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Anyone ever use a balance jig? I have been getting some great action on this one as of late. I took a tip from Slip Sinker and switched from my Gulp! natural maggots to the pink ones, and the bluegills seem to really love it.

This is a large jig for me...2.5cm in length. it has a fine wire hook, great for sticking live bait and keeping it wriggling. I have been hanging this beneath a slip float, around 6' down. I hook the Gulp! through one end, and let it hang off.

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Comment by Leo Nguyen on August 23, 2015 at 9:58pm
I had a few close calls and a gut hooked 1/32 jig on 5 to 6 inch class, with 1/4 crawler. When they're hungry, they don't mess around.
Comment by Jim Gronaw on August 23, 2015 at 9:31pm

I've actually upscaled my jigs lately to 1/32 oz sizes due to the many large fish that are taking smaller offerings too deep to ensure a safe release. With 107 gills over 10 inches this year I want to make sure that everyone I release survives. Mine are more like 3 cm long with a #8 hook. A 12 inch hybrid still takes those too deep where I fish, so I pursue them with the Bill Modica spoon tactics...some of them still inhale it!

Also, done well this year when we tip with the Angleworms from Gulp!

Is it me, or is the printing size of these letters very small?

Comment by carl hendrix on August 23, 2015 at 4:24pm

hey Jim;; neat idea of those little jigs  you made. looks like maybe a size 8 hook ??

Comment by Slip Sinker on August 23, 2015 at 4:17pm
But Leo.. you got your fingernails dirty
Comment by Slip Sinker on August 23, 2015 at 1:11pm

beautiful Jim! yeah 10 cents is a way to go.

Comment by jim cosgrove on August 23, 2015 at 10:26am

have been making these and have had great success this summer.we usually tip these.the tung bead forward balances nicely.we fish these below a float.cost about 10 cents in materials

Comment by Slip Sinker on August 23, 2015 at 8:11am

first time i tried fishing floating my expensive tungsten ice jigs a Northern took it away from me! i believe it is a great strategy and i like the bait tip!

Comment by carl hendrix on August 22, 2015 at 7:01pm

Tony; that is a good idea; ice jigs ; tipped with a bait sounds great !  

Comment by Leo Nguyen on August 22, 2015 at 6:49pm

I have a few of those, and similar designs, primarily to entice the unresponsive fishes during winter time when the bites are practically dead. The reaction is 50/50, but with a nice crawler break dancing on the hook, the odd was more in my favor.

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