Favorite FLIPPING/PITCHING JIGS?

[warmer]

What Im interested in here is flipping cover in 6ft and shallower. I am flipping jigs with more consistency than in the past, and have found that for flipping/pitching the pads i really like to use the terminator jig.  

and for a trailer i am drawn to the zoom chunk, or the gampler flappy daddy.

I am curious about what jigs and trailers you folks like?

Are there jigs you like particularly for maidencane/kissimmee grass (Im having a hard time finding the bottom in the grass)?

Are there jigs you like particularly for hydrilla?

[Megastink]

I fish northern NJ, PA, and Southern CT. MY picks? Keitech Football Jig with a 3" Keitech Spider Grub.

For bigger bites? Strike King Football jig with a Rage Chunk.

I also like Bitsey Flip Jigs with ZOOM Thin Chunks.

Ya know what, check these out: http://wackyworm.com/wwfamousjigs.html

They are a small company from Pa. These little jigs just flat out CATCH FISH! When the going gets tough for me, I reach for a light baitcasting outfit and pitch these to docks with a ZOOM Thin Chunk.

Seriously, I'm not sponsored by these guys, but i with i was!

[warmer]

Keitech Football Jig...Strike King Football jig with a Rage Chunk.

do you flip the football jig into cover?

http://wackyworm.com/wwfamousjigs.html

these look good, but they seem really light, i mostly flip heavy cover. do they make one w/ more weight 1/2 to 3/4's?

i picked up this "bass stalker" today to give it a whirl.

and has anyone tried this revenge flip jig?

one other problem im having is bent hooks.  it pegs the pad and i pull it through and bend the hook even on heavy wire.  i have backed off my drag to avoid straightening the hook on hookset, but i still end up bending them.

[Megastink]

My flipping/pitching is mainly finesse. I know, it sounds weird, but i have come to the conclusion that a bass in a pressured lake (like ALL of the ones i fish in) would be more willing to take a small, 1/8 oz jig falling slowly then a 3/4 oz heavy cover jig.

I dont throw big, bulky jigs much, i mainly stick with footballs.

And those "small looking" jigs are jst that, ligt and small. No bigger then 1/4 oz (or maybe 3/8, i cant remember). They are meant to be a Finesse type jig. They work. I have used them on 17# line before in heavy weeds, and they catch fish, and big ones. But i mainly use them around docks and such.

[warmer]

i mainly use them around docks and such.

as soon as the water comes up here in florida ill give them a shot around some docks... most of the lakes that have docks that i fish are ankle deep at the end of the dock .   can you skip them?

[SuthernProg]

There's a couple I like. The Outkast pro staff jig, The Predator jig, Dave's Tourney Tackle King Sling and Booyah's Boo Bug. All with either Net Bait Baby Paca Craws or Zoom swimming chunks. I lean towards the smaller sizes for the shallows and light cover. Oh, Jewel Bait Co's Spider jig is good too.

[basspro48]

I love war eagle jigs for flipping around wood and sparse grass.

But most of the time I go with a jig that I have hand tied, these are a couple that I made last night

And here's one I made with living rubber for deeper water

for trailers I usually go with ZOOM super chunks, Paca chunks, or GYCB twintail grubs. But sometimes I'll go with a ZOOM baby brush hog or super hog when I need a bulkier presentation

[Infidel.]

and has anyone tried this revenge flip jig?

I'm really digging these jigs for flipping.  The Mustad hook is a lot stronger than the wide gap Gammy found on the other jigs.  Good head for getting through the grass as well.  

[Brian_Reeves]

Anytime that I'm fishing heavy grass, I prefer a flordia rigged rage craw or anaconda over a jig 10-1.  The reason is that jigs can become real grass catchers and they don't move through the heavy vegitation as well.  I pour a 30degree bullet jig that does a great job, but I don't have the supplies to make any right now. I don't have any for even myself :'(

You might want to check out the Oldhams Trailer Hitch jigs.  These things are built around a heavy Owner hook.  You won't be bending very many hooks unless you hook into a submarine and they are razor sharp.  They come through sparse and medium grass very well and they have good skirt colors/action.  I fish all of my jigs with a rage tail chunk or a rage tail craw as a trailer 90% of the time.

[Megastink]

i mainly use them around docks and such.

as soon as the water comes up here in florida ill give them a shot around some docks... most of the lakes that have docks that i fish are ankle deep at the end of the dock . can you skip them?

Yea, on spinning gear, but baitcasting gear is really tricky.

[fishfordollars]

Oldham Trailerhitch are the ones I have the most confidence in.

[JShrock07]

I actaully just started fishing jigs this year. But the trailer of choice for me has been the strike king rage tail craw. They work great they move alot of water and they have a great action if you decide to swim them.

[Megastink]

I love the rage tails also. But there are times where less is more. In cold water, or around spooky fish, sometimes a trailer with less, or "flat" action is more suitable. For that reason, i prefer ZOOM slim chunks or Super Chuck Jr.s.

[warmer]

thanks for the input all.

Good head for getting through the grass as well.

what weight do you use when you are pitching grass?

basspro48, those jigs look great. why do you not prefer the living rubber on your shallow jigs as well?

strike king rage tail craw

i like these in deaper water on brush when it has time to really get those legs working. i find in the shallower stuff i prefer the quicker vibration of the flappy daddy. but like you say the subtle, flat of the chunks is nice too.

The Predator jig, Dave's Tourney Tackle King Sling

i couldnt find anything about these jigs online, do you have a link.

southernprog,

w/ the paca craw i have had a harder time w/ getting it to sit right as a trailer, maybe because of the way the terminator is designed. i love the action on the paca, and there are like 10 backs gathering dust, so i need to make them work. have you ever tried to make the paca toad work as a trailer. i love the action on those feet for a trailer.

[Megastink]

Powerbait Chigger Craw is another good trailer... or by itself...

[Catt]

Oldham Trailerhitch are the ones I have the most confidence in.

#1 Heavy Cover Jig  

[warmer]

Oldham Trailerhitch are the ones I have the most confidence in.

#1 Heavy Cover Jig  

what weight in what conditions catt?

[basspro48]

thanks for the input all.

Good head for getting through the grass as well.  

what weight do you use when you are pitching grass?

basspro48, those jigs look great.  why do you not prefer the living rubber on your shallow jigs as well?

To tell you the truth I've never tried it in shallow water, I've just always tied all my deeper water jigs with living rubber and never got around to experimenting with it in the shallows.

I'm gonna whip up some rubber 1/4 and 5/16oz jigs and try em out next time I'm around shallow wood or something.

[Catt]

For matted Hydrilla/Coontail/Milfoil at any depth & any condition I throw 3/4-1 oz; any thing less than matted 1/4-5/8 oz  

[warmer]

okay, i figured out a good way to use the paca toad craws as a trailer.  i tear them off and melt them to old throw away worms to thread them on the hook so they will stay (they dont work well inside that hollow body for me).  

[Megastink]

Ummmm... Super Glue?

[SuthernProg]

Warmer, Dave's website hasn't been updated since 06 for some reason, but I buy the King Sling's from my local shop. Don't have a link for the predator. I think you should be able to just Google it. Haven't used the Paca Toads, but they look nice.

[warmer]

here's the effect of the modified paca toads... now this is the paca toad sr. so the craws are extra large.

i look forward to trying some of the jigs that have been suggested.