Thread: Jig cost vs rubber

I tie my own. Lots of fun and when you catch a limit on a jig you tied the night before it kinda makes your head swell.

Originally Posted by MEATGETTER

if you think that was fast you need to watch her in a well lighted room with air conditioner on !!!!! she can start a jig and i can turn out the light and she be though before the room gets dark!!!!!!!!!!!! lol know kiddin she has a lot of experience tying jigs i will put her up against anybody !!!!!!!! she has tyied over 2000 minner critter and jigs this month already!!!!! i think i might give her a raise !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Where do you find a woman like that? She even helps the cooks at Crappie Camp.
DP

she can skin a deer to, she can fillet fish almost as fast as she tyies jigs!!!!!

Ok guys I appreciate it I will get ya some Picts of my favorites meat idk you may already make some of em. Lm I take you out no problem

I started tying about 3 a months ago. I'm guessing my cost per jig at this point is probably $15!

But it sure is fun!

the more you get in it the more expensive it gets !!!!! we have over $10,000 in inventory !!!!!!!! and never fails someone always want something you don't have!!!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by arkansasbowhunter

On an average trip I may lose 4-8 jigs as do troll a lot of structure just ask nimrod lol. He told me he couldn't believe I trolled some of the stuff on nimrod. I told him I wasn't scared of trash lol.

Dangit man! I wish I could only loose that many. I average 20 per trip longline trolling. I make dang sure I am getting in the brush, but I catch much better fish on average than those just trying to tick the tops. As for the hair vs. plastics, I am 50/50. I normally pull plastics till the temps drop down below 60, then I will pull hair jigs tipped with minnows. Keep in mind I am talking longline trolling. If you are talking spiderriging for trolling, then I am all about the hair jigs or plastics with a straight tail. NO CURLY anything when spiderriging. Let the minnow do the work. I fish waters with both white and black crappie by the way. Get you a box or two of each in your favorite colors. I promise, there will be days they want one and not the other. Better to be prepared. The folks mentioned on this thread make some really good baits and I am sure you can get the colors you want.

Yea one of the secrets is I use light wire hooks so I don't lose many hooks comparatively speaking. I am not bashful about structure either when spidering ask nimrod lol. He couldn't believe I troll thru some of the stuff on that lake. Key is I may hang up on the unknown but then I fish the heck around and on it. Mark all structure with gps and I can fish it good then.