Do you find it makes a difference for something like swimming a grub or a ned rig?  I always order unpainted jigs since they are cheaper.  How say you?

I paint them more for me than I do the fish. I doubt it makes a difference, but since I do it myself, why risk it?

I have had the privilege of fishing with Big O a few times and he thinks it makes a difference, so I fish painted jig heads exclusively. If you want to paint them yourself or just for touch-up, get some fingernail polish from the Dollar Store.

 

5 minutes ago, roadwarrior said:

I have had the privilege of fishing with Big O a few times

 

Oscar Robinson?

Steve Parks

http://www.ragetail.com/

2 minutes ago, Junk Fisherman said:

 

Oscar Robinson?

No, Steve Parks, the Rage Tail inventor. @Big-O on the forums. 

2 hours ago, roadwarrior said:

Steve Parks

http://www.ragetail.com/

 

Didn't he drive the #1 Penzoil Car for Earnhardt?

 

(I'll stop now.  I am sick and am kinda doped up on cold medicine.)

There are times where  eyes seem to get more hits  , like in cold water . I take plain jig heads and add eyes with black and white fingernail polish .

I think paint actually helps with certain conditions. I know when the one river I fish gets a heavy stain or muddy, a black grub fished on a chartreuse or blaze orange jig head will out produce a plain jig head every day of the week. The same thing when the water is low and clear, a green pumpkin, brown, or black jig head will get more bites than a plain jig as we have experienced. I find that it seems to matter more for smallmouth than it does for largemouth but even when catching them on a plain shaky head, I still have more confidence in that colored one and confidence will help you catch more fish.

I paint lead jig heads 4 colors with Testors enamel model paint; black, brown, purple or pearl white. I don't like green jig heads and use brown for trailer colors that green tones.

Black for dark colors, purple for purple and red tones and pearl white for smoke and Shad baitfish colors. Plain lead tends to oxide and paint prevents it.

Tom

4 hours ago, Junk Fisherman said:

Do you find it makes a difference for something like swimming a grub or a ned rig?  I always order unpainted jigs since they are cheaper.  How say you?

 

Nope, no difference at all.

How much of a "difference" its makes? I don't know. What I do know is that for me a straight up bass jig with skirt and craw trailer I always fish painted. A swimbait head for a boot tail, almost always unpainted. When a bait is sitting or being presented very slowly I want the paint because the fish can get a good look at it and "I" think it helps. When the bait is moving quickly like a swimbait with a "shad head" and a "boot tail" I just go with the less expensive unpainted option sometimes, although I do have quite a few painted heads like this as well.

I don't think it makes a difference. I fish unpainted and ones I paint myself. Black, Flat Black, Chartreuse and White. But I don't think it makes a difference. It's something to do. 

i freakin' love the idea of painting on a set of eyes.