make it!

 

[Hook2Jaw]

One jig?  That's a ½ ounce BOSS Dock Knocker with the Dark Brown paint job, dressed with a  BOSS Black Brown Amber skirt.  I'll even do you one better and go to one trailer; a YUM Craw Chunk 3.75 in Craw.

 

Altogether the jig costs less than three bucks each and is absolutely premium, with a paint job that scratches at worst and never thinks about flaking.  The weed guard rarely hooks cover but clears on a hookset.  The hook is a sticky stud of a Mustad hog snatcher.

 

That's the one.

[PaulVE64]

3 hours ago, born2climb said:

Thanks for all the replies...and keep them coming!

 

Perhaps a waste of time asking, but can anyone expound upon what makes one style of jig more productive than another? For example, a poster above said that no jig produces more than the football head style. I am honestly curious as to the WHY of this. I have no doubt as to the accuracy of the statement...but am intrigued with knowing why it is so.

First off, I think everyone is expressing their observation in their circumstance. But my circumstance may be different (I fish 99% smallies on fly and spinning gear in Ontario rivers.) Thus my experience and opinion should be way different than someone in Texas.

 

Not that we arent both right.

 

[MIbassyaker]

Title Shot head with a GYCB Hula Grub:

[Brian11719]

3/8 Dirty Jigs Matt Herren Flippin' Jig in Okeechobee 420 paired up with an Xzone Adrenaline Craw (3.5" TW Grn Pump/Black Blue Flk). I prefer powder coated paint and green pumpkin + black and blue together means I don't have to choose between the two...

[Bird]

3/8 outcast swim jig in Orange and brown.

[casts_by_fly]

12 hours ago, roadwarrior said:

https://siebertoutdoors.com/products/ols/products/grid-iron-brush-jig

 

3/8, Kent Craw, hand tied

if I could only have one it would probably be 1/2 oz and Kent craw would be a consideration (straight pumpkin would too). You can always fish a heavier jig slower but not vice versa. Then again, I carry both weights in Kent and green pumpkin so there’s that…

[Happybeerbuzz]

I am still a novice with jigs so have not tried very many. However, one thing is clear.  There are a lot of different jig makers out there.  For the time being, I have settled on the D&L Tackle Pro Series Advanced Casting Jig.  It comes in lots of colors, has a Gammy hook, has a pointed head so it can double as a swim jig, and is reasonably inexpensive to learn with.  

[Jar11591]

Easy. A Siebert brush jig, 1/2oz in “Bama Craw” color. 

[VolFan]

NorthStar Customs Flip and Swim if there’s grass/weeds. Football head if there’s not. Great jigs, great price, great guy to deal with

[LonnieP]

Dirty Jigs 3/8 PBJ Tour Level Pitching jig

[scaleface]

Lets narrow it down for me. Best jig for brush-piles?

[GetFishorDieTryin]

Wow, hard enough with just the jig but to limit to one color is tough.  That said Greenfish Tackle Chibi, 5/16 Black and Blue.  It's unique jig in most aspects and made with high quality components.  It's compact, but very stout.  Excellent short shank hook, which makes it very strong,  and paired the heavy guard it's extremely snag resistant.