I'm really trying to commit to jig fishing this year - haven't had too much success with them but I know they can really bring in some great fish.

 

So let me ask you all - what type of line do you use while jig fishing and why? I've heard arguments both ways - fluoro has better slack-line sensitivity and the invisibility factor but braid is has more sensitivity on a semi-slack line with zero-stretch. Right now I've got a 4-5' fluoro leader on braid hoping to get the best of both worlds but is that really the best solution?

 

Thanks for your help and thoughts!

I prefer straight fluorocarbon for my jig fishing.

I think it depends on what sort of terrain you are fishing those jigs in. Open water football head? Fluoro. Flippin into nastiness? Braid. I don't think there is EVER one line to rule them all.

How do you plan to fish your jigs, casting and retrieving like a T-rig worm or pitching short cast into heavy cover? Your answer will help!

Tom

Most of the time it's pretty open water with no real heavy cover so much more like a T-rig. The body of water you see in my profile picture is the lake I'm on most often - and almost always from shore. It is a long, thin neighborhood retention pond.

 

Thanks for your help!

Most of the time it's pretty open water with no real heavy cover so much more like a T-rig. The body of water you see in my profile picture is the lake I'm on most often - and almost always from shore. It is a long, thin neighborhood retention pond.

Thanks for your help!

15-20lb fluorocarbon of your choice but I would recommend 16lb Sunline shooter.

Flouro

12# Tatsu. I tried braid, mono, and copoly and have settled on 100% floro.

Keep in mind that no lure can grow bass where they are not located, ie they are not a panacea.

Your question is what line? Heavy cover with both brush and aquatic weeds braid works **** because it cuts through vegetation. More open water presentations like casting and retrieving FC works good.

Can't tell if your pond is full of weeds or not.

My preference is going with 14 or 16 lb FC, one knot at the jig. If the cover is fairly weedy, then use a single tail grub trailer, sparse weed growth go with a double tail trailer, jig weight 3/8 to 1/2.0z should do it for you.

Tom

Dont rule-out mono! Its been around the longest, is cheaper, and I find Berkley Big Game in 20pld low vis green all I need for flipping and pitching in willows, laydowns,and standing timber. I do prefer flouro when I'm making long casts when the water is clear, and braid when punchin grass mats. Like hooah said, one line does not rule em all. But brands do. Lol. Edit: flouro I prefer Seagar invis-x, mono I prefer Berkley big game, and braid, for me at least, seems to not have a ton of differences from name to name. Disclaimer:I don't recommend Berkley Vanish. Terrible line. My least favorite.

I like 15lb Tatsu. Casts great, tough as nails, extremely sensitive; basically perfect.

12-16lb Fluoro is what I use for jigs 90% of the time. 

Im getting ready to test 15lb mccoy super clear, its a copoly

I fish jigs on braid, about 80% of the time with a fluorocarbon leader, and have for several years now. No issues..... I have caught a "few" jig fish...... Sooooo I guess it's kinda fine.

I prefer braid for jigs and plastics for it's sensitivity, hook setting ability, visibility and manageability. I add leaders only in the clearest of open water or where abrasion is an issue ( mussel beds etc..)

Grass - braid

Rocks - fluoro

Lay downs etc - depends on water clarity though I lean to fluoro just because it has some stretch and forgiveness when pulling through limbs

20# or 15# Invisex Floro depending on cover and application.

Mike

I use 12-20lb inviz x or Suffix 832 braid for the heavy stuff.  

 

I just got some 60lb Kanzen Braid so I'll be trying that.

 60lb Tatsu .

 

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I do all my 3/4oz work on 20# Tatsu, and love it, but I am seriously considering going to invisx just for cost. plus invisx has a 17#

Swimming a jig 10lbs Seaguar InvizX or 30lbs Daiwa Samurai Braid, jig fishing 15lbs Seaguar InvizX or 50lbs Daiwa Samurai Braid.  I also just got some new Seaguar Smackdown braid to try.

15 lb big game for 1/2 jigs + trailer and under.

20 lb big game for 3/4 oz and up.

 

I feel like big game has the least stretch out of any mono I've ever used so I can get away with it. It has less stretch than some fluorocarbon lines believe it or not. It is very cheap too.

 

I have found that the stretch that it does have compared to braid actually helps me because I can set the hook hard and yank him out cover hard if needed and the stretch seems to absorb a lot of the extra force. The slack line sensitivity is great too.