Specifically jigs.
How are you marking jigs so you know their weights? I’ve used a fine sharpie on the lighter color ones but what about the dark colors. 

I keep mine in a Plano 3701 box - different compartment for each weight/type - and a Brother P-Touch label maker to make a label noting the type/weight in that compartment.

 

7 minutes ago, SC53 said:

How are you marking jigs so you know their weights?

I've never marked a lure with it's weight, or weighed a lure for that matter. 

Dremel tool with an engraver bit.

 

MN I keep mine in an Edge so they are not compartmentalized. 

I take all the loose dividers out of a 3600 and I'm left with 6 rows.  You can separate by style, color, weight, etc.  That usually gives me enough flavor for the day.

 

Tape and sharpie for labels on the lid if necessary.  If you want to reorganize, peel off the tape and start over.  

1 minute ago, BassWhole! said:

I've never marked a lure with it's weight, or weighed a lure for that matter. 

How do you tell the difference?  Too hard for me to tell by looking at them. 5/16 and 3/8 look almost the same. 

Just now, SC53 said:

MN I keep mine in an Edge so they are not compartmentalized. 

Label on the lid above them?

 

I can't afford Edge boxes.

2 minutes ago, haggard said:

Dremel tool with an engraver bit.

 

That’s  as what I was thinking 

Just now, MN Fisher said:

Label on the lid above them?

 

I can't afford Edge boxes.

Lol, I only have the one for jigs and chatterbaits. 

8 minutes ago, SC53 said:

How do you tell the difference?  Too hard for me to tell by looking at them. 5/16 and 3/8 look almost the same. 

 Sounds like too many jigs with too little experience. I can tell cause I've fished with them for longer than I care to admit. WTT: experience for youth, willing to add cash to the deal...

You would be wrong. I’m 67 and been fishing them for a LONG time. Different style heads weigh differently too. 
As for too many, I’ll give you that. 

Uhh I've thrown em enough that I can tell by looking at em!

I started with the labeled boxes for various weights when I first got bit by the bass bug.  While I enjoyed doing it, time could have been better spent on more productive things.

 

If I think I need to go lighter or heavier now I pick one in the direction I want to go. 

 

The bass doesn't know it accidentally ate a 5/16 oz jig when it was really was in the mood for a 3/8 oz.

 

 

I can tell by looking at the head of the weight of them.

25 minutes ago, Siebert Outdoors said:

I can tell by looking at the head of the weight of them.

Yep

if you fish them enough you can tell by how far you pitch them also?

I arrange them by weight and then color and do my best to remember what's what and put them back where I got them from.

 

When in doubt, I know I have 3/8, 1/2 and 3/4 so I can compare sizes and see the difference.

If you buy jigs from siebert you can pick the head colors and have different head colors for different weights 

They make a white sharpie. 

Silver sharpie. 

I don't label them.  I mostly have two sizes: 1/2 oz. and 3/4 oz. so it's pretty easy to tell what I have.

I just guess what I need by eyeballing it. Depending on the trailer and the type of cover, the jig weight needed fluctuates too much. If I am not getting what I wanted as far as performance, I tie a heavier/lighter one on.

 

Last spring I went through and weighed all the jigs and separated them by weight. By the end of midsummer they were all mixed up again anyway. Not worth my time to do again.

 

After a while most of us can tell jighead weights by simply looking at it.

Once Tungsten hit the scene, that threw me off a bit,

as they are often much smaller than the lead baits.

But I'm getting better at that as time goes on. 

Either way, what a bait actually weighs can of course offer a starting point,

however I will always defer to 'how it fishes (trailer included)' over what it might 'weigh'.

Fish Hard

A-Jay

 

 

To be honest different jig makers use only the jig head weight others use the plain jig with hook and some use the weight of the complete jig with skirt. 

I weigh my plain jigs with hook as the weight, 7/16 oz. The only thing matters how fast it falls with a skirt and trailer and feels to me under fishing conditions. 

Tom

Edited June 2, 20215 yr by WRB

5 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

Either way, what a bait actually weighs can of course offer a starting point

I know when I first started with jigs, knowing the actual weight also made reordering easier.  

 

But for sure, it's all about how that bait falls, the profile, and what the fishies want that day.

I keep them in Plano 3700 boxes at home by style and weight. I have one Edge jig box I take with me. I transfer the jigs I take to that box by weight in rows. When I get home they go back into the 3700 boxes they came from.

A little complicated? Yes, but it keeps me organized and I can tell when to replenish easily.

I agree it’s more of a feel thing that I use when fishing them too so the “actual” weight probably isn’t that important I guess. I’m just OCD and like to organize my tackle as best I can and take as much of the guesswork out as possible.