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Jigwiggler:
Too many colors to list. My already large assortment of grubs and tubes grows every year. I use just about every color under to rainbow at one time or another. I think that dark naturals are hard to beat for starters. Motor oil, smoke, pumpkinseed, green pumpkin are some of my favorites. Chartruse is a must have for walleye as is white. My local Gander Mt. sells them by the piece, I will go down and pick up 4 or 5 each in a bunch of different colors and when I find one that produces well I will go back and stock up.
Cider:
I was thinking chartruese and maybe a bright yellow. Definitely white for muddy murky water this time of year.
What style jig heads do you use? I always by the plain round head jigs and I am too lazy to bother painting them. Do you really think a painted head makes much difference so long as you have the right color soft plastic on?
Jigwiggler:
Yes yellow is a good walleye producer. I find it to work especially well in the fall. I don't know why though?? ??? 99% of the time I fish plain unpainted jig heads. About the only time I use a painted head is if I want to add just a little color to my presentation (eg. chartruse head w/ a smoke or black body). Early spring when I am fishing live bait for eyes, many times I will use just a plain lead head and a large chub. No twister at all. This way you have less resistance to get down into those deep swift holes. The bare lead can't spook them too much or I wouldn't catch any. I use the plain round head style jig heads but try to find ones with a wide gap hook. I use tube jig head when fishing tubes but like the ones where the eye exits the front of the tube instead of the top and again wide gap. I am now experimenting with the short shank models form Northland tackle and like them so far but have not used them enough to for a conclusion.
slipbob:
--- Quote from: Cider on Apr 12, 2004, 01:35 PM ---I was thinking chartruese and maybe a bright yellow. Definitely white for muddy murky water this time of year.
What style jig heads do you use? I always by the plain round head jigs and I am too lazy to bother painting them. Do you really think a painted head makes much difference so long as you have the right color soft plastic on?
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The painted head thing is unimportant in my opinion. I think with the right tail and the right presentation it's not a big deal. Who the heck knows though? It might matter somedays. I buy heads that are usually painted anyway but this season I do definitely want to add some glow paint to the heads and use the purple tazer to see how that increases the nite bite. I think it will work really well cause I fish a lot of walleye in the evening and usually stay an hour after dark. I will report my findings when walleye season opens soon. May 1st baby, May 1st.
crappieloo:
--- Quote from: TroutFishingBear on Apr 09, 2004, 11:39 PM --- Does anyone know a way to rig it so it won't snag as much?
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Use a stand up jig. Also painted jig heads are a waste of paint.
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