Some of you fish both, others only fish one of these.

When do you prefer a jig over a soft plastic craw?

I fish Chigger Craws and I am going to start fishing jigs this year and was curious when you choose one over the other.

Thanks

i fish both and let the fish tell me

Help?

It really is as simple as letting the fish tell you what they want. Although a ragetail craw is very versatile, and at times I'll use it over a jig, mostly in really weeded areas. (Though I fish a jig more then I do a craw.)

What I'll do it peg it with a small bullet weight, small enough to get it to sink, but light enough for me to be able to bring it ontop of weed mats without it falling through. So what I can do is hop/crawl it back to myself, and when I come to a weed mat, bring the craw to the top, and crawl it ontop of the weed mat, imitating a frog or such, I've had so many bass explode on it like this. Another thing you can do is burn it on the top, and the feet will paddle like a buzzfrog. So you can crawl/hop it on the bottom, burn it on the top, and crawl/twitch it ontop of weed mats, all with the same bait, rigged the same way.

But again, it really depends on what the fish prefer that day, that question is like asking "whats a better flipping bait, a tube, or a jig?", the fish need to tell you.

I fish both

Texas Rigged Craw Worm maybe the most under used lure available to the bass angler.

It's pretty much like the mistake anglers make by only throwing lizards during spring

I fish a craw sometimes as a jig trailer...The best of both worlds!

8-)

I fish a craw sometimes as a jig trailer...The best of both worlds!

8-)

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The fish will tell you. Just the craw is usually a smaller profile where as the jig is usually a larger profile. Try a craw worm rigged on a jig head with no skirt. That is one finesse thing I do often. I use a small craw that does not have a lot of action. Works when other things won't.