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Since I fish in a shallow lake (avg. 8ft depth, max 14ft) I'd like to use 1/16 and/or 1/32 oz. jigs. But the hooks seem kind of small for big-mouth crappie, about sizes 6 or 8. Seems like I have better sets and lands on size 2 or 4 when live-baiting.
Do they make jig heads with 1/16 or 1/32 oz weight and size 2 or 4 hooks? Or should I stick with the standards?
Thanks,
the newbie
monkscrappie.com has them on the website.
great folks, highly recommend them
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Many people on here make there own jigheads. Alot of us have modified our molds to hold the bigger hooks...
standard is #2 hook in 1/16 and 1/8, #4 in 1/32
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Don't sell the smaller hooks short, though. I bet 90% of the crappie I've caught in my life came on a 1/32 oz jig with a #6 hook.
I open the hook up some like someone on here said to do and it does improve the hook set but don't tell anyone. hehehe Ferdi aka Fred
I make jigs all the way down to 1/64 with a #4 Sickle hook. SO that size is easy to the bigger ones like you are asking about. I also make regular bend up to #2 on 1/16 so they are out there.
Skip
Dee Mason (I can provide e-mail address) makes 1/16 and 1/32 with a number 4 hook - 6 cents each
He's also on ebay and has a nice jig chart picture with ruler. Personally I like the number 4 hook for 3" baits and 6 for 1.5-2.75 " baits. Sickle hook jigheads are a bit more, but I like them for certain baits.
I agree but you can still catch them in smaller sizes. A #2 sickle hook has a larger gap than most of #2 hooks in other brands. A lot of us use them because they come out of the box very sharp but I think the main reason is because we like the bigger gap it has. Gives you a better bite when you set the hook.