What makes a Swim Jig?

[DJD]

Is this a specific jig style or a specific technique? Just curious.

[Bobby Headrick]

The head style on some jigs, they do make swim jigs but I think mostly it is technique. Booyah makes some and so do several others. I have caught fish just reeling in regular flippin jigs, I do not think football style heads work as well. I usually swim mine like a spinnerbait.

[DJD]

Just google it and found some info. I agree even though some are made specifically for it I think it can be done with some casting jigs.

[Col Forbin]

They usually have a little longer skirt too. At least the ones I have had some success on had a long skirt. I like a bit of orange in a swim jig - somewhat of a bluegill pattern. I usually use a single tail grub as a trailer. I also think a paddle tail swim tube would make a great trailer, but I haven't tried it.

[redneckshadrap]

The man behind the reel can make anything swim. Some jigs work a little better than others. Some of you guys that have fished with me at Stoner in the late fall/winter months have seen me "swimming" f-n-f jigs down the the contour of the bank with some good results.

I swim 1/16 oz hare jigs during the summer on one of my favorite creek stretches. It usually yields high numbers...

So....just go out with the jigs you have and practice swimming them,,,

Billy

[biggw]

The man behind the reel can make anything swim. Some jigs work a little better than others. Some of you guys that have fished with me at Stoner in the late fall/winter months have seen me "swimming" f-n-f jigs down the the contour of the bank with some good results.

I swim 1/16 oz hare jigs during the summer on one of my favorite creek stretches. It usually yields high numbers...

So....just go out with the jigs you have and practice swimming them,,,

Billy

Yep i think i have seen you do that lol---And i would say we better do it again this fall--we missed last fall but not this one...

George

[18'stratos]

If you are going to swim a jig, why not just use a chatterbait? Yesterday I fished Beaver Lake in Anderson County. I caught 22 bass and missed several more. My baits were Buzzbait early then a chatterbait swimmed through the grass pockets. I tried a jig first with no results. Water was stained almost muddy looking and the extra thump of that blade on the chatterbait made it easier for the bass to locate it. Big fish came on the Buzzbait, she was 3-3/4pounds. This fish should have weighed around 6. Long and skinny. It was just fun fishing and catching.

[DJD]

Man I'm with you there. The swim jig looks a little different but your right the blade could add that extra thump.
Beaver still producing huh? How does that grass look? Healthy? I know it was sprayed in the Spring.

[Cobra190]

Not even sure if I still have them, but years ago I had some jigs that actually had a willow leaf blade on the head. And these were made to either jig or swim. So I guess swimming a jig is not all that new.

[RoadToad]

I always thought the main thing that made it a "swim jig" was the positioning of the eye at a forward angle, instead of 90° like a regular roundhead jig, and a streamlined head. Like Bobby said, football heads don't swim well.

[CTFSHWHISKER]

paca craw makes a good thump when swimming it on a jig,have had good success with it..football seems to work fine as does the d&l...what problems do you all have with the football jig?

[DJD]

Just thinking that maybe the swim jig stays level when retrieved fast? I know that I have burned a few football jigs in with my 7:1 Shimano and never had one spin on me. I noticed that some of the swim jigs had a thinner wire hook and was supposed to have a stronger wire guard, at least the pics looked that way.