Jig head question

[QUOTE=Redman;1370832 IF IT WORKS FOR YOU USE IT AND IF IT AIN'T BROKE DON'T FIX IT. Enough said.


The old Indian

Redman[/QUOTE]

Couldn't agree more.

Baitman, I just spooled tow of my jiffing poles with the 10-2 Power Pro. I have heard that it really works well. We'll see soon I hope.

You are going to lose a few jigs no matter what you do if you're fishing where crappie live. Most really good fishermen can work a jig in pretty tight places without hanging up. You need to learn to feel with your jig and not put too much pressure when you get hung.

When you get hung, snapping the line will sometimes free it. Siding a weight down the line will help get rid of most. Even the best will hang up every now and then but if you're careful you shouldn't lose too many. The crappie you catch from such places will make it worth it.

Ah, jigtosser, you bring up an interesting question. If we stuck to "status quo", no one would be using sickle hooks, plastic bodies, etc. I'm still not sure that a minnow head would avert hangups enough to make everyone throw away all the ball heads, but it makes one think. Thanks for the comment.........good food for thought.

Hey, thank you for the reply. You want to get a good one going go into a bait shop and tell them the sickle hook is the only one to use. Any jig head will hang up. All that post was for was to get people to think and hopefully get people to do research and be able to at least defend what they do and not say, "well that's what I always used, or that is what everyone else uses". Some time down the road I will do a post on the effects of hook size in relationship to snags. I am one of those that loves to break things in order to fix it.

to me it seems like bigger the hook, you will get more snags, because of the bigger hook gap

You are absolutely right. That is why midge fishermen rarely get hung up. Their hooks are a size 32.

I doubt that there has ever been any molds made to build what youre asking. All the jigs I've ever seen have the hooks turned one way. I would think by turning the hook 180 degrees you'd hang WAY MORE on limbs as the jigs pass by though.:o A serious jig fisherman either pours his own jigs or buys in bulk. Fact is....you gonna loose jigs if fishing in/around brush.;):) As already mentioned, there are options such as weedless jigs or stronger line with light wire jig hooks.

Getting hung and loosing jigs was the reason I started pouring lightwire jigheads. Still lose a few BUT get the majority back. Sure works for me and many other fishermen.

lightwirehooker

You both are correct. My molds will take hooks either way but he was using the gold hooks and turning them upside down after they were poured. Mr Livingston stated that he did not really think anyone would fish the upside down hook but wanted people to start thinking about sticking the hook. Do the roll test and make up your own mind. If nothing else it will make good fodder for conversation. And the up side down hook has been tested and works extremely well on certain species of fish.