swim jigs

[McCarter]

what colors do those who throw swim jigs like?

McCarter himself

[dashaver63]

White with blue tinsel in the skirt, brown with orange tinsel. Matching 4" twister tails. Green pumpkin twin tail grubs somtimes too.

[cr]

White with chartreuse and white trailer.

[TCook]

white, black & blue, and a bluegill pattern

[TritonTR20]

white 90% of the time

[Lightningboy]

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.   

[McCarter]

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

[Skulley]

All colors are good as long as they're white......................

BD           

[Langer]

next time we go skirt shopping
McCarter himself

You do go skirt shopping alot!

[Skulley]

His wife must love the way he goes skirt shopping with her......

BD               

[McCarter]

im scotish so i can wear skirts as long as they are plaid. 

McCarter himself

[cr]

Can't wear white till after Easter anyway ,right?

[djkimmel]

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!!

[Skip Johnson]

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. 

[dartag]

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.

[Savage]

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.

[djkimmel]

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.

[fiker]

Denny Brauer's secret weapon is a white jig. 

But, don't tell anybody.

[djkimmel]

Hooksets are free!!

[stackenem]

I could use a bunch of free hooksets right about now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!