Vertical Jigging

[Hanr3]

I use light line, more bites and sinks faster. I for sure don't want to move the brush and spook the fish.

I too use light line- 4 pound, and a thin hook. This way the hook straightens out most of the time and I dont lose anything or move the brush pile.

[tomhuynh]

I use vertical jigging in water over 10 feet and when there is chop on the water. I use 1/32 to 1/8 oz jig depending on the depth and wind. They will jus suck the bait in so sensitive line and rod is important. I use both plastics and live minnows. Colors vary. On thing I used this year with success is Jigging Shad Raps that you would normally use when ice fishing . jut drop it over the side of the boat into a school and jig it to make it dance. lots of fun this way.

[Ken Jones]

The worst thing you can do is bend a hook back into position. If you do it weekens the hook. Bad call. Always replace a bent hook.

[skeetbum]

Guess I made several bad calls today then. :D:D Common practice in my boat.

["G"]

The worst thing you can do is bend a hook back into position. If you do it weekens the hook. Bad call. Always replace a bent hook.

In over 40 years of fishing for crappie.....I bend and and rebend the hook everytime I put a new one one....it makes it easier to straighten and pull loose when I hang up that way......I have never lost a crappie because of it. A lot of the crappie pros also recommend this. Anyhow....it works for me.

[NIMROD]

The worst thing you can do is bend a hook back into position. If you do it weekens the hook. Bad call. Always replace a bent hook.

never had a crappie straighten out a hook.

[sticko]

I vertical jig most of the time. I have a 10 foot pole and will jig all depths down to ten feet i never jig down deeper than ten feet.

because if i hang up i can reel the tip of the pole down till it touches the jig head and just push the jig off the stump. if i were to jig deeper than my pole is long i could not retrieve the jig.

when i do fish deeper than 10 feet and hang up i have a one ounce sinker
rigged up with a snap on it that i clip on my line and let it slide down to the
hung jig then just jig this heavy sinker a couple times and it will knock the
hung jig loose.

i use 1/8 oz jig heads most of the time. but will go up 1/4 oz if the current
is to strong to hold the jig in the brush without hanging up. I want my jig to
be bumping the brush.

I bend my hooks out a little you will get better hook ups.

I like the bigger tubes made by creme that are tri color. they are laminated

1/2 the jig is one color the other side another color and tail another color
like black/white/chart.

i use a weedless hook most of the time a good one is the v-guard made

by baitmaker 2000. I think he goes by grousefly on here,

[crappiekeith]

Being from northern Mn. I ice fish a lot. Verticle jigging is the method for slab crappies. Working the entire water column with a Marcum flasher allows me to target fish as they show up on my screen.
Since the Marcum is a real time electronic sonar device I can see my small 64th to 100 th oz hair jig.
The method is simple....get T.H.E. Jig in front of the fish and then pull it away.
The idea is to trigger their strike sense. So I'll lift my offering to the ceiling.
The ceiling is the point that the fish will lift too ,but no higher.
By doing this I can force the fish to make a run at my bait.

My rod is typically 17" to 24" in a ul action, ul spinning reel with a spring mounted on the end.
The spring is a strike indicator.

We usually find crappies in 25-35 fow and in most caes they will be somewhat suspened.
I'll usally go after the fish on the top of the pack although dropping into the pack can result in a hit while T.H.E. Jig is on a slow fall.

I'll use a StrikeMaster Lazer to auger many holes along a break line or out over a deep basin.
My portable fish houe is an Otter Lodge.
As the fish move I'll move which we call running and gunning.
Here's what is looks like inside the shack.


When it's nice out we fish outside...anything over 30 degrees is nice out.

["G"]

I vertical jig most of the time. I have a 10 foot pole and will jig all depths down to ten feet i never jig down deeper than ten feet.

because if i hang up i can reel the tip of the pole down till it touches the jig head and just push the jig off the stump. if i were to jig deeper than my pole is long i could not retrieve the jig.

when i do fish deeper than 10 feet and hang up i have a one ounce sinker
rigged up with a snap on it that i clip on my line and let it slide down to the
hung jig then just jig this heavy sinker a couple times and it will knock the
hung jig loose.

i use 1/8 oz jig heads most of the time. but will go up 1/4 oz if the current
is to strong to hold the jig in the brush without hanging up. I want my jig to
be bumping the brush.

I bend my hooks out a little you will get better hook ups.

I like the bigger tubes made by creme that are tri color. they are laminated

1/2 the jig is one color the other side another color and tail another color
like black/white/chart.

i use a weedless hook most of the time a good one is the v-guard made

by baitmaker 2000. I think he goes by grousefly on here,

Great tip with the one ounce sinker and snap. I am going to rig one up and try that. Thanks.

[chaunc]

The worst thing you can do is bend a hook back into position. If you do it weekens the hook. Bad call. Always replace a bent hook.

Not sure what type hooks you use but i've always been able to catch MORE fish after i reshape my hook. I've caught big catfish that have mangled my hook but i bent it back into shape and kept catching fish with it. Maybe you need to do that for salmon and such but not for panfish. I even can reshape my microspoons when i bend the hook getting it loose from a snag.