Jig Questions

[00SKEETER]

I'm looking for a good brand of jig to start using. I want a good casting (not flipping jig) jig. I don't want a heavy gauge hook because I don't do a lot of heavy cover flipping. I like to use 1/4-1/2. I've always heard D&L jigs are good.

Does anyone use Mop Jigs very often? If so, what time of year is the best for them?

What time of year is the best for finesse jigs (Spring or Summer). Thanks in advance for the help.

[pastorbass]

Cumberland Pro and Eakins

[Col Forbin]

I like finesse jigs year round, unless I am fishing deep. I really like the jewell football heads for deeper fishing, and slow dragging. For finnesse jigs - last cast is my favorite, but they may be hard to find. Eakins makes a finnesse/spider jig that is good, and Strike kings bitsy bugs/flips are good. I fish these finnesse ones, almost just like a t-rigged worm. SLOW, and the occassional tiny hop. The right trailer is key with these.

[dfkyhunter]

Eakins jigs are my favorite with a paca crawl trailor. They cast well and are pretty snag proof if you get them hung they usually come loose. It's about the only manufacured jig I'll use.

[skinny]

try Shoe Bootie Jigs they got a light wire hook(mustad),but he'will put a heavier hook in them also. he makes hair jigs,round head,football head and bullet head jigs. 606-787-5402 ask for jimmy
they're sold in a couple of local stores around green and lake cumberland

[Bad_Company]

Eakins, Shoe Bootie (Same as Eakins but a lot of custom colors, plus he makes Footballs, Arky, Bullet heads also. Plus they are a lot cheaper then most production jigs) and a new jig I have been using and has become my new favorite is Blaze Custom Lure's new jig. It is pretty similar to the old Stan Sloan's Boosa Bug except it has a 3/0 heay wire Mustad in it. Blaze and Shoe Bootie are found in a lot of bait shops in Central Kentucky. Shoe Bootie's number is above, and Blaze's is 1-606-669-0547. The only Eakins I use now is the color's that I cant get from Shoe Bootie and Blaze. Blaze also has a good line of Soft Plastic lures and football head jigs.


Matt

[MsgMills]

I like the Booyah jigs from 3/16 to 3/4 oz.

[DJD]

I like finesse jigs year round, unless I am fishing deep. I really like the jewell football heads for deeper fishing, and slow dragging. For finnesse jigs - last cast is my favorite, but they may be hard to find. Eakins makes a finnesse/spider jig that is good, and Strike kings bitsy bugs/flips are good. I fish these finnesse ones, almost just like a t-rigged worm. SLOW, and the occassional tiny hop. The right trailer is key with these.

I mostly agree with Mr. Forbin about finesse jigs being used year round. A good trailer (paca chunk) with a 1/4-3/16oz jig feels great, my choice would be D&L but I have used many others. I throw mine on a 7ft Loomis (3 power) and it feels perfect!
I feel the lighter the jig the less they get hung up in the rocks and the hooks are easier to open up when you pull if they get snagged.

[Greg Sallee]

I like finesse jigs year round, unless I am fishing deep. I really like the jewell football heads for deeper fishing, and slow dragging. For finnesse jigs - last cast is my favorite, but they may be hard to find. Eakins makes a finnesse/spider jig that is good, and Strike kings bitsy bugs/flips are good. I fish these finnesse ones, almost just like a t-rigged worm. SLOW, and the occassional tiny hop. The right trailer is key with these.

Jewell gets my vote.

[keepersize]

Check out the jigs at teamsupremetackle.com. A2O in Clarksville, Ind. also has some. They make a full line of jigs and most come in heavy or light wire hook options. Also check out their new shakey head design, without a doubt you will like it.

[TR21Bassin]

I like Slongs jigs and they are made in Hanson, KY.

Charlie

[wishniwasfishn]

Try Legal Limit Lures, he makes some darn good jigs, and he will make custom jigs, if you dont like his stock. WWW.LEGALLIMITLURES.COM. Also some of the best priced jigs I have bought, and he is local.