Jig Fishing...???

[dinklimit]

I'm still new to jig fishing so bare with me.

As of now....I throw FOOTBALL HEAD JIGS ONLY...anywhere and everywhere.

I understand they are good for rocky slopes, points, ledges and banks. And that is where I get most of my football jig fish.

But I also throw these jigs into shallow grassy coves because thats all I have at the time. I get hung up a lot. I lose a lot of football jigs in these shallow coves with grassy bottoms.

I am confused as to what kind of jig I should buy for these shallow grassy coves.

Should I go with a casting jig, flipping jig or grass jig?

Thanks for the help.

[bigfish65]

something with a more pronounced bullet shaped head will get you thru most grass effectively

[stickman]

Arkie style head

[thukidad]

Originally Posted by Stickman

Arkie style head

x2..

[Maddoglures]

Originally Posted by DinkLimit

I'm still new to jig fishing so bare with me.

As of now....I throw FOOTBALL HEAD JIGS ONLY...anywhere and everywhere.

I understand they are good for rocky slopes, points, ledges and banks. And that is where I get most of my football jig fish.

But I also throw these jigs into shallow grassy coves because thats all I have at the time. I get hung up a lot. I lose a lot of football jigs in these shallow coves with grassy bottoms.

I am confused as to what kind of jig I should buy for these shallow grassy coves.

Should I go with a casting jig, flipping jig or grass jig?

Thanks for the help.

Give our Shakey Jigs a try, they stand up with most plastic trailers.
Our plastics float, these were designed for floating plastics

http://www.histackleboxshop.com/D-M-...shakey-jig.htm

[sramos]

One that hasn't been mentioned yet is the Swim Jig (no blade). Dirty Jigs makes one with a good stout hook for less than 10 ft of water. D&M Custom Baits makes a Jackpot Flipping jig that has a unique head and you can get them in 1 1/4 oz. I use these to slow roll like you would a swimbait in deeper water. Use a curly tail grub or worm or creature or even a paddle tail swimbait as a trailer.

[texas john]

+1 on the D&M Jigs and also check out the Pepper Jigs Pro Model, it is a real pronounced bullet head and is great in and around the weeds, combine that with the D&M Flipping Craw as a trailer and hold on!!!

My PB LM and SM came on Pepper Jig, PB Spot came on the D&M so you cant go wrong!!!

[oldschool]

The simple way is peg a bullet weight or Owner Sled-Head and T-rig the soft platsic worm or creature when fishing weeds.
There are some great grass jigs that have hidden eye hooks that cover the line knot; if you are a serious weed angler.
The Poision Tail style jig head also works OK in moderate weeds, brush, rocks and maybe a better all around jig for you.
Tom

[dinklimit]

@oldschool:

Yeah I was thinking about it for a couple days.........and TOTALLY FORGOT about a Texas Rig for shallow grassy coves instead of a jig.

Thanks everyone for the great info.