Reply With QuoteThat makes sense...because fish swallow minnows head first to go down their throat properly.Originally Posted by RLS40
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I use a lot of bluegills jig in the 1/45 & 1/32 once size with a # 8 or #10 hook. I have noticed that in the summer and winter that bites are missed. These are good bites or bobber pull downs. Setting the hook the rod will load, the fish will be on for a short time and get off. These were nice fish and not dinks according to the rod loading.
Using a underwater camera I solved the mystery and found the Gills were head biting the jigs. :-(
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That makes sense...because fish swallow minnows head first to go down their throat properly.
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Interesting.
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Cool story. What type of camera were you sing to see the fish hitting the jig head. Was the jig head the same color as the jig body or different?
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That solves some mysteries for me as well!
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I won't go smaller than a #8 hook and that's only if I tie hair or feather jigs. All soft plastic lures use a #6 or #4. Don't have a problem hooking them.
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I was using a Vexilar camera and the jigs for the most are all one color. I believe the jigs imitate a small minnow or fry.Cool story. What type of camera were you sing to see the fish hitting the jig head. Was the jig head the same color as the jig body or different?
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I see that all your jigs have elongated heads, I wonder if that is contributing to your problem.
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Similar but not the same. I was fishing a new lake (Smith Lake) for bedding BG with red worms and a small bobber... Constantly the bobber would go down a good ways...set the hook and nothing no rod load at all. We started waiting and watching then set the hook...it was 2 lb spots. They was sucking the rig down by pulling in water and we was setting the hook before they could get their hands on it.
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