jighead size and preferances

i hand tie my own jigs as well as sell jigs i prefer to use a 1/32 head as oposed to a 1/16th the 1/16th seems to be a lil to heavy for lake fishing as i find myself more on the lakes rather than the rivers lately meaning the last few years.
the 1/32 seems to have a more natural fall and a more fluid motion that seems to have a more efective strike ratio on the fall or on the drift or slower retreve .
just seems like a 1/16th is a lil heavy but you guys shoot me back some views from your viewpoints on the mater and mabe i might see some things i ben missin Attachment 60711

Nicely Done. Like the bottom one. Good color combo. As for the head sizes I feel that it is a personal preference thing. I like a 1/8 oz when I fish cypress trees and in the fall downs in the river. But I have 5 different sizes of crappie heads each has its place and time that I use them. I look at them as only a tool I use to catch Crappies. Rod, Reel, Line, and jig. Just tools how I use them will determine how successful I am. Better to have a full arsenal than a Just a empty box of Ammo.

Redman

Purty jigs.
As for size, I fish 1/8ths most of the time. It's just what I'm comfortable and most confident in. Hasn't done me wrong thus far.

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Where I fish it depends on what depth that are at the time. Spring I use 1/32 too, but mostly Roadrunners, but some jigs as well. Once summer sets in I go to 1/8. On the 1/8 fishing water depth 20' or more and fish down 12'-18' usually you loose the feel in the wind with a 1/32 or I would use them then too. I do use some 1/16 too especially pre spawn and post spawn when they are at kind of an in between depth and I do use some 1/16 during the spawn when they are in 6'-10' of water, but not near as much as 1/32 then.

I probably sell a lot more 1/16 than anything else.

Skip

thanks skip im liking this site here lots of q and a and realy great folks on here 2

split the difference with 1/24 oz, I use them all the time. don't hardly ever use 1/16, if the wind is blowin hard enough for 1/16
I stay home. 1/32 is my go-to jig

Like Redman said they are a tool. I prefer 1/16th and 1/32nd but that doesn't mean I don't have 1/8th and 1/4th or some of the tiny ones available if needed. You never know what type of senario you'll run into and if you have a selection of jig sizes you're covered. Nice ties on your jigs.

Nice looking jigs ssk. I prefer the 1/16ths though. I mainly troll jigs and the weight of the 1/16's will run a little deeper while dragging 'em.:o

wow thanks guys on your input on the mater i use a 1/32 mostly because i fish my jigs slow around structure and it seems to that the 1/32 has more of a fluid motion and the heavyer jigs have more of a machanical motion thus the 1/32 seems to get more strikes becouse it looks more lifelike in its movements but when the wind gets up i also tend to go to the 1/16th but thats about as big as i usualy get even then i tend to use more tail feathers for more drag to slow the jigs speed in drop and make it have a more fluid motion it seems to have a beter strike ratio when the motion is slower and more fluid but i also never fish with line larger than 6 lb. line 4lb. mostly and 2 lb. sometimes but i also use a 8 ft 4 in custom grafite fly rod for most of my crappie fishing and i use a 9 ft crafite rod for casting ab jiging around sunkin brush so a 1/16 th feels like i have a ton of weight on my rod and a 1/32 seems about right but when i fish 2 lb. line i use a 1/48th sometimes in a realy small tie about a half inch tied chartruse and red tail jus food for thought

nice-looking jigs you have there and welcome from Oregon my myself enjoyed 1 3/2oz. I have been using that size for many years with either two or 4 pound test and I have gone below is 1 pound but you are missing with dynamite you will definitely pick up more fish, but you may lose a lot because of the light line with 1 pound test you'll find out that the action is completely different from the four or 6 pound test and it will definitely keep you on your toes with 1 pound test.

Snake 2 to 4 lb test. Here I don't go out with less than 6lb. Most of the time I use 8 lb test. We have to contend with some big Largemouth Bass. Biggest this year was a 8lber caught about a month ago fishing Crappies around a bunch of cypress trees. Dang fish even pulled the boat a 12 foot rod does ware them down fast. About as much fun as a man can have standing up.

BTW our Lake record is 16 lbs. 4 oz. Now thats a big Bass.

Redman

Really comes down to matching the hatch. I tie a lot of 1/64s for the early season up this way. And, I'll tie a lot of 1/80ths when ice fishing rolls around again. I post up some pics late tonight when i get done with some HOT 1/32s.

The chartreuse and white are hot right now in my neck of the woods. All shown are tied on a 1/32.

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PA Slabs I try to match the hatch most of the time here. There is a time of the year that the Big Old Crappies The 14 to 17 inch fish want a big old bait. Here that is the end of January or fist part of February. Thats when I start in with the big jigs and Plastics. I have used some 1/4 oz jigs at that time of year. I know a old guy that uses 4 inch minnow then and cleans house with the big slabs. We fish the same stretch of river and compare notes all the time. Some times we will fish close to each other other times we will scout for each other. That cooperation has let me have many successful days out on the river.

Moral of the story. Don't limit yourself to just one size and one method. Find out what works at what time of year and use it to your advantage.

BTW really like the black and white tail jigs. Will tie up a few and see how they do here.

Redman