I think all the little things like eyes on jig heads , sharpening hooks. Adding scent. Florocarbon leaders. All add up to catching more fish. If it gives you confidence. You will fish better.
I’ve been using Mission Fishin jig heads for quite a while and love them. I use red, white, and purple. I like to compliment them with an Exude 5” shad. I like to use all different colors as well. I’ve caught jacks, snook, trout, reds, mangrove snapper, mackerel, etc. on them too.
I have many variations of jig heads used for paddle tail swim baits. I prefer the more flat, triangle profile so the paddle is more the focal point. I’ve noticed some heads especially a more rounder profile creates extra side to side wobble on the retrieve.
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For fluke fishing here in south jersey I love using pink and green magic tail buck tails with a huge eye on the bucktail. Works like a charm and looks great in the water
White jigheads for trout definitely the best in my opinion. Haved tried almost every other color. Slow down with the swimbaits. Jig it off the bottom not a straight retrieve.
I've always used either unpainted jigheads or chartreuse. Seem to produce the best for me. The z man jigheads with the eyes are awesome, the hold up well and have very strong hooks.
Almost always when I’m using a pearl white plastic I use red and it works great. Also chartreuse is better in clearer water when I have better luck with red in dirtier water
Re: jigheads - I think it comes down to what you're confident in using. For example, in the last couple of years, I've used most colors of DOA CAL shad tails and I seem, for whatever reason, to catch more fish with the pearl color. As as result, I use that color most often and continue to catch fish. It could just be blind luck, but it works for me. For jigheads, my preference is the Z-man 3/16 oz short shanks, with any color eye. Along with the pearl colored DOA CALs, they just seem to catch me the most fish. But I think it's just confidence in that combination that makes me continues to fish it.
I think water clarity can have an impact of the effectiveness of certain colors. I color my own up and it seems the flashier the better. Clearer water with a sparkly paint equalls alot more fish than just a plain flat single color.
Ok in fresh water I have seen jig head color make or break your day. Also it depends on color combos to jazz it up also eyes help depending on fishing pressure to me.
White jighead and silver n green paddle tail grub will catch so many saltwater species at the same time it's crazy plus I like the rusty color grubs too they look like shrimp
LOVE LOVE LOVE Eyestrike....Chartreuse eyes...flounder and trout outproduced in the same hole same bait, i was the only one using Eyestrike jigs and only one catching fish
Lawson im in Townsville Nth Qld, iv only recently started painting my jigheads on the advice of a very accomplished angler, his reasoning was the contrast in colors was wat got the fishs attention, so far it has improved my strike rate forsure.
Great Video, in my opinion, jigheads make a significant difference. I am in college in St. Augustine and fish for trout, flounder, and reds a lot and the rule up here is if it ain't chartreuse, it ain't no use. Any time I use a jighead I am looking for one with a holographic eye or an eye that is not painted on. At home in Maryland for striped bass fishing, jigheads are huge, color contrasting and jigheads with eyes. We generally are using 3/8-1oz jigheads for casting and jigging for stripers so they are bigger and I only use ones that have multiple colors, candy corn being my favorite. As a general rule though I never use a jighead that is the same color as my bait, like never using a white jighead with a cream or white swimbait, and if I could only choose one color it would be chartreuse. Trout love chartreuse. Try dipping the tails of your swimbaits in chartreuse dye.
I mean, an eye on the jighead is an extra hitpoint for the fish! But I don’t think that detail will be extreamely important. I use grey ones with good hooks!
For Perch fishing in freshwater here I mostly use mat black heads/Chebus when they are more finiky. They seem to be less reluctant to bite them, guess it's more subtle.
My experience has been the eye or eye hasn't made any difference but the color of the head does make a difference. I've had several instances where I changed just the jig head's color and started catching fish. Same trailer but different color head has worked several times.
Great question about jig sizes and color. I typically fish 1/16 0z & 1/8oz jig heads in grass using 4'' zman twister tail grubs or zman shrimp in depths of 3-10' of water. The 1/8 is great for twister tail because the head weight is enough to keep the tail twisting on the fall . THAT IS ONLY ACCURATE FOR Z-MAN LURES ONLY !!! Because of the type of ultra stretchy plastic used . The 1/8 oz is not heavy enough to move the tail on a 4'' berkley gulp twister tail on the fall. I have noticed that 1/16 oz jig head on a segmented tail style shrimp gives me a great slow face 1st fall and as long as my lure is on straight there is no rocking or tumbling as i twitch. I've noticed this to be key when trout reds and flounder are not actively feeding due to weather conditions. My rod is a medium fast 7' 6'' shimano teramar and shimano spinning reel . My braid is 30# and my fluoro is 20#. i Fish the flats of tampa Bay. Id love to see more exploration of this matter from you.
I personally love that brand with the big eyes. The brand I buy at Dicks also has a really good, sharp hook. The heads are usually in different neon colors. More expensive and I loose a lot fishing creeks and rivers so I usually stick with the white fish shaped jigs from Cabellas
hey man you should do a throwback challenge were you do something you did way while back when you just started fishing. like fish a boat dock without a boat or using only old lures/equipment
I think it does make a difference. In my opinion it’s all about fishing the spot your at. I always use doa heads and love them with the doa bodies. But when I fish one of my favorite spot I always switch to the cheap eagle claw plain old lead heads with no eye on them or anything and iv caught multiple species on them including 40” snook
Always buy grey/natural coloured jigheads with quality hooks, can’t go wrong! Can always add vibrancy via the lure colour. With an eye is preferred but not necessary
I personally like the red jig heads to add some contrast to your setup. I feel that if the fish sees red, they are more likely to hit the bait head first which results in more hookups. Not sure if I’m being too technical but just my 2 cents on the subject.
The best thing is that i caught a nice red off that lone boat lift , ps when i started wading i was fishing fast and not catching reds , for the reds , i would say put some procure mullet or shrimp on and work the jigs really slow on the bottom
I literally caught a flounder 3 docks down from there, 2 weeks ago. If you go down to the end of Indian river drive toward fort pierce. There is a park on your left. If you park there the docks are loaded
Started using trout eyes 3 years ago and I haven’t used anything else since. Buy them in bulk and the price isn’t that bad. I’ve caught fish on every color they have. The different colors are meant to resemble different types of bait. But all they want is the eye.
In the Northeast , Connectict ,Rhode island , up to Caps cod Massachusetts, white jig heads work best for me , add red cow tail trailer strip for schoolie stripers , but the big slobs will hit it too. ,solid color chartruse and solid white swim shad for flounder , the blue hit anything that moves .
I used to think chartreuse with an eye was the best way to go and then I fished really Clearwater and tried all different types of of colored jig heads it didnt seem to matter as long as the silhouette matches what they're interested in so now I just buy the cheap ones Roundheads no paint
I like the look of the jig heads with giant eyes. I dont know if they catch more fish or catch more fishermen. A hurt piece of bait has more red in it so it all depends on what the fish can see.
Next year you should explore gigging flounder. You can run bright lights for capturing decent video without spooking the fish unlike reds and other species. New content for your fans!!
I literally commented this jighead last video. This set up your using kills. Good colors for winter is purple demon and smoky shad. All made by zman. They have trout eyes that are, red, yellow, and pearl. The pearl is my favorite.
Bro when I lived on the coast in Mississippi my 3 go to baits for reds and trout where #1 chartreuse skitter walk #2 yo-zuri minnow #3 1oz chrome and blue rat-l-trap
When you are swimming a jig head i think the only thing that would matter in color, but i have seen it matter when dragging on the bottom. I was catching them on a round head and I broke up all my round heads. when I changed to a football head with the same color skirt and trailer, I quit getting bite. Again dragging the bottom not swimming the bait.
Chartreuse jig heads are good for trout and chicken boy red and white plastic are some of the best for trout I am a avid trout fisherman for big trout in Texas and that's what's produces fish just bounce slow along the bottom Good luck hope this helps.Thanks AND always Tightlines,
I personally don't think the color of the jighead does much because when you're throwing soft plastics the fish hit mainly the action, but I do think having an eye on the jighead helps with the realism of the bait
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Try throwing a shallow suspending or slow sinking jerkbait or twitchbait. Unweighted Sluggo, Fin-S, or Super Fluke with a size 2/0 hook, YoZuri Mag Darter, or something like a 4" Rapala Husky Jerk or 5" Bass Pro Shop XPS Minnow replaced with stronger hooks. Try and work them as if they're a fish slowly dying or large shrimp slowly creeping along.
