I usually use just a roundball jig with a 90 degree eye. Should I be using a jig with a 60 degree eye? A different head style? I have been thinking about picking up some spot stalker heads to try. What does everyone use?

If what your using works, why change? I don't know if a round ball head with a 90 degree eye is the best either, but I sure used to catch a ton of fish with one when swimming a grub...........in fact I don't know why I still don't do it. Letting a 3"-4" grub sink to the bottom on 1/4 oz ball head and slowly swimming it back used to produce for me in just about every type of condition, especially when it the water was still very cold, like early spring, and late fall.

I use a ball head and a darter head. The darter head has a little less resistance with the pointed head so it sinks a little faster and comes through the water a little easier, seems to help if you're fishing deep water. Not sure the position of the line tie will effect how it works for you. 

I've been using ball heads with grubs for more years than I care to remember. All were standard, no frills, straight up eye.

My fallback presentation is a 1/4oz jig when all else is not working.  I have also tried smaller jigs like the bitsy bug's (also in 1/4 oz) by Strike King.  They work like tiny Swim Jig's that way.  They also swim through grass and stuff better.

For specifically swimming a grub I actually like a swimbait head (buckeye jwill swimbait head) but if you are mixing it up every cast with different retrieves just stay with a round ball jighead

I've been using ball heads with grubs for more years than I care to remember. All were standard, no frills, straight up eye.

 

Yep! I've used round head jigs for many years. Mostly because they work just fine and I have a mold to pour my own all the way from 1/80 oz. to 1/2 oz.

 

Tom

This Owner Ultra head works well for an option to the regular open hook presentation.

 

A-Jay

 

 

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I use a 60deg bend hook why?  Thats the mold I have.  I also use a shaky head.

Thanks for the responses guys. I have had good results with a ball head and 90 degree eye for bottom presentations but was looking to do more swimming with my grubs for those agressive smallies. I have some owner darter heads laying around somewhere that I will try! I also have some bitsy jigs, great idea to pair them up with a 3 inch grub as a downsized swimjig.

One of my secrets on Lake Gaston in nc and va when the fishing gets really tough in the heat of the summer is a 1/4 oz ball jig head with 3" grub under deeper boat docks. I have always used the old school 90s. I haven't ever tried a 60 degree eye like the I use for shakes heads.. If you do change your jig heads post us and let us know how it went