what colors do those who throw swim jigs like?
McCarter himself :-\'
White with blue tinsel in the skirt, brown with orange tinsel. Matching 4" twister tails. Green pumpkin twin tail grubs somtimes too.
White with chartreuse and white trailer.
white, black & blue, and a bluegill pattern
white 90% of the time
Two critters: a shad & a bluegill.
Make the shad white. Pearl can be a plus. White trailer.
Green pumpkin with a touch of chart. on the belly for the gill. Junebug or smoke "bluegill" trailer.
Long, round bend hook maybe? I get a number of short strikers some days on a swim jig.
New bright idea: how 'bout a goby jig? One that could be swum or dragged along the bottom. ???
I really like bard wire patterns for swim jigs. to me it looks like scale patterns. I havent thrown swimming jigs a ton, but have thrown them enough to have built confidence in them. I am going to spend a lot of time with this technique during the post spawn and once the gills start getting there groove on.
Chris and I tied up a few froggy looking jigs to swim around in some lily pads, too. They are a little differnt looking with green pumpkin, watermelon, chartruese and some white on the underside. i think they will work well.
They have some nice color skirt tabs for making some really fishy looking skirts. i am going to play around with some next time we go skirt shopping and i will post some pics to get your opinions.
McCarter himself :-\'
All colors are good as long as they're white......................
BD ;D
Quote from: McCarter on February 04, 2009, 03:22:51 PM
next time we go skirt shopping
McCarter himself :-\'
You do go skirt shopping alot!
His wife must love the way he goes skirt shopping with her...... :o
BD ;D
im scotish so i can wear skirts as long as they are plaid.
McCarter himself :-\'
Can't wear white till after Easter anyway ,right?
Pearlish with blue/green is good most of the time (really good on Kent Lake a couple of times!!). Green pumpkins are good sometimes. Maybe a couple red strands in teh skirt, especially in the spring. Haven't gotten too fancy with colors on swim jigs, but I do like them!!
I fish ALOT of swim jigs and I like black with red glitter, green pumkin pepper or green pumpkin with a few black strands, black with a few red strands, black with blue strands.
call me when their done I need a few of each.
i bought some Eakins swim jigs last year. i think they are still in the packages in my boat. this thread made me remember i never used them. maybe this year.
I keep it simple and swim whatever jig I have tied on (usually black, or black w/blue). As long as there is a nice flappin' trailer involved the largemouth will smack 'em. You can swim any jig, so I always do so when I'm between docks or other pinpoint casting spots. It's surprising how many bites you wil get with this.
I catch a good number of fish every year with this technique, and I don't own a "SWIM" jig that is designed for the task. The technique is especially good in the fall up in shallow cuts, but will work almost any time a crankbait will.
Well, you can swim any jig to some degree, but I use actual swim jigs when I fishing open water for smallies and/or around lots of weeds. They work good in those. But yeah, I started quite a while ago with a regular flipping jig with a Zoom super trailer swimming it just underneath big floating docks down south. All white. Really liked to swim white jigs on a lot of lakes in Michigan in the fall too.
For actual swimming jigs, I've made a few homemade ones with 28 degree hooks and a mold, but lately, I've just been using KaRu's swim jigs. Well made. Good design. Nice color selection.
Denny Brauer's secret weapon is a white jig.
But, don't tell anybody.
Hooksets are free!!
I could use a bunch of free hooksets right about now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.brovarneybaits.com/
Those are the swimjigs I have been using. I also will use a white Booyah jig with the black strands with either a white or chartreuse trailer. Look at the Brovarney baits though, they are pretty good.
I like the KaRu swim jigs (http://www.karulures.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=36&Itemid=49) because they have more of a stealth weed guard that I like better for open water, though if you are in real clear open water it might be best to remove the guard, but at least KaRu's guard is subtle and still works.
(http://www.greatlakesbass.com/images/blueshimmerswimjigsmall.jpg) (http://www.karulures.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=36&Itemid=49)
KaRu Small Blue Shimmer Swim Jig