2Pc Jig

[clayton86]

I was looking threw a magazine today well the wife was shopping and seen this new buckeye 2pc football jig. Looks like an intresting concept has anyone here seen or tried it out.

[A-Jay]

I have not fished the Buckeye jig with the movable head.

Sounds like an interesting concept.

I've fished this "Scooter Jig" a bit.

http://fishaccent.com/Scooter_Jigs.html

This Model is offered with different style heads and with the Texas rigged plastic comes through cover well. You can easily change skirts to make any combination desired.

I am not that excited about the quality of the hook or the design used to attach it to the head. I would prefer a little beefier hook. Additionally, there is no way to replace it when needed as it is permanently attached to the head.

I have taken a few fish with it.

This bait is what gave me the inspiration to start fishing a light version of a punch rig when jig fishing almost exclusively.

A-Jay

[Bankbeater]

I saw that ad in a magazine too. I would be afraid that the weight sliding around free could get the line hung up in heavy brush. I will wait to buy one until I see the reviews on it.

[clayton86]

I saw that ad in a magazine too. I would be afraid that the weight sliding around free could get the line hung up in heavy brush. I will wait to buy one until I see the reviews on it.

The way it sounded in the magazine it snaps in and is held on "tight" but the force of a strike/hookset allows the weight to slide up out of the way making it less likely to be thrown by the bass.

[BassThumb]

This jig was featured is Bassmaster recently. The author wrote that the jig's designer was losing 4 out of every 5 fish on regular football jigs in deep water, so he designed the break-away head design to prevent the bass from shaking the jig free.

Has anybody here ever had problems losing 80% of their fish of football jigs? It happens occasionally when a bass shakes it's head with a 3/4-1 oz jig in it's mouth, but 80% sounds WAY overblown to me. 2-5% is more reasonable I think.