To Snap or not to snap on Jigs

[Gene Wellman]

Fellow Fishers, Planning a trip this weekend to the Detroit River for walleye fishing. Will be equipped to jig or handline. My question is should we tie on jigs or can a snap be used? Does the snap bother the fish? Thanks, Gene Wellman

[Section 8]

I have never used a snap. It may hinder the ability to feel the jig hit the bottom.

Try it out and let us know how you do.

[Hotwired]

I've been using small duo-lock snaps on my jigs for years without a problem.

[notmuchtime]

Yup, ball bearing swivel, 18" leader, duo lock snap, jig.

[Andy Montalbano]

I like to eliminate as many swivels as possible no matter what type of fishing, but sometimes there is no way around it. So I will tie the jig directly if the line isnt twisting at all, if it starts to twist ill tie just the barrell part of a ball bearing swivel about 3 feet up fom the jig.

Good Luck on your trip. Get them eyes.

[WALLEYE MIKE]

I tie directly to the jig. If you snag up and lose the jig, not anymore hardware. I'm cheap!!

[MUSHY1]

I tie directly to the jig, and have a barrel swivel aboat 18" up the line. The reason why i do it that way, is because i use FireLine and a Leader of 8lb. to the jig. And when you get snagged up, You just break the jig off. I broke a rod doing it the other way without the leader, the fire line is sooooooo strong it broke my rod. Its either a 25 cent jig or a 100.00 stick......you make the choice....:lol:

Mushy

[Leakypipe56]

I tie directly to the jig. If you snag up and lose the jig, not anymore hardware. I'm cheap!!

:yeahthat:

[kbkrause]

I tie directly to the jig, and have a barrel swivel aboat 18" up the line. The reason why i do it that way, is because i use FireLine and a Leader of 8lb. to the jig. And when you get snagged up, You just break the jig off.

Same reason for me with powerpro. I'ed rather loose a foot of leader than possibly 30' of power pro on each snag.

[The Whale]

I use a cross lock snap on the end of my leader. No problems with fish seeing it. A snap changes nothing about the breaking point when you're snagged. You should always have a lesser poundage leader of some sort than your main line. ;)

[DAHKINGFISH]

I like to eliminate as many swivels as possible no matter what type of fishing, but sometimes there is no way around it. So I will tie the jig directly if the line isnt twisting at all, if it starts to twist ill tie just the barrell part of a ball bearing swivel about 3 feet up fom the jig.

Good Luck on your trip. Get them eyes.


Why do you try to eliminate as many swivels as possible? :confused:

[ESOX]

To keep as direct a connection as possible between the jig and the rod so as to not lose feel. That is not as important when using a braid main line as opposed to mono. I have also found that frequently a jig on a small plain snap will out fish a directly tied on jig, I think because the snap allows the bait to swing a bit more freely.

[Andy Montalbano]

Because swivels are expensive and if you do a lot of fishing then it can get expensive if you snag up at all. And of course the obvious reason the fish can see them, lol.:)

[DAHKINGFISH]

To keep as direct a connection as possible between the jig and the rod so as to not lose feel. That is not as important when using a braid main line as opposed to mono. I have also found that frequently a jig on a small plain snap will out fish a directly tied on jig, I think because the snap allows the bait to swing a bit more freely.


That makes a lot of sense. Thanks for the info