Perhaps the simplest design, but also one of the most effective lures for a wide variety of game fish. A jig is a single hook with a round, or sometimes fish-head-shaped lead head poured around the eye of the hook. These can be the natural grey color of the lead, black, white, or a wide variety of colors. Some have “eyes” painted on each side to resemble baitfish.
A plastic or rubber minnow, squid, frog, or other aquatic creature is threaded onto the jig. This produces a lure resembling a baitfish that attracts hungry trout, walleye, perch, and crappie.
To use a jig, cast near known underwater structure, or in the flow of an incoming stream and work the jig with short jerks of the rod while slowly reeling in your line. The jerk works the jig up and down as it approaches shore in the manner of a baitfish trying to elude predators.
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