Double hook rig using jigs

[tommyboyrn]

Im trying to expand my crappie fishing into using jigs a lil more in hopes of increasing my time on water by not having to go to bait shop etc...
I am looking at making my own rigs similar to capps/coleman rig but wanted your opinion on best weight to use with jigs as to not weight down so much that rod tips in water etc etc.....
I mainly use 1/2oz weights on double minnow rigs but before I go tying up a bunch of things wanted to get yalls input since using jigs is new to me (low confidence baits to me)

Tom

[tommyboyrn]

I guess its simple math...weight plus the 2 jig weight...

[MCG1]

Try it. Seems like it has to work, at least some of the time. Especially when minnows are hard to get or you run out of them.

[Takeum]

Gnats work well too double jigs….tip them with minnows or nibbles

[tommyboyrn]

Thanks you guys...appreciate your input

[skeetbum]

Two schools of thought for me. Do you want the bottom jig to search the deeper parts and the upper to stay in one depth or float around some? I used an eighth on the bottom and a wooly bugger on the upper, even did a video on it near ten years ago. Using a heavy on the top and weightless on the bottom gives a completely different presentation and doesn’t need to be a hand tie. Slab uses one he calls a slab rig that has a jig up top and a Bobby garland baby shad on an Aberdeen hook on the bottom that goes everywhere when retrieved. Best I can offer is to try everything and use what works best for where you fish and the way you fish. The fish will let you know.

And for the confidence thing, leave everything else home. When the going gets tough you need to try different things not go back to what you did before. I no longer buy live bait and haven’t for many years, even learned to tie my own. It’s very cool to take some junk from your desktop and catch fish with it. Also, when the bite slows down, downsize the jig and slow down some more. That has saved the day for me many times and I catch 2 lb crappie on a #8 hook. The only thing stopping you is your preconceptions.

[tommyboyrn]

thanks Skeet...very good advice. I appreciate it