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So what characteristics makes up your favorite "Go-To" jig hook? :scratchhead
- Hook size?
- Painted or unpainted head?
- Head color?
- Hook style, Sickle or traditional?
- Weedless, Light-Wire?
I can't say that I have settled in on one myself which is why I'm asking the question to get an idea of what most people like to use and are having success with. Been looking at weedless jigs, light wire jigs, but even then there are several choice to consider like sickle hook vs. regular hooks etc.
It's like line. Everybody uses a different kind, and everybody catches fish.
There's a million different answers out here.
size 1 eagle claw light wire round bend, painted head, white or chartruese are my faves but aint scared of any color
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i make my own. not because there any better i just enjoy doing it. i use #2 matzuo sickle hooks and pour either minnow or ball head. if i'm jigging vertically i prefer a ball head. drifting or long lining i prefer minnow head. i powder coat them with most all colors and hand paint the pupils. i don't thing my jigs are any better than over the counter stuff....It's strictly personal preference.
Hook Size : #2 (2nd choice would be a #4)
Unpainted head for casting - painted head for Pushing/Trolling
Head Color : Green, Black, Red, Pink, Chartreuse (chartreuse being #1 choice)
Hook Style : Aberdeen
Weedless ballhead jig for casting - regular ballhead jig for Pushing/Trolling
For everything I like a 1/16th #4. Open water or not lots of grabby stuff I go to #2. Close quarters and brush and grabby stuff, #6. Always a sickle and bronze more often than no. Heads be naked, I pour em myself. I have painted a bunch but don't always use em.
#6 1/32oz Round head sickle
#6 1/16oz round head sickle
#2 1/16oz round head w collar sickle
The #6 for 1.5" tubes and smaller plastics, the #2 for 2"+ plastics.
Paint- Purple is my #1, Red is my #2
I do have some #8 1/32oz sickle hooks for tiny plastic baits as well.
1/24oz plain (unpainted) with a #2 hook.
I also pour my own. I prefer tapered hooks as I mostly use tubes. An old timer once told me a larger hook (#2) means fewer missed strikes when vertical jigging. It could be my imagination but that theory is accurate at least for me. Smaller hooks seem to work well with less hang ups on cast and retrieve as the bites are usually more aggressive. If the fish seem finicky I will go to a #8 and a smaller tube or a 1" Gdaddy minnow. I consider a factory sharp hook to be dull and always sharpen my hooks. Just my two cents worth with change left over :).
We pour with standard, bronze Mustad #4 jig hooks, 1/16 oz. to 1/8 oz. ball heads, unpainted.
Pour My own because I cannot buy it.We fish Deep clear non-traditional crappie water's.We use an 1/8 jig head with a # 2 eagle claw lil-nasty # 2 hook as a search bait.Then for the meat hook!! We like a 1/24 oz plain jig head with an eagle claw lil-nasty in a #4.
Just your normal 1/32 or 1/64 pink jig head
for vertical jigging I prefer Lindy's Lil' Nipper jig.
for drift fishing I like the Gypsy Jig by Northland Tackle
slo-poke crappie jig 1/32oz pink head with white 2" plastic tail.
The newer Arkie Pro Hinee with #2 Sickle hook, I use all color combos.
Little nasty 4 with 1/16 jig head, Plain and grey colors.
My favorite is 1/8 oz insert unpainted but all I use most days is tube baits . Not a fan of sickles or anything , just plain 570 jig hooks , size #2 . Feel bigger hooks increase the number of fish landed .