It won't be long and I'll need some more jig colors. Don't really need more jigs since I switched over to Nutech. It's a design flaw in their business model, you never need to replace the jig....
Anyway I'm curious what colors most of you use when fishing a jig. I normally keep it very simple. Black and blue, black and red, or black brown and amber. Looking at the NuTech website, they have some really cool colors that look like they would smoke some bass.
When to you through these various colors?
Missouri Craw, Candy Craw, PB and J? Check out these colors guys and let me know what you think? what conditions would you use them in?
Skirt Colors (https://nutechlures.com/index.php/acessoriess.html/)
we have recently added some additional skirt colors. they are white, chartreuse and white, chartreuse, green pumpkin blue, and blue gill. the blue gill is basically green pumpkin blue with a bit of orange. the blue gill also imitates the crawdad color right now here on table rock. also, a heads up on new products that we will have available in about four weeks. we will have a 3/16 Nujig, and will be introducing the first of a NuTech football line with a 1/2 oz. model.
we have also added 5 options of blades for the SpinJig.
bo
~c~ ~c~ ~c~
You guys are exploding with options and ideas :toot:
Quote from: Mike Cork on October 08, 2013, 05:35:01 PM
~c~ ~c~ ~c~
You guys are exploding with options and ideas :toot:
mike, actually they have been in my tackle box for a long, long time, winning tournaments with them. lo
bo
Quote from: merc1997 on October 08, 2013, 05:38:13 PM
mike, actually they have been in my tackle box for a long, long time, winning tournaments with them. lo
bo
Well then you already have some of my money so..... how about a few jigs lo lo
Let us know when you get the new skirt colors on the website. :-*
I bought six jigs back in the spring and haven't lost a single one. Most of the paint is gone from one of my black and blue jigs but the fish don't seem to care. I just ordered some new heads and a green pumpkin and blue jig last Friday so I will try that color this weekend. I love the Missouri craw and black and blue.
the new skirts options are available and shown with the jigs. we have been waiting for our photographer to get loose to shoot some pics for us, but he is harder to catch than a 10 lbers. ~roflmao. we do have one other new skirt called fire tiger that we have in hand, but do not have it up yet, and have two other colors in process.
bo
It's hard to beat firetiger colors for a swim jig in murky water. ~c~
PB&J and Candy Craw have worked particularly well for me at Clayter and on the New River.
That bluegill color looks great!! And the blueshad color has a different hue than most of the other blues you see. After my success last night I'll have to order some more jigs!! Thanks Bo!!(https://www.ultimatebass.com/bass-fishing-forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.tapatalk.com%2Fd%2F13%2F10%2F10%2Fza2aryju.jpg&hash=4daa3628bd93fc27ca168ab089c4e726c1f69253)
Quote from: BassmanRudy on October 09, 2013, 11:36:45 AM
That bluegill color looks great!! And the blueshad color has a different hue than most of the other blues you see. After my success last night I'll have to order some more jigs!! Thanks Bo!!(https://www.ultimatebass.com/bass-fishing-forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.tapatalk.com%2Fd%2F13%2F10%2F10%2Fza2aryju.jpg&hash=4daa3628bd93fc27ca168ab089c4e726c1f69253)
boy, that is a really healthy looking bass!!
bo
Yeah he/she was!! 17 1/8"(barely above the 14-17" slot) but prob went 2.75lbs!!
Missouri Craw,Missouri Craw,Missouri Craw,Missouri Craw !!!
Did I say Missouri Craw ? :)
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Hooked Right through the Snout each and every time !
I also have to add ... I bought 6 NuJigs May 12th and just lost my first one maybe 3 weeks ago !!! These babies and that color flat out catch fish ! And are very hard to lose :). Try swimming one and watch it swim it is straight as an arrow ! Love these things :)
Really excited to learn about the 3/16 oz jigs coming. I have had to move to finesse presentations on Lake Conroe recently.
Quote from: Bigwrench on October 09, 2013, 07:56:39 PM
Missouri Craw,Missouri Craw,Missouri Craw,Missouri Craw !!!
Did I say Missouri Craw ? :)
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Hooked Right through the Snout each and every time !
I also have to add ... I bought 6 NuJigs May 12th and just lost my first one maybe 3 weeks ago !!! These babies and that color flat out catch fish ! And are very hard to lose :). Try swimming one and watch it swim it is straight as an arrow ! Love these things :)
many people are discovering that the missouri craw will catch bass in any region on the country. it is a great night time color too.
bo
I fish the Missouri Craw color combination a lot. Whiskey is another color I really like for our area. I got a close up look a your NuTech Jig a few days ago. Very nicely made. I've got a night jig called "Midnight Magic", that is a four color combo. Real good theory on why it works. I'll try to post the skirt for you.
Any updates on the new nigs merc? I saw the football head video you guys produced. Would love to see higher res pics of it. Also I believe you mentioned a slightly slimmer head profile designed for plastics as well?
Waiting to place my order so I can get some of those new goodies!
Quote from: Sarcazmo on October 17, 2013, 11:43:19 AM
Any updates on the new nigs merc? I saw the football head video you guys produced. Would love to see higher res pics of it. Also I believe you mentioned a slightly slimmer head profile designed for plastics as well?
Waiting to place my order so I can get some of those new goodies!
the new products will be here in approx. 3 weeks.
bo
Can't wait! Football jigs as snag proof as the original?
question for those of you who have used these. do you find yourself catching weeds with the head of the jig?
I have a handful of Terminator jigs with the eyelet horizontal like these, and they catch more weeds than fish. The weeds are always caught on the head of the jig. However, all my vertical eyelet jigs stay weedless 99% of the time.
Quote from: Mr1ply on October 17, 2013, 03:02:57 PM
question for those of you who have used these. do you find yourself catching weeds with the head of the jig?
I have a handful of Terminator jigs with the eyelet horizontal like these, and they catch more weeds than fish. The weeds are always caught on the head of the jig. However, all my vertical eyelet jigs stay weedless 99% of the time.
What little weeds I fish around here I have not noticed it being a problem. If I drag it through the slimey slop then yes it does catch that.
Quote from: merc1997 on October 10, 2013, 12:39:27 AM
many people are discovering that the missouri craw will catch bass in any region on the country. it is a great night time color too.
bo
Speaking of which ... I'm planning on starting doing some nujig night fishing as well, from a boat ramp where from I can access shallow rocky bottom water and deeper vegetation bottom, any advice u guys can give me? intuitively I would go with a dark 1/2oz nujig, black and blue ideally with a craw black and blue trailer, and would tend to cast on rocky bottom and slowly bounce it from rock to rock, would that be the right approach?
Quote from: opensec on October 17, 2013, 08:22:06 PM
Speaking of which ... I'm planning on starting doing some nujig night fishing as well, from a boat ramp where from I can access shallow rocky bottom water and deeper vegetation bottom, any advice u guys can give me? intuitively I would go with a dark 1/2oz nujig, black and blue ideally with a craw black and blue trailer, and would tend to cast on rocky bottom and slowly bounce it from rock to rock, would that be the right approach?
I use that approach pretty much. But if there's bass there and they aren't responding then I switch up the retrieve. Sometimes I will slowly pull my jig along the bottom and if I come in contact with anything, I'll shake my rod tip a little until the jig comes over or off of whatever it was making contact with. I get most of my strikes that way
Quote from: Mr1ply on October 17, 2013, 03:02:57 PM
question for those of you who have used these. do you find yourself catching weeds with the head of the jig?
I fish some extremely thick vegetation and rarely have a problem with this, definitely much less than a standard cross eye jig.
Keep in mind that with a vertical eye jig, your pull points are way off and you're jig can rotate during hook set causing corner of the mouth snags that are easy to throw.
Quote from: Mike Cork on October 21, 2013, 01:33:05 PMKeep in mind that with a vertical eye jig, your pull points are way off and you're jig can rotate during hook set causing corner of the mouth snags that are easy to throw.
i did not know this thank you. Is there a way to combat this?
I got too frustrated with the horizontal bringing in weeds every cast so I went to the vertical and almost eliminated that. Could that be jig head style related more so than the eyelet orientation?
A horizontal eye will give you a better hook up to land ratio, however most will grab more slim and grass like you've experienced. The vertical obviously pulls through it much better but you have to combat poor hook ups and fish spitting the jig on the way back to the boat.
The NuTech's design hooks a bass in the roof of the mouth every time and with the unique angles of the hook and eyelet it reduces snags tremendously.
i will give what i know about fishing the NuJig through vegetation. to me eyelet orientation has little to do with hanging grass. i know many will argue that fact, but i believe most of the vegetation shedding is done with the head. the eyelet of the hook is round and that alone will shed grass. horizontal eyelets will definitely help in setting the hook because the pull of your line tie is always from the top of the ring. that gives you more turning leverage. with a vertical eyelet, the pull line of your line tie is in the middle of the ring and by that alone, you lose turning leverage. position on the eyelet on the head would have more to do with gathering vegetation than being oriented flat or vertical.
when fishing through slime, it will stick to just about anything. i have fished the NuJig through very thick coontail moss, hydrilla, and other various grasses without any issues. we have many people that fish the NuJig on the California delta, and all have stated that the NuJig comes through the tullies better than anything else. we have many people admit that the NuJig came through vegetation better than any of their so called vegetation jigs with vertical eyelets.
one last observation about the vertical eye theory. if the vertical eye is what is keeping the jig from collecting weeds, then why is your fishing line not also. i think weeds collect on the fishing line first.
bo
I ordered some almost a year ago. I haven't had to order anymore because I haven't lost any, but I have given a few out for others to try. It is by far my favorite jig.
thanks for the great info. ill have to give the nu tech jigs a try next time i do a jig order.
I fished the Nutec jigs this past weekend for the first time. I was hoping I could share my results and also get feedback from others who are fishing them. First fish was a 3.5 pounder and was hooked in the roof of the mouth. Nice!! After that, I lost 4 smaller fish in a row. All 4 felt like they were hooked up, but fell off as they were gliding across the top of the water while reeling to the boat. I'm was wondering if the two weedless legs might be too stiff for the smaller fish to bite down on. Or maybe the smaller fish mouths were unable to fully engulf the bait and it was preventing the hook from penetrating the fishes mouth. Thoughts?? Anybody had similar experiences? I'm wondering if I should try and trim the length of the weedless legs to help this problem.
from my experience, small bass have a hard time getting the entire jig in their mouth. i have noticed that on small bass, that i can completely rip the lip loose from the head. could be i set the hook way too hard :shocking:. i did get to go fishing tonight, and we just ripped them. ended up with 14 keepers (15" plus). had several 3lbers. with one brownie in the 4lb. range. i hope that there are others that will get out and enjoy the great night fishing this time of the year. the water temp was 66. most of the bass were in the 15 ft. range. about half of them were caught on the new Blitz football head, which should be here in a couple of weeks.
bo
now that i have a bit more time to address dealing with smaller bass, NuTech does have jigs with smaller hooks in the works for those situations, and will be more suitable for fishing with lighter line.
bo
Bo,
Thanks for the reply. I'm hitting the water again early tomorrow morning. I guess it could be my hook set causing a problem. I fish braid on my jig rod and mono on my top water rod. It's always hard to remember which hook set I need to be using when I'm switching rods constantly depending on the surroundings. I may experiment with trimming the weedless arms depending on how the fishing is. Thanks again!!
Quote from: merc1997 on October 30, 2013, 06:42:10 PM
now that i have a bit more time to address dealing with smaller bass, NuTech does have jigs with smaller hooks in the works for those situations, and will be more suitable for fishing with lighter line.
bo
this i like the sounds of!
Bo, not to put you on the spot but I need a NuTech crappie jig head before April. Catching monster Sac-a-lait in the middle of brush piles is a blast but I loose two or three cards of jigs a trip. I think if you can engineer this, it will be amazing!!!
But....I've been know to catch a few crappie on a 3/8 ounce jig as well ~shade
Quote from: Mike Cork on November 01, 2013, 10:11:55 AM
Bo, not to put you on the spot but I need a NuTech crappie jig head before April. Catching monster Sac-a-lait in the middle of brush piles is a blast but I loose two or three cards of jigs a trip. I think if you can engineer this, it will be amazing!!!
But....I've been know to catch a few crappie on a 3/8 ounce jig as well ~shade
mike, i already have them. just some manufacturing and material hurdles to be figured out. we usually fish all day with the same jig.
bo
Quote from: merc1997 on November 01, 2013, 10:25:05 AM
mike, i already have them. just some manufacturing and material hurdles to be figured out. we usually fish all day with the same jig.
bo
That's what I'm talking about, not that a crappie jig is expensive but it's a pain to retie them. I'd love some NuTech Crappie Grabbers :-*
Quote from: Mike Cork on November 01, 2013, 11:03:06 AM
That's what I'm talking about, not that a crappie jig is expensive but it's a pain to retie them. I'd love some NuTech Crappie Grabbers :-*
This is some of the best news I have heard in a while. Will be able to fish cedars without everyone around hearing my immature vocabulary.
Uhhhhh Bo , I need some crappie jigs too lol.
And you better get ready for some contest pics this weekend cause I'm all stocked up and heading to the lake :)
P.S. Tell me how to fish the Crazy Jig ? I'll get to try it out tomorrow , cold fronts coming so I dunno how it's gonna play out.
Quote from: Bigwrench on November 01, 2013, 04:41:36 PM
Uhhhhh Bo , I need some crappie jigs too lol.
And you better get ready for some contest pics this weekend cause I'm all stocked up and heading to the lake :)
P.S. Tell me how to fish the Crazy Jig ? I'll get to try it out tomorrow , cold fronts coming so I dunno how it's gonna play out.
mike would be a better on to ask than me. i am a rookie fising with them. i have had success fising them in place of a crankbait, and we did catch some a while back out of a brush pile. i think those were on a video. the only advice i can give is to wait to feel the bass pulling you before setting the hook. i think they have a tendency to nip at this type of bait a lot.
bo
I'll be all over the crappie jigs when their available.
Quote from: Bigwrench on November 01, 2013, 04:41:36 PM
P.S. Tell me how to fish the Crazy Jig ? I'll get to try it out tomorrow , cold fronts coming so I dunno how it's gonna play out.
The Crazy Jig is an all terrain vehicle for bass fishing. It goes any where and does anything. Best retrieve is slow and steady so they can home in on it. However in clearer water a stop and go can be fantastic as well.
Fish it like you would a crankbait, spinnerbait, or swim jig. Bump it into cover, drag it on the bottom or burn it back to the boat. If I could only have one bait in the boat with me it would probably be this one as it can do it all except sit on the surface, you can make it bubble the surface but it won't sit still there.
If there are bass they is a retrieve that they will eat.
Fished my NuTech jigs for the first time yesterady. Gotta say, there great! I don't think you can loose them. Caught nothing but dinks but that's OK. Still caught more than a few of the others out there.
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Quote from: Princeton_Man on November 06, 2013, 03:08:35 AM
Fished my NuTech jigs for the first time yesterady. Gotta say, there great! I don't think you can loose them. Caught nothing but dinks but that's OK. Still caught more than a few of the others out there.
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SWEET! now lets figure out how to post this pic over on the contest. glad someone is having some sun. we have not seen it for a few days.
bo
I only used the keys in the shot thinking I'd have a couple of big ones to follow. I believe the first one was actually a bit bigger and I didn't even give him a photo op and didn't bother with scales. Nothing went much over half a pound. Needless to say Nutech jigs have become my new favorite jigs. Every hookup was solid upper lip and I found myself pitching into stuff just trying to get hung up. Great design!
Any update as to when the footballs will be available for purchase?
Quote from: Sarcazmo on November 06, 2013, 11:50:22 AM
Any update as to when the footballs will be available for purchase?
they are about two weeks out now.
bo
Quote from: merc1997 on November 06, 2013, 12:14:54 PM
they are about two weeks out now.
bo
Great news. Do you have any close up pics of the new fb head? Been saving up my pennies to make a large purchase as soon as everything gets in.
there is one on our you tube channel.
bo
QuoteAnyway I'm curious what colors most of you use when fishing a jig. I normally keep it very simple. Black and blue, black and red, or black brown and amber.
When to you throw these various colors?
Mike, I'm like you - limited colors do the job most of the time. I love to have a large inventory of colored skirts from fishingskirts.com to be able to change color combos depending on water clarity and
my mood and believe that color is in the eye of the beholder, fish's and angler's - both of which are
totally different 99% of the time. What we see is rarely what a fish sees considering variations in water clarity, light source and intensity and background.
I get bored using just the colors you mentioned and like the high contrast colors I saw on the site, not that it makes much of a difference. A jig in the right hands always catches bass regardless of color (except for the following: solid white, bright orange, pink, blue-green, yellow, chartreuse, which I consider better spinnerbait or soft plastic colors - just
my color bias).
I think trailer colors as important at times as skirt colors, though mix & match do fine most of the time.
It's kind of like colors you wouldn't be caught dead in - you either like em or hate em!
does that fishing skirts place do custom colors? i emailed them but have yet to hear back and forgot to call them after work. or do you know of anyone besides sieberts who does (didn't have one of the colors sadly....)?
They have about 400 colors. Nothing close?
well its a old Sure Hit worm color combo that kills locally. there are colors that are close, but don't work anywhere near as effective. i wanted to see if i could get that same reaction out of a jig.
ive gone through probably half the catalog online and haven't found the two colors together.
Can you post a picture?
Quote from: SenkoSam on November 08, 2013, 02:18:53 PM
Can you post a picture?
basically its black with a pink tail. but a red tail does not get anywhere near the amount of action the pink tail does. im thinking i may just go with a all back jig and then get a custom trailer from doc irv with a pink tail.