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    To every rule there are exceptions. It's possible with the lighter jigs you prefer the plastics are still able to make the presentation look natural. I posted that help someone not to challenge your fishing prowess. You can feel free to tye your jigs as you see fit.

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    Quote Originally Posted by catchNgrease View Post
    To every rule there are exceptions. It's possible with the lighter jigs you prefer the plastics are still able to make the presentation look natural.
    I do go up to 1/8 oz for bass. I agree, though, that you should use whatever you have confidence in.

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    We become efficient to a higher degree with lure,line,rods,or terminal gear when we have a good day using certain gear.The more we use the same and catch a satisfactory amount of fish ,the more we tend to become exclusive to that gear.
    I utterly despise hanging a jig without a loop knot,but that’s not saying I haven’t caught fish on jigs tied tight,it’s what I prefer,thus it’s what I use,thus it’s what I catch more fish with.The same can be said with pretty much all bait/lures,that’s what what makes the world go round.

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    [QUOTE=catchNgrease;3804813]A cinched knot can cause a jig to hang vertical/unnatural

    The Cinch knot or the Palomar knot can either one be set to snug at several positions on the jig eye to provide different hangs. With the loop knot one gets just what is in the balance of the jig which can be different with different tails. Ice fisherman are very careful about which position they use, as am I when fishing or jigging open water.

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    Quote Originally Posted by THECrappieKillr View Post
    Does anyone else notice when you go and spend the $10 on minnow it turns out to not be a good day? Happened to me yesterday. I trolled for an hour and caught nothing, then pulled out the minnow and wasted another 2 hours.

    Seems to happen a lot recently. If the bite is on, jigs seem to work just fine. If not, its better to save the money. Anyone else notice this?

    Of course in the spring minnows are like kryptonite.
    If the bite is on, a plastic tipped jig does not need to be rebaited to continue the catch very quickly. Furthermore there are quite a few times that a different colored or style of jig&tail will be hot, but with minnows you are stuck with one presentation, generally one color. IMO crappies very often are foraging on other prey than minnows. One of the prime times in early spring is when the first major insect hatches are coming off.

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    have fished two poles vertical jigging with dlfferent colored jigs for many years to find best color .i will try a cinched knot and a loop knot with same jigs at same depth to see which one works best and let you know what worked best.

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    Since we in Mississippi can use 4 poles with two baits I put a plain hook on the top leader on two rods , plain hook on bottom of two rods . Jigs go on the other leaders . the trick is to not over buy a mess of fish . I never buy more than 4 dozen minnows any more . Can't keep but 15 fish anyways(over 12 inches ) . I Have been told that there are days a jig will out catch minnows , Still looking for that day . Any day They will eat a jig I have yet to take minnows home (probably not needed ) . Now single pole fishing in heavy thick brush it is easier to fish a straight jig but not necessarily better . None of the big fish in MS ., got that way eating plastic . JMO Was told once if you want to see what the heavy hitters do , go yo a weigh in at a big tournament and see what they have on their lines at the end of the day . Not that I see to many but saw exactly " zero " without minnows till summertime ( above 85 degrees ) some will power troll without minnows or pull/push cranks but even then a set of back up poles are sitting close by the minnow bucket .

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    Fishing license, boat, truck, fuel, rods, reels, and tackle. It would be so much more cost effective to buy fish from the super market. But it sure is fun to catch them
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    I have used jigs for over 60 years. Most people ,me included, when starting to use jigs overwork them. In that they pump the rod too much and too often. I vertical fish almost 100 % of the time. When I was a teen ager ( that was long ago ) went night fishing with an oldtimer. We stopped at the bait shop and he bought 3 dozen minnows. I remember thinking to myself he isn't very confident on our chances tonight.

    I was wrong . He never used a minnow. He had bought them for me to use. When I ran out of minnows that night. I tried his jigs. That is when my education started. He looked me overworking the jig. He said stop fishing and watch me. His hand holding the rod never seemed to move. But his rod kept getting these solid slams.

    Holding my rod hand as still as possible. I began to get bites. Mostly I missed them. Wait for the weight was his advice and then I started tattooing them. At the time we had a forty gallon aquarium at my house. With only about a dozen fish in it. Don't remember the species but they were all pet shop bought.

    I clipped the points off a couple of old jigs that I had. Proceeded to try and learn to keep lure as still as possible. By the way it is impossible. Heartbeat , involuntary hand movement, any number of things cause that jig to undulate in a most tempting manner. No the fish in the aquarium didn't try and eat them . But they did show interest. My sisters watching thought I had gone bonkers.

    To this day I have a 10 gallon aquarium. I tie jigs now and have for quite awhile. When tying a new style or pattern. I always sink them in the water. To see what they impart when I am trying to hold them " still ". By the way if any of you fellow geezers remember the " No-Name " fishing lure. I used the tank test to experiment until I got one of my ties to emulate the original.
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    Sometimes it is nice to sit back and let the minnows do the work for you.
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