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Personally I like a swivel head jig like the Gene Larew hard head and a big craw. Skirt optional.

Capt Mike

Ernie knows what I use

drxfish wrote:

I was going to say, ask Curly.

That's why I answered what I did.....had just talked about it with him a few days ago

bigjeffie wrote:

Here is the secret...
What you believe will work will work.

Find something that speaks to you and fish it religiously.
Hours on the water and faith are the key.

Keep listening to your intuition and meld it with the experience of others.

The jig is a powerful tool.

I love it when you chime in.....very well stated!!

The jig works- keep chucking it.

Even a guy like curly , who fishes a jig really weird, catches one now and then

bigjeffie wrote:

Here is the secret...
What you believe will work will work..

You'll throw your confidence baits more and more so that kinda goes w/ what BigJ says.

A jig can be allot of stuff.  I have had great luck throwing jigs with a buck tail base and a silicon hair outer level.  Butch Neil made the jig for the local mid-Atlantic water shed that all the back country river anglers threw with luck.  When Butch's store got robbed and he closed down, I started making them for the local crowd.  I've seen more c-class smallies caught in rivers with them.  Here's some examples





I also tie one with zonker strips and cross cut rabbit strips that imitates a swimming minnow or a leach





Then a jig can be some lead, a hook, and a chunk of plastic.  My fav, since this is what I throw 90% of the time.  Started pouring a while back and enjoy catching fish on something I make

Grub jig




Tube jig



SWM jig.  This one's great.  Original mold for ice fishing, and with a dremel tool & a little JB Weld came up with this creation for just about any chance of plastic made and a bonus is the jig's virtually snag proof when fishing the rocky ledgy Piedmont rivers

Last edited by hookup (Aug-20-16 2:22PM)

well.  caught my first jig fish today.  not a biggie, only about 15".  but have to get the first out of the way before all the rest can follow.  caught him way out there on a black n blue with GY trailer.  threw it down his throat as he ate it as soon as it hit the water before I even engaged my reel.  skipped him across the surface all the way back to the bank.

Last edited by pier_man0909 (Aug-20-16 6:54PM)

Keep it up guys - fish like jigs

hookup wrote:

Keep it up guys - fish like jigs

Thank you Ernie for the jigs.  I have had more success with those (1/4) then the one I was using before (3/8).  Im not sure if it was the different jig style or smaller size, slower fall, or different trailer but im not gonna argue with it.  I went out for an hour this morning on the way to work and got 7 within the hour with the largest around 3-3.5 lbs or so.  Ive been mostly fishing the same area while I try to learn the jig fishin.  once I figure it out a little bit and have more time Ill venture out and explore more.  im still tryin to get comfortable but im getting there.  Hookup, I may need to get up with you about some more jigs.

pier_man0909 wrote:

I have had more success with those (1/4) then the one I was using before (3/8)

I've learned you need just enough lead to get them to tickle the rocks on the bottom. 

Charlier Brewer wrote SLIDER fishing & describes the technique well