Latest Haul - Keitech Mono Spin Jigs

[Darren.]

Bought a few of these about a month ago (or so) and

tossed 'em in fresh water. Really nice results - bass,

crappie, etc. Love these little guys. I put a Ned craw on

them and pure awesome. Anyone else try these?

 

Ordered a bunch more on Black Friday....

 

[FishTax]

Never heard of it, but I’m always down to try something new! 

[Team9nine]

Had some good success with them in ponds for greenies...but they are small and lightweight. Fun to fish, but definitely best to gear down if you try some IMO. Still have a handful of them.

[FishTank]

I have a few and just bought a couple replacements. I have caught just about everything on them. I found the best jig for it is the Valley Hill Devil Shaker. It doesn't look like much but it brings in the fish. I also use the 2in Dolive Craws.

 

The only issue I have with these are that they are totally useless at most lakes with current and wind. It takes forever to hit the bottom if it does at all.

 

[Darren.]

10 hours ago, Team9nine said:

Had some good success with them in ponds for greenies...but they are small and lightweight. Fun to fish, but definitely best to gear down if you try some IMO. Still have a handful of them.

 

I've been throwing on ML spinning gear, 10# braid and 6# leader.

Can't wait to try them in the James River for smallies when we

next visit Lynchburg, VA. Should be nice in the calmer pools

with little to no current.

 

[Darren.]

8 hours ago, FishTank said:

I have a few and just bought a couple replacements. I have caught just about everything on them. I found the best jig for it is the Valley Hill Devil Shaker. It doesn't look like much but it brings in the fish. I also use the 2in Dolive Craws.

 

The only issue I have with these are that they are totally useless at most lakes with current and wind. It takes forever to hit the bottom if it does at all.

 

 

Agree on at least the wind. As I said in response to @Team9nine,

I can't wait to try these in calm parts of the James River. Will have

to look at your suggestions.

[FishTank]

@Darren. Here is the Devil Shaker trailer. No fish on it today though. 

 

[Darren.]

1 hour ago, FishTank said:

@Darren. Here is the Devil Shaker trailer. No fish on it today though. 

 

Looks sweet!!

[Dreveal]

I started throwing these last year. They are a lot of fun to fish. Been using a Mule Fishing Burro Bug as a trailer with good results. They catch everything! Last fall I caught a big (to me) walleye on one! Didn't even know the lake I was one had walleye in it!

[Hogs_n_Logs]

On 12/7/2024 at 2:09 PM, FishTank said:

 

 

The only issue I have with these are that they are totally useless at most lakes with current and wind. It takes forever to hit the bottom if it does at all.

 

 

 

The japanese dudes who originated this style of lure rarely (if ever) bottom bounce these things like with a conventional jig, in fact they came about because they wanted to do the opposite.  Its used as a freshwater shrimp(extremely prevalent forage in Japan) presentation to kind of suspend/drift and twitch while sight fishing or pitching into gaps and holes in emergent cover/trash piles. 

 

I honestly dont think finesse jigs have a ton of utility for LMB in the states, they catch dinks but dont have the profile to entice quality fish, and if you want something with the same action but bigger profile a no sinker texas or wacky presentation work alot better. For instance Taku Ito uses finesse jigs constantly in Japan to the point its kind of a signature technique for him over there, but almost never on the BASS trial. 

 

That said its still a jig aka can be fished a million different ways, perhaps in some area were bass really key in on some kind of small aquatic bug/crustacean. Probably killer for some SMB waters and crappie too. 

[FishTank]

19 minutes ago, Hogs_n_Logs said:

 

The japanese dudes who originated this style of lure rarely (if ever) bottom bounce these things like with a conventional jig, in fact they came about because they wanted to do the opposite.  Its used as a freshwater shrimp(extremely prevalent forage in Japan) presentation to kind of suspend/drift and twitch while sight fishing or pitching into gaps and holes in emergent cover/trash piles. 

 

I honestly dont think finesse jigs have a ton of utility for LMB in the states, they catch dinks but dont have the profile to entice quality fish, and if you want something with the same action but bigger profile a no sinker texas or wacky presentation work alot better. For instance Taku Ito uses finesse jigs constantly in Japan to the point its kind of a signature technique for him over there, but almost never on the BASS trial. 

 

That said its still a jig aka can be fished a million different ways, perhaps in some area were bass really key in on some kind of small aquatic bug/crustacean. Probably killer for some SMB waters and crappie too. 

 

I have caught everything from crappie, bluegill, catfish, largemouth, smallmouth and spots.  Here a few..... not dinks caught on the bottom in about 3-4 feet of water.  I use them all the time. I just need the right circumstances. 

 

 

 

 

 

I use those other techniques as well but this is flat out fun. 

[Hogs_n_Logs]

17 minutes ago, FishTank said:

 

I have caught everything from crappie, bluegill, catfish, largemouth, smallmouth and spots.  Here a few..... not dinks caught on the bottom in about 3-4 feet of water.  I use them all the time. I just need the right circumstances. 

 

 

 

 

 

I use those other techniques as well but this is flat out fun. 

 

Nice fish, and wasnt implying fish wont eat it on the bottom, just that the reason these things originated is to be so light that with a trailer they can easily be fished above the bottom, so not really ideal for bottom vs a regular jig or t-rig. 

 

Agree that fishing these things is fun, something similar I like doing especially on new bodies of water is using a smaller sized rapala countdown or other small minnow bait on a spinning setup and just seeing what bites. 

[FishTank]

8 hours ago, Hogs_n_Logs said:

 

Nice fish, and wasnt implying fish wont eat it on the bottom, just that the reason these things originated is to be so light that with a trailer they can easily be fished above the bottom, so not really ideal for bottom vs a regular jig or t-rig. 

 

Agree that fishing these things is fun, something similar I like doing especially on new bodies of water is using a smaller sized rapala countdown or other small minnow bait on a spinning setup and just seeing what bites. 

Thanks... no big deal. These jigs are situational for me. I like to fish them mainly in local ponds, down the edge of shallow banks but have fished them on my kayak around shallow water docks and in coves. You're right about them being dink magnets but on BFS gear, it's just fun fishing anyway.  They do catch a lot fish for me though. 

 

The Keitechs are not the best small jig but I like them better than the old school Strike King Itsy Bitsy that's been around forever.  My favorites are from Bottom Up, Raid Japan,  and Imakatsu.  Also, the trailer to me is the key with these things. Several manufacturers, even Strike King and Yamamoto,  have come out with their own trailers to fit these jigs. I'm  looking forward to Yamamotos new one, the Covert Craw. 

 

Two of fish in the pics above were caught on the Raid Egu Dama Level jig. This jig has one of the better hooks out there.

[Bigbox99]

Sounds like a classic BFS bait to me.  These small jigs meant to imitate grass shrimp paired to a L or ML BFS rod and fluoro are a Japanese thing that hasn't really caught on here.  We seem to be more interested in the Ned rig. 

 

[WRB]

The Kietec jig isn’t new as I bought some when I still had my boat 4 years ago.

Spinning tackle works good but remember the high IPT spinning reels have and slow way down and use FC line under .009D.

Tom

[GetFishorDieTryin]

Great little baits.  I like putting Reins 2" twin tail on them, but my favorite trailer is probably a 3" bubbling shaker.  

They're great jigs, but keitech changed something recently with them.  The newer ones are much more delicate than the older ones and fall apart quicker.