BARE NAKED JIGS

[Guest muddy]

Hey Fellas: what jigs without feathers, skirts and weed guards do you guys use, and why? I have discovered I like to jig, and prefer using these heads/hooks with just some kind of creature or worm on it. I really didn't take to the dressed jigs, so i am looking for what BARE NAKED JIGS you fellas use.

[RobbyZ5001]

Mushroom Head 3/8 oz and 1/8 oz

[Gatorbassman]

Dom,

You are talking about the good ol' jighead and worm. I use many different kinds of jigheads and I have found that the two types I use the most are round head and stand-up head. I have caught hundreds of fish on the Spot Remover stand-up and many others on the Picasso Shakedown round head.

I found that when the fish want the worm hopped I go to the standup. There is nothing better than a Spot Remover IMO. But when they are inactive and hard to catch a roundhead is the ticket. You let the jig settle to the bottom and shake it without moving it.

The thing to look for when picking out a round head is the angle of the hook eye from the hook, and the direction the hookeye is turned. This is why I feel that the Picasso is superior to most "shaky jigs". It has a 60 degree angle so you can shake the worm up and down without lifting the weight off the bottom, and the eye is also a cross eye. This prevents the jig from turning on its side while you are lightly shaking it.

Fluke

[JigNBig]

I like the XPS Football Heads.

[Tin]

I think that the Title Shot Jighead by Fin-Tech Lures is probably the best for soft plastics. I'm a believer and rarely use anything else. I'm probably going to start pouring my own exposed hook round jigheads for grubs and such. Naked Jigheads with a soft plastic lure are awesome lures

Shhhhhhhhhhhhh... thats the little known secret in RI, lol

"Finesse pitchin'". A 7/32 oz. Title-Shot knuckleball head with a small beaver or half of a zoom super hog. Have to use a medium action rod and 8-10 pound line though because of the hook.

[Guest muddy]

Thank You Gentlemen, and my furry little friend thanks you too>>>>>>BAD MONKEY!

[Randall]

Muddy, what are you looking for in a jighead?  All jigheads are different and some are better at different things. What line you use, what rod you use, what type of cover etc. all makes a difference in which jighead is best. How you like to fish it makes a big difference. Many jigheads to me are just a gimmick designed to catch fishermen instead of fish but some are well thought out and work for what they are designed for. None that I have tried yet work best for everything. Since it is something I use a lot in different situations I am in the process of trying some different ones from a few different small companies that really understand what really makes a jighead work and are unique and different from most of what is out there to use in different situations. I did this because most companies didn't make what I was looking for and it limited when I could use a jighead. Often, I had to use something different than a jighead like a skirted jig because nobody made a good BARE NAKED JIGHEAD that did what I wanted it to do. So far I have found one for all but one situation which is pitching to heavy grass like hydrilla on heavy line and I am still looking for a company or person that can make this jighead for me. I have found some that were OK but not a perfect one yet and I still have one or two to try a little more. But since I have tested a bunch and went out looking for different ones I bet I can probably give you a good example to use for what you want it to do. So, what do you want to use it for?

[Guest muddy]

I have a 7 foot All Star Extra Fast/Med Heavy. Trion 6.3:1, and 15# mono line. I like to throw *** 4.5 inch Brush Hogs, some Platic Worms and Craws with it. Onto Rock Piles and boulders from 5 to 18 ft. of water. Shallows full of roks( Thats where the craw fishes best) and some drop offs where riocks meet with grass, hope that helps give you the info you need,

[grimlin]

Honestly you can't beat Gman's jigs.

[The_Natural]

I use 1/2 and 3/4oz lead football heads with a fiber brushguard on a modified brush hog to imitate a crawfish.  I bought the heads at walmart a few years ago...and am almost out.  I need some more head I guess  

[Guest muddy]

I got Jigs from Gman, they were incedible. I do not like those weed guards, no matter how well made. I am beggining to find my niche in jigging and want to learn more about it. I have no interest in dressed and jigs with weedguards.

[Randall]

I have a 7 foot All Star Extra Fast/Med Heavy. Trion 6.3:1, and 15# mono line. I like to throw *** 4.5 inch Brush Hogs, some Platic Worms and Craws with it. Onto Rock Piles and boulders from 5 to 18 ft. of water. Shallows full of roks( Thats where the craw fishes best) and some drop offs where riocks meet with grass, hope that helps give you the info you need,

For grass and rocks and pretty heavy line and a medium heavy rod this is the best I have found. It has a football shaped head that comes through rocks and a unique hook that helps it come through grass as well. Its made by Strike Zone Lures and is called "The perfect jighead"I believe. The keeper doesn't get in the way of the hookset like on most jigheads and the hook is big enough for brushhogs. It looks different but it works.

[Guest muddy]

Thans Randall, well that makes 3 types to give a shot with, looking foward for iceout, it's a mere 3 months away :-/

[Gatorbassman]

I forgot about those jigs Randall. They are great. I ran out a few months ago and never picked up some more. They are nice.

[Guest muddy]

Hey Randall and Flukey: Should I go to a higher lb test in mono or would I do better with a braid, and if so which one do you guys use?

OH and the question I need to ask. On the round shakey head jigs i got from Brent at *** there is the main hook and there is a little hook on the head. I got some other ones that have a curley: WHAT ARE THEY FOR, do you attach the bait to those and the "regular hook" ?

[The_Natural]

I got Jigs from Gman, they were incedible. I do not like those weed guards, no matter how well made. I am beggining to find my niche in jigging and want to learn more about it. I have no interest in dressed and jigs with weedguards.

You ought to try the Table Rock Tackle Rock-Walker jighead.  It doesn't have that thick fiber weedguard...yet two thin rubber coated wires.  It is the 'in-between' regarding a thick brushguard and going 'bare'.   They easily bend and offer effortless hooksets.  

http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_51886_100010006_100000000_100010000_100-10-6

[Guest muddy]

Thank you much Natural; that looks interesting! Jig Land is gonna be expensive, freakin monkey! :-/

[The_Natural]

Thans Randall, well that makes 3 types to give a shot with, looking foward for iceout, it's a mere 3 months away :-/

I thought you lived on Toledo Bend?

[Randall]

I got another one as well. Got these just a couple of days back. If you are like me and want to horse the fish in sometimes this hook is made with a Mustad Ultra Point just like on a flipping jig. Most jigheads have lighter hooks but not this one. It isn't the best grass jig since it  catches some grass but it has a great 5/0 flipping hook on 1/8oz and up jigheads. I couldn't find a 5/0 anywhere on an 1/8 oz jighead until they sent me some samples to try. It has dimples in the head and they took the lead from the dimples to make a larger diameter head for better feel and to come through rocks and skip better. It has a great keeper that won't let the bait slide without the springs etc. that take up part of the hook gap and interfere with a good hookset. This may end up being my head for flipping in heavy wood cover and rocks with brushhogs where I would normaly have to use a skirted jig for the bigger hook. Its made by Git-Bit baits here in GA. They don't have a website finished yet but have a number on it to call and are just starting out but this is a good jighead and their first product.

[Randall]

Hey Randall and Flukey: Should I go to a higher lb test in mono or would I do better with a braid, and if so which one do you guys use?

OH and the question I need to ask. On the round shakey head jigs i got from Brent at *** there is the main hook and there is a little hook on the head. I got some other ones that have a curley: WHAT ARE THEY FOR, do you attach the bait to those and the "regular hook" ?

Braid will cut like butter on rocks but is great in grass  :-/if you need that much force to get the fish out. Braid is less sensitive when the line is slack but most sensitive when it is pullled tight :-/. I like fluro myself and consider it the best jigging line since it is the all around most sensitive and abraision resistant line but will use braid in really thick grass where the fluro will break off more. I haven't seen Brent's but that curly thing is a spring that you screw the bait onto I think. I like Gmans jigs too but he don't make 1/16 or 1/8 oz  :(which is what everybody including me uses around here where I fish.

[Guest muddy]

Thans Randall, well that makes 3 types to give a shot with, looking foward for iceout, it's a mere 3 months away :-/

I thought you lived on Toledo Bend?

TOLEDO BEND? Man I live in North East PA, in the highest city in the state!