Need a rod for jigs

[roadwarrior]

Your "best" rods should be those you use for soft plastics and jigs.

This might help:

http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1196114229

8-)

[=Matt 5.0=]

Ok, I gotta ask....how long of a cast are you guys making to fish a jig?

As far as it will go.  

[Catt]

Ok, I gotta ask....how long of a cast are you guys making to fish a jig?

I use a jig for everything from flipping 10-15' from the boat out to 35-40 yards casts on deep structure.  

[The Rooster]

Ok, I gotta ask....how long of a cast are you guys making to fish a jig?

I use a jig for everything from flipping 10-15' from the boat out to 35-40 yards casts on deep structure.

You're able to cast 35-40 yards??  I do well to hit 70 feet, which is just shy of 25 yards.  That's with a 3/8 oz. lure though.  About the largest I fish.  Until now that is.  Once I get a good jigging rod I might be throwing up to 3/4 or more.  Gotta learn first though.  

[Jeff H]

Ok, I gotta ask....how long of a cast are you guys making to fish a jig?

I use a jig for everything from flipping 10-15' from the boat out to 35-40 yards casts on deep structure.

I don't like to do that unless I absolutely have to.  I will throw long if I'm draggin' a football through a saddle or whatever, but I always try to fish my jigs as close to vertical as possible on deep structures.  Usually my "casts" are a short pitch (and subsequent vertical drop on free spool) or no longer than 40' from the boat.  I realize not everybody is fishing from a boat, so sometimes a long cast is necessary.  I just believe your odds of losing fish increase when fishing jigs "way out there".

[Catt]

80% of my bass are caught a mile offshore in 15-30' of water, long cast followed by working the jig like a Texas Rig. I've used this technique for close to 25 years and never had a problem losing bass on long cast even when using mono.

[The Rooster]

Ima learn from you, and I'm gettin' that Team Daiwa-V rod.  

[Chad.]

Bue the best you can afford

[Jeff H]

Ima learn from you, and I'm gettin' that Team Daiwa-V rod.

Thats the spirit Roostertails. You'll learn much from Catt, but keep in mind he knows where he is putting that jig and why he wants it there, and thats the #1 rule as far as I'm concerned. Where you put it is most important and you learn where to put it by learning to interpret structure. It's a precision bait, not meant for covering water as a search lure. Swimming a jig works at times, but it's like putting a backwards ball cap on the Mona Lisa if you ask me. Fish it on a stiff rod for best results and when you feel that "tap", WHACK 'em....hard!

[Jeff H]

Bue the best you can afford

I agree with that, especially where a jig rod is concerned.

[Tokyo Tony]

Speaking of Carrot/Crucial comparisons, which would you guys say is more sensitive? I recently bought a Carrot jig rod, and while it's really nice and sensitive, it's not quite as sensitive as I imagined it would be. Is the Crucial more sensitive?

It may just be that I have to get more used to the Carrot...

[Chad.]

I have a crucial and a boyd duckett i'll have to continue to fish the two.

[fretfishman]

Well, by no means have I fished all of the two lakes I fish the most on, but as far as I know there is no slop on them.  But I do regularly see fish way down deep in 20 feet of water or more.  And I can't get down to them except by the T-rig or a jig.  I use the T-rig a lot with some success but not that deep usually.  And I've never jig fished at all but want to get into it.  Actually I'm wanting to try a lot of different stuff and this year I've tackled some of it.  I'm learning to crank now, and fish worms, and now jigs.

have you used a carolina rig? if you're fishing deep that and a nice p-line or similar flouro will get you deep quickly.

[The Rooster]

I've fished the carolina in the past and done OK with it.  Mainly I use the texas rig though.  I do pretty decent with it so I'm guessing the jig will do good too.  

[The Rooster]

Was at Wal-mart today getting stuff for the 4th of July bash we're going to. Me, my wife, and her two brothers and her sister are going to the lake with all their spouses and children, taking 2 bass boats and one 24 foot pontoon. My boat will be one of them, and me and my wife will be the only two on it. 8-)

Anyway, while there I looked at the fishing rods. They only had 2 I would have even liked. The Team Daiwa-V rod and the Quantum Torsion. The Quantum said medium heavy but felt more like a medium in terms of power and stiffness. It had a moderate tip also, not very fast at all. It was only $18.96 so I figured that had something to do with it. Nice rod for that money but not what I want.

The Team Daiwa-V rod is SEXXXY though. They had it in 7' and 6'6", both in medium heavy. The 7' one feels a bit too long and heavy for me right now I think. I believe I'm gonna go with the 6'6" to begin with.

I didn't get it tonight, had to spend $200 on other stuff for the party and for a camping trip we're taking later on this month. But it's definitely in the future for me, possibly before the end of the summer, but I'll have to wait till I swing another big job done before I can just lay down for it (I work home improvements and construction). Shouldn't take long. I'm glad I found such a nice rod for the money. It's only $49.96. Should do everything I want when I get it. Already have a nice reel for it, the Bass Pro Shops Extreme in a 6.4:1 ratio.  Just gotta get by on the rod it's on now until I get the Daiwa rod to replace it. :'( Oh well, soon enough I'll be jigging with it. And spinnerbaiting, and buzzbaiting, and T-rigging and.........hopefully catching some FISH!!!