Jig

You are interested in lure fishing and more specifically in choosing your future jig. It is crucial to get the best equipment according to your use. It is then extremely important to know all the subtleties of jigs:

Colors
Size
Shape

Our wide lure collection will undoubtedly allow you to find the rare pearl that will complete your gear whether you are a fisherman practicing on a boat or from the shore.

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The Jig is a lure that has been getting popular in recent years due to its simplicity, but also its ability to reach fishing areas previously reserved for the best among us. This type of lure allows you to reach great depths. Being metallic and heavily lead-weighted they can handle a lot of situations, whether it's in a strong current or extreme depths.

This lure consists of a single metallic piece mounted with an assist hook. There is a wide variety since this one is a product range in itself. The Jig can recall the rippling spoons by some aspects of its operation, although the opportunities it offers are completely different.

In order to better choose your lure, it is important to understand how to do it. The jig is chosen according to the fishing conditions available to you, as well as your rod and reel. And not from the place where you are. There are then two types of jigs:

The center weight jigs
The tail weight jigs

The center weight, or otherwise called centered weights, are designed for a slow descent, which allow horizontal work, sinking like a dead leaf. You can thus create irregular and realistic movements. This lure will be adapted to a relatively calm time and in water with little current.

The tail weights are designed for a fast descent. It is longer than its brother and its weight is on one side. It is capable of not being carried away by powerful currents and reaching very great depths.

Therefore, you need to take all of this into account before making your choice, don't forget the arming of your lure and a quality line choice which are often neglected.

How to choose your Jig?

You are now wondering if there are things to pay attention to when buying this type of surface lure and you are right. Indeed, it must have a size adapted to the reel and the rod you are using. Be sure to check the power of each element of your set, it is necessary that everything is consistent.

The choice of colors also matters, it will vary depending on the type of water you are in, but also the season, the aggressiveness, and the species you are targeting. In tinted water, in the depths where light will be very little present, it is necessary that the fish sees the lure to be interested in it. There are two schools of thought on this subject, one advocates a natural color, black in this case, and naturally hooks. When the second school advises fluorescent looks such as orange or chartreuse. Thus the lure reflects the little light there is and attracts your targets more easily. We advise you to go for this option which has already proven itself extensively. If you plan to fish in open water, blue, silver, and green are the most used.

Second important point, to succeed in your choice: the weight of the lure. Depending on the equipment you use, but also the depths you want to reach it will be different for each situation. If the current is weak and you don't go down more than 70 meters, lures around 80g will be ample enough. What we advise is to buy a sample of lures ranging from 5g to 60g, you will be able to face almost all situations. If you fish in extreme depths with powerful currents, lures from 100 to 150g will be the most suitable choice.

The hook is also a point not to be neglected. The arming adapts to your way of fishing and like the rest to the conditions and your target. You can mount single, triple hooks on your lure, or the famous assist hook which will damage your catch less.

The different types of Jig

This type of lure will allow you to catch pelagic species that stay near the bottom during the day. Jig fishing is very effective where other techniques are less good.

You will find on the market two large families that will revive all the fishermen, intended for one for speed jigging and the other for slow jigging:

The center weight jigs, for the slow. These are shorter lures that have a centered weight. The animation is therefore worked horizontally. They are usable in calm water conditions and with low current. In the event of rough conditions, limit yourself to depths not exceeding 30 meters. The most suitable bottoms are flat, rocky peaks would be able to hook your lure and prevent you from bringing it back to the surface. SlowMo lure from the Volkien Soul brand and the Samurai Slow from Daiwa Japan are two very good products to test.

The tail weight jigs, for speed animation. All its weight is only on one side, thus it reaches great depths in a very short time and suffers very little from currents thanks to its elongated shape. The fact of reaching the bottom quickly is a great advantage, the deeper we go into the lower layers the stronger the currents. A lure that does not quickly reach the bottom can be carried away without ever touching it. In a case where your lure is carried away indefinitely, you will have completely unrolled your line without reaching it, which is problematic in this fishing technique. The Vortex Speed from Williamson is a very good product to look closely at.

The small formats of jigs intended for all new techniques are among the most coveted products at the moment. They allow fishing in a few meters of water and are interesting for freshwater fish. We will thus easily turn to perches, zanders, bass, meager, and many other fish. Between a few grams and 60g, you will already have beautiful opportunities.

You now have all the cards in hand to make the best possible choice regarding your future jig fishing gear. Get into jig fishing if you haven't already, whether you are boat fishermen or from the shore you won't regret it. You will reach with precision surfaces that you may have never tackled before, and all this with disconcerting simplicity. Don't forget to adapt your hook in correspondence with the species, dentex, and others that you are looking for.

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