Jigs

[Brand0n]

Just started really using them today and caught my first bass of 2012! I was using a black/blue 3/8oz football jig with a rage chunk on it casting in deep water near a dam. Lost a few fish, got some good bites. Whats the most common jig style you guys use and what size(s)? casting/flipping/football/ ? The two lakes I fish both are different obviously. One has a rocky/grassy bottom. The other is mostly grassy bottom. The rocky/grassy one is deeper and its where I caught my first jig bass. I don't have a boat so anywhere I go I have to bank fish.

[msolorio]

congrats man! for me it depends, if im fishing deep sloping points say 20-50' ill throw the football, if im in grass or timber then the arkie style or i guess u can call it the alien head style like the revenge jigs. there are times where ill throw a football head at everything though. as far as sizes go, i mainly stick to 3, 1/2, 3/4, 1 oz. i do have heavier but find they dont get used as often.

[tholmes]

The water that I fish the most has a lot of rocks and timber. I use an Arky style jig (I guess you could call it a flippin' jig) in 1/4, 3/8. and 1/2 oz. I've settled on blue/black and pumpkin green as my main colors, and use a craw trailer most of the time.

I also use a plain ol' ball head tied with bucktail in sizes from 1/8 to 1/2 oz. in a wide variety of colors.

Tom

[Brand0n]

is a 3/8oz a good all around size to use or start with?

[Jigfishn10]

Congrats Brand0n...The addiction has started...LOL

To answer your questions, here's what I like and think of different style of jigs:

Football Jigs = Rocks

Arky Style = Timber

Casting/Flipping = Weeds and Grass. Casting style jigs have a light hook, so I would use in sparse vegetation and flipping would be great for the thick stuff.

The above are just guidelines for me, I don't mind using ,say, a football jig for a casting jig situation or an Arky in rocks, but the list is really how I use them and, for me, make the day that much more enjoyable.

I generally stay with 1/4 oz and 1/2 oz for the most part heavier if the thick stuff is really thick so I can punch on down thru, so you 3/8oz jig is, IMHO, a good tweener jig and a very popular one at that.

Tom, how's that arky serving you?

[Vinny Chase]

is a 3/8oz a good all around size to use or start with?

This is the size I use the majority of the time in the summer in about 5-10ft. It has a nize fall rate that I get bit on more than the other sizes.

When the water cools down or I go up shallow, I will start with a 1/4 oz and when I am fishing deeper or they are more active, I will throw a 1/2 - 1oz

I am mostly fishing lakes with a lot of vegetation, so I throw the NorthStar Custom Baits grass jig most of the time.

Rocks = Football head

[Nitrofreak]

is a 3/8oz a good all around size to use or start with?

For what you are describing , yes, 3/8 gives a good fall rate that really gets the fish's attention.

For me it really depends on what I am doing with the jig...skipping it under docks...heavy grass...rocks...they all have a purpose, the jig is one of the most versitile baits you will ever fish and can be used in all areas of fishing.

If I am in open water 15 feet or deeper nothing less than a 1/2 oz for me.

jigfishn10 really has some great advise in his post you may want to copy that down.

Congrats and keep working at it they are very productive baits.

Good luck and be safe!!!