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What is your goto jig size, that you use most often for tying crappie jigs. (include head weight, head style, hook size, and hook style). I'm considering some new jigs and could use some advise in what direction. I don't want something to big/small or to heavy/light. thanks for the help.
After 40+ years of light jigging and tying, my crappie fishing has evolved to just 2 type heads : a basic roundhead in bright tin, non painted, non collared with a # 6 sickle hook. This one weighs 1/25 oz, tho a collared version offers slighty easier casting at 1/20 oz. The second head,also available from Leadfreejigheads out of HI, is a flat bottomed "spoonie",also in tin and weighs about 1/18 oz ; a little heavier than I like but its shape offers a nice ,slow, enticing glide. For me it's vital to have a slow dropping jighead!
If im casting usually with a float then 1/32.
If im fishing down 12 to 22 foot or so mainly vertical i go with 1/16 or 3/32.
I have been using teezur hotheads for a while but will be making my own soon.
I doubt it really matters what style, ball, minnow, aspirin. The ones im making are aspirin but i have kicked around getting a minnow mold also. The one thing i didnt like about teezure is lots of hooks that are tilted. I also like smaller hooks as I cant use minnows here so the biggest i need is a number 4 and on the small stuff sometimes i like a 6 and sometimes i like an 8 depending on if im using a tube body or a really short body.
My go to jig head is a 3/32 with a #2 sickle hook this is a collarless head tied with bucktail.
Out here in So Cal, most people I’ve talked to, agree on #6/8 – 1/32 head (tube/roundhead).
JJ
Am surprised that tyers looking for precise weights in the jig aren’t using lead free. The jigs are more consistent and talk about bright.
LFJ has some awesome products and uses top notch hooks.
I make my own now so I have settled on the 1/24 oz as my favorite all around. You can troll with it vertical jig and dock shoot with it and that pretty much covers my jig fishing...I have recently been trying it on a float and fly rig but I still like my 1/40 oz for this application the best. Boy it is hard to have a "one jig does all" jig....honestly I like using alot of sizes....You never know what you might tie up that will be the new crappie catchin miracle jig... I love the sickle hooks in all sizes but find the #4 to be the most usefull. Hope you find what you are looking for...if you find one that does it all please tell me about it cause it sure would save me alot of money...lol....brim
I like mine bigger i guess 1/8 #4 or 1/4 #4 sickle.
It is really interesting to see the difference in size preference by area that people are from. Up here in Minnesota I would say most guys rarely go over a 64oz and on the ice most times that is to big. I do use a 32 on ocassion but the fish would have to be very aggresive those days.
Joe
From shore, I like a #4 hook 1/16 ball collar round head for enuf casting weight to hit the water somewhere in front of me. Good sink & feel down to 20' deep or so. Anything lighter, no telling where the jig might end up so better not be within casting distance of me!
my go to is a 1/16 with a #4 or #2 sickle hook if im jiging or shooting 1/32 or smaller
Prowler it depends upon the waters your fishing and what size bait or species of bait their feeding on at the moment I'd say though I catch more fish on a 1/16 with a #4 hook than anything with the hook open set ,but now that I've used sickles I'll go with those on the 12/20/08 my grandson and I fished in some pretty tough weather they shut down , but by slip rigging with 1/2 oz barrels and using 1/60 oz. jigs I offered them easy prey and picked up 11 more fish its very important to have a assortment of every color that works for you in 3 or 4 sizes this is only My opinion ,but with the constant changing weather here in Texas they dont bite the same thing 2 days in a row!
In the spring I use mostly a 1/32 oz. Roadrunner or regular tied jig and sometimes a 1/16 regular jig if I am trolling water over 6' deep and even more in 11'-13' deep water. If however the wind is blowing enough to give me trouble long line trolling and will go to a 1/8 and troll it right beside me. In the summer mostly 1/8 or 1/4 oz. jig is what I use.
I really want to try some 1/64 oz. next spring trolling for that picky bite. I have them in #8 & #6 Sickle and #8 through #4 in regular bend so I will not have to give on the hook size to use this little jewel.
Skip
Stupid question, but, how do you get those real small jigs to sink? Seems to me with all that feathers and stuff it would reach zero buoyancy and it would take a long time to get to 10 foot depth.. I am not to savvy about small jigs or rather I should say I don't know crap about them.
sometimes you want those jigs to almost hover...even a picky crappie finds a jig in the face hard to resist when it just sits there wiggling in the crappie's face looking all the world like a small minnow or bug that hasn't got the means or sense to move on. When I dock shoot I like a jig that has a very slow fall rate...that is just a killer pattern around here in the hot hot summer time. You can always put some split shot on your line to make them sink faster it is the small profile that helps on those occasions...try it you'll like it:D brimQuote:
Originally Posted by Cane Pole