Thread: G3 was right

we have been using to jigs with loop not for over 40 years. I lurked this method when I was a teenager and we've been fishing that way ever cents. I've heard so much Pro one: on fishing jigs with a blood not or tight not but you'll get more action with the loop. Sometimes we pre-rigged these like g3 we usually use a snap and snap into a barrel swivel on my mainline but the hundred percent of the time I usually mainline both jigs. I use nothing but 4 pound test in have caught 10 pound fish. Just take it easy, especially if you got a nice 3 pound crappie you want to really take it easy.

Originally Posted by G3 Fisherman

Ship.....here is what I do......I pre tie all my rigs and I put a barrel swivel at the top. I have a swivel with a snap on my line....I can change rigs out quickly and easily. I take swimming pool noodles and cut them into 12 in. lengths. I can store about 8 complete rigs on each one. A rubber band keeps each one in place. have rigs for live minnows also. Man those swimming pool noodles are handy. A piece of noodle pulled over the handle of your landing net will prevent it from sinking if it falls out of the boat....lots of uses.

Dadgummitall David we think alike almost. Yesterday after I discovered the double loop knot jig rig worked as well as was easy to rig up, I took a noodle and cut it into 1 inch strips. I made six of them. I made up the double jig rig with a snap swivel on the end. On the slip float rod the line ends with a barrel swivel. Connect the two when you want to fish. I store the noodle sections in a tuperware container in the tackle box which really is a tool box for my tools of the trade.

I do not even know how to tie a loop knot so I have always used I think what they call a blood knot I am not really sure. I have caught lots of crappie so I guess it never occurred to me that it made much of a difference at all. If the fish were biting I usually caught them regardless of my knot. Maybe I need a loop tutorial to experiment with. Are there any youtube videos that show how to tie different knots. That might be a good project for someone who is good with knots.

Originally Posted by crappieseeker

I do not even know how to tie a loop knot so I have always used I think what they call a blood knot I am not really sure. I have caught lots of crappie so I guess it never occurred to me that it made much of a difference at all. If the fish were biting I usually caught them regardless of my knot. Maybe I need a loop tutorial to experiment with. Are there any youtube videos that show how to tie different knots. That might be a good project for someone who is good with knots.

A loop knot is basically a double overhand knot. Put your jig on the line first. Here is a sticky with the diagram. It will take you all of 10 seconds to learn how to tie it.

http://www.crappie.com/crappie/main-...beginners.html

Originally Posted by crappieseeker

I do not even know how to tie a loop knot so I have always used I think what they call a blood knot I am not really sure. I have caught lots of crappie so I guess it never occurred to me that it made much of a difference at all. If the fish were biting I usually caught them regardless of my knot. Maybe I need a loop tutorial to experiment with. Are there any youtube videos that show how to tie different knots. That might be a good project for someone who is good with knots.

I'll guarantee that you will increase your catch by using the loop knot . It has been proven many times over and I highly recommend it to anyone that fish a jig like I said before I have been fishing this way we jigs ever since I was a teenager . It was taught to me by a very professional crappie fishermen I considered him number one. This guy was something else he used a eight to have foot fly rod with monofilament line. I could say one thing that he was definitely knows his stuff about fishing with a jig. Remembering back to them when we only had marabou jigs. They were not Chanel body. They were only marabou tied on behind the head which we called a dull fly at that time. We had three basic colors white, black, yellow, that's all there was 99% of the time. We used white. There is something about those old jigs that definitely caught fish. I have probably caught thousands of crappie on them . Mostly a 1/32oz. This is when there were no plastics at all . Do you remember the first plastic skirt that come out did you know that I was one of the first ones to field test them. These were Canyon skirt jigs now you know the rest of the story . Which are still ranked number one with many other crappie fishermen today.

Snake I have been using plastics since I was a kid and I started out pond fishing with hair jigs and jigs like the jellyjig. I never kept up with the particular names of them back then so I am not familiar with the name canyon skirt jigs. As far as the loop knot goes I will try it one day in the future but from my past experiences they either bit the 2 jig set up or they did not, the knot did not seem to have an impact as far as I could tell. However when I get back into fishing I will be experimenting with it. I am always open to learning new things or trying different techniques, because I do know when it comes to crappie sometimes the little things count big.

Originally Posted by crappieseeker

Snake I have been using plastics since I was a kid and I started out pond fishing with hair jigs and jigs like the jellyjig. I never kept up with the particular names of them back then so I am not familiar with the name canyon skirt jigs. As far as the loop knot goes I will try it one day in the future but from my past experiences they either bit the 2 jig set up or they did not, the knot did not seem to have an impact as far as I could tell. However when I get back into fishing I will be experimenting with it. I am always open to learning new things or trying different techniques, because I do know when it comes to crappie sometimes the little things count big.

the next time you go fishing. I want you to experiment tied Aggie jig on tight line in the other one put in a loop and look at both of them in the water. What happens. Yes, I would imagine there are many, many people did fish with the jig and you say blood not but this is definitely not the way to fishery jig in my way of thinking your jig has more freedom in a loop to wiggle and jiggle all over the place if you put a blood not only jig head. Your only gonna get up-and-down action. It is not going to move freely I would assume that 99% of the people out there. Our fishing blood knobs and not with a loop if they just read this one simple or take this one little simple trick and try it I'll guarantee that they will never go back to using a blood not at all. I bet you a ship told you how long that he's been fishing jigs. This way you might be surprised I'm wondering how many other guys on here use the loop method is here guys. I want to hear the way the you tie a jig on your line.

Snake, my only thinking is this, I have found many times that just the tail action is what causes a strike. Sometimes less is more when it comes to action, especially when the fish are in a bad mood lol. A tighter knot means less action sort of speak and my tail action I can apply with the rod tip if needed and sometimes the way jigs are made the tail has action just by the flow of the water. A friend of mine I use to fish with used a loop knot, seems like I generally caught more crappie than him but he caught more bass than I did. So I wonder if it all depends on how active or spookish the fish are whether the loop know is better. I can see times when more action might be best but I can see times when less action is best. But I will learn that knot and from now on I will try both knots and let the fish decide. That is if I ever get to go fishing again. I hope all my friends here are not under the weather like I am, I have been sick for a while now and cant seem to get over it. Snake if you ever get down this way we will have to go fishing together. I will let you show me all your goodies, you probably got stuff I never seen before.