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Just wondering what everyone's favorite hook and/or jig head size is. Plain hook with live bait I usually use a #8 aberdeen. If I'm using jigs I prefer a 1/32 Oz head with a #8 or #6 hook. I'm fairly new at "seriously" chasing gills just seeing what the more experienced prefer
#8 gold hook & split shot w small chunk of worm, 1/64 trout magnet w chartreuse nibble.Attachment 348357Attachment 348358Attachment 348359Attachment 348360Attachment 348361
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Go small..... I use mostly a 1/64 jig with a #8 hook
I also pour a 1/80 jig and just got a mold to pour 1/100 jigs.
Gonna be fun to experiment.... come on cooler weather.
What size jigs do you guys use with the 1/64oz? I have some of the trout magnets just curious what else you'd use. How about casting with the light jigs? I don't have a boat so I'm stuck on shore. (Sorry I have lots of questions)
Bobby Garland itty bit swimmers, 1" small tubes ---- in boat or from shore sometimes I use a very small bobber - jigging parallel along a rocky dam or rip rap. Due to flooding, weather, work, etc, ain't fished in 2 weeks - hope to fish a few times this week!
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I do this quite differently than anyone I've seen around here ….. This method weeds out the "rif-raf", and you will only catch the bigger fish. I have been laughed at many times for using a catfish hook for the gills, but, the proof is in the puddin !
I use a 7-0, or 8-0 Gamakatsu octopus circle hook, with a 1/16, to 1/8 oz splitshot, with a piece of crawler, weather on a bobber, or on the bottom.
Then I take a 1/4" piece of used Senko, or other plastic bait, and insert it just over the barb of the hook. This is key, as it keeps the tail pullers from suckin the worm off the pointy end.
This rig is awesome for the bruisers, and although I miss many fish, they are the dinks, and can't get a bait of this size into their tiny mouths.
My two big fish this year with this rig, are 1 pound 7 oz, and 1 pound 3oz. My personal best ever was 2 pounds 2 oz !!!
It's hard to read, but the scale says 1 lb 3 oz !!
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Hey Jakesdad, where in Missouri are you at ? I'm in Montgomery co.
I've had pretty good luck lately using some squirrel tail jigs I tied on some 1/32oz #8 hooks. I'll have to find me some of those smaller sized jigs.
I use 1/32oz jigs with a #8 hook, mostly- I will use a 1/64th some with a #10 hook. Black on black is my favorite. I like the black and bison colored trout magnet tails with a nibble. Their is nothing wrong with the TM jig heads, either. I pour my own.
Try braid or light mono with a diameter of .12 to .15mm.Quote:
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I use Trilene XL 2# a lot. It's very thin (.12mm), but I get excellent casting distance with it.
Marion countyQuote:
Originally Posted by svh
#8 or #6 Owner Mosquito hook when I can find them for live bait, true turn #6 if not and jigheads from 1/32 down to 1/80 for jigs and plastics.
Do you have an issue with them swallowing the hook (deep hooking) or does a mosquito hook function more like a circle hook?Quote:
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1/64 and 1/80 with #8 sickle almost 100%. Itty bitty swimmers and itty bitty slab slayers for the plastics, also some southern pro 1” tubes . Colors change with the day and the fish. Caught a 5lb 12oz catfish on one of these jigs Saturday with some fireline crystal 3lb. What a gas that was! I pour my own and currently deal with some older matzuo hooks that aren’t completely closed on the eye and the come off. I only mention that to bring your attention to what to stay away from. I have boated some wonderful crappie, LMB to 2 1/2lb, and countless bluegill. When they hit flesh they generally stay buttoned up. I dealt with swallowed hooks when I went smaller so this is it for me. Casting is very good with the 2lb nanofil I use, but it requires a leader and isn’t for everyone. Line diameter is .002 and has zero memory but no abrasion resistance. Everything else is way bigger in diameter and has texture that you can hear going through the guides, neither is present in the nano. I’m still looking for a tougher alternative but haven’t found it yet.
For live bait I use #4 Aberdeen. Jigs I use 1/64 or 1/32 size #4 or rarely #6.
12 feet of 4 or 6 lb mono leader direct tie with double uni knot to 6 lb Nanofil.
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No more than any other hook. I like the small profile, especially with grass shrimp. I despise circle hooks.Quote:
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I don’t like circle hooks either, except for with limb lines for huge Flathead Catfish. I tried them trout fishing with bait about a decade ago but it is hard not to set the hook. I’ll look into those mosquito hooks. Thanks.Quote:
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1/32 number 8 and 1/64 number 10 and some 1/48 number 8 as well .
if I hit waters that had less pressure and real big sunfish I might use a number 6
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I like a #4 hook on a 1/32 jig . Not likely to fillet if he can't take this offering . :twocents
Today we clobbered gills and crappie using 1/16 oz ball head jigs with #6 bronze hook. Hook size was chosen based on Crappie Magnet length. Fishing deeper I'll use a 3/32 oz jig with the same hook size.