Thread: Jig Colors?

Originally Posted by huntinslabs

I really like bad blood and white with firetail in the St Johns river system for specks.

do you have a picture by chance? do you use the same for bluegill and other panfish? I fish the St Johns and am considering going down to a 1/80 marabou for bluegill, sunfish and other panfish.

Bad blood is body color half white and half chartreuse with red curl tail or stinger tail. If you go to southern pro website and to hotgrubs you can see the color. Big bite baits has the color too. In fact I use a 3" big bite bait version for speckled trout and redfish

Southern pro bream bug.... Been using these for years.... The brown one is the best bait I've ever used for bream....

Originally Posted by Speckanator

Southern pro bream bug.... Been using these for years.... The brown one is the best bait I've ever used for bream....

What size jig head do you use with them?

Originally Posted by SwampFisher

What size jig head do you use with them?

No jig head.....I use a long shank light wire cricket hook under a small weighted bobber ..... With light tackle it easy to cast and accurate. Without a weight the bug will fall slowly and that's usually when they'll slam it.... Nothing better than a Gill or a cracker almost pulling the rod out of your hands.

I GET lots of bluegill bites on marabou jigs but rarely catch them . catch more on a small twister tail jig but live bait works much better on bluegill .for crappie, jigs work good in fall,winter and spring but in summer I sometime have to go to minnows.

Originally Posted by ichabod

I GET lots of bluegill bites on marabou jigs but rarely catch them . catch more on a small twister tail jig but live bait works much better on bluegill .for crappie, jigs work good in fall,winter and spring but in summer I sometime have to go to minnows.

What size twister tail do you use? Do you ever use them with split shots?

Originally Posted by Speckanator

No jig head.....I use a long shank light wire cricket hook under a small weighted bobber ..... With light tackle it easy to cast and accurate. Without a weight the bug will fall slowly and that's usually when they'll slam it.... Nothing better than a Gill or a cracker almost pulling the rod out of your hands.

do you ever use a crappie nibble with this?