Mold Questions?

[soopd]

I have a bullet bass jig, casting jig, and the poison tail mold. I was looking at the snootie jig mold and it don't seem much different. I know a lot o you guys on here love the snootie jig.

Is there much difference if any between the snootie and all of those other molds I have?

Thanks

[smalljaw]

There is a night and day different between the bullet, casting and the poison tail jig. For the first difference, the other jigs use a 28 to 30 degree hook while the snootie uses a 60 degree hook, while it doesn't seem like a big difference there really is depending on how you use it. On bottom contact presentations the line on the bullet and casting jig and even the poison tail gets contacted more, because the line tie is front and center while the snootie has the line tie on top. The fall is also different with the snootie than other jigs, I found that out by accident testing drop speed in clear water, we were dropping different jigs into the water to see how long it took for the jig to reach bottom using a few different jigs in various weights and we noticed the snootie doesn't fall with the hook up and the head facing down, instead the head is slightly forward, and with a skirt and trailer it is even more exaggerated which I think helps it to draw strikes but also provides me with an excellent  hook up ratio. The big thing is every single one of the thousands of fish I caught on a snootie have been hooked in the roof of the mouth and this isn't a stand up jig and as I said, I think it is due to how the jig falls. The other thing is I like the eyes on this jig, they are much bigger than most others jigs that have eyes and I think eyes do trigger strikes at times and the snootie uses large eyes. So, if you weren't sure about getting it because it was the same don't, the casting jig mold, which I also have, is a great swim jig but that is it, there isn't much more I can do with it, the snootie I use as a swim jig, as a flipping jig, as a plain jighead for oversize grubs and for fishing plastics without a skirt and I even tied bucktail and rabbit hair on them, the most versatile jig Do-it makes in my opinion.

[soopd]

Thanks for the reply. I love the information from this site. Top notch

[kyl57es]

So can you use the 60 degree hook on the poison jigs and would there be a difference between the 30 degree hook vs the 60 degree. I just got the poison head mold and I'm debating on using ether 30 degree hook or the 60 degree.

 

There is a night and day different between the bullet, casting and the poison tail jig. For the first difference, the other jigs use a 28 to 30 degree hook while the snootie uses a 60 degree hook, while it doesn't seem like a big difference there really is depending on how you use it. On bottom contact presentations the line on the bullet and casting jig and even the poison tail gets contacted more, because the line tie is front and center while the snootie has the line tie on top. The fall is also different with the snootie than other jigs, I found that out by accident testing drop speed in clear water, we were dropping different jigs into the water to see how long it took for the jig to reach bottom using a few different jigs in various weights and we noticed the snootie doesn't fall with the hook up and the head facing down, instead the head is slightly forward, and with a skirt and trailer it is even more exaggerated which I think helps it to draw strikes but also provides me with an excellent  hook up ratio. The big thing is every single one of the thousands of fish I caught on a snootie have been hooked in the roof of the mouth and this isn't a stand up jig and as I said, I think it is due to how the jig falls. The other thing is I like the eyes on this jig, they are much bigger than most others jigs that have eyes and I think eyes do trigger strikes at times and the snootie uses large eyes. So, if you weren't sure about getting it because it was the same don't, the casting jig mold, which I also have, is a great swim jig but that is it, there isn't much more I can do with it, the snootie I use as a swim jig, as a flipping jig, as a plain jighead for oversize grubs and for fishing plastics without a skirt and I even tied bucktail and rabbit hair on them, the most versatile jig Do-it makes in my opinion.

Edited January 20, 2013 by kyl57es

[smalljaw]

So can you use the 60 degree hook on the poison jigs and would there be a difference between the 30 degree hook vs the 60 degree. I just got the poison head mold and I'm debating on using ether 30 degree hook or the 60 degree.

 

The poison tail is designed for a 28 degree hook but a 30 degree hook will work and I like the Mustad hook that the poison tail uses. You can't use the 60 degree hook in the poison tail mold because it isn't designed for that hook, it as well as other jigs, is designed for a specific type of hook. Now, if you don't like the Mustad 91768 that the poison tail uses you can use the Mustad 32886 round bend hook or any equivelent hook. If you want a different hook for a mold it still has to fall along the same lines such as the bend angle or the wire diameter or the size but you can't stick a 60 degree hook in a mold meant for a 30 degree hook unless you modify the mold or bend the hook and I wouldn't do either since the jig was designed to use a 30 degree hook, BTW a 60 degree hook would come out in the weedguard slot on the poison tail mold.

[Saugerman]

I agree with smalljawabout the snootie jig. If I could only have one jig mold,it would have to be the snootie.I also love the football  jig mold, and the shakie head molds,but each one has there place.

[soopd]

What anout the difference between the snootie and the brush jig?

Not trying to avoid the snootie I just want to know more. Thanks

[smalljaw]

What anout the difference between the snootie and the brush jig?

Not trying to avoid the snootie I just want to know more. Thanks

 

The Brush jig is a different animal, to me it isn't a verstile but it makes a great flipping jig for wood and rock cover, and that is why I also have that mold. The snootie for me is the most versatile jig there is and for me I employ it is different situations. The brush jig is my wood and rock flipping jig, but if the fish are a little spooky and I stille need the weight then I'll use the snootie as it is more compact but still heavy, and anywhere there is grass then the snootie gets the nod as there isn't a better jig for flipping in grass than the snootie. I will also tell you that if I find some laydowns in late spring in 3' to 5' of water, the 1/4oz brush jig is hard to beat, a great design that I can use to probe shallow flats and stump fields but it is a flipping and pitching type jig completely different than the snootie.

[soopd]

I really appreciate the info. Looks like I will be buying the snootie jig mold soon.

[kyl57es]

The poison tail is designed for a 28 degree hook but a 30 degree hook will work and I like the Mustad hook that the poison tail uses. You can't use the 60 degree hook in the poison tail mold because it isn't designed for that hook, it as well as other jigs, is designed for a specific type of hook. Now, if you don't like the Mustad 91768 that the poison tail uses you can use the Mustad 32886 round bend hook or any equivelent hook. If you want a different hook for a mold it still has to fall along the same lines such as the bend angle or the wire diameter or the size but you can't stick a 60 degree hook in a mold meant for a 30 degree hook unless you modify the mold or bend the hook and I wouldn't do either since the jig was designed to use a 30 degree hook, BTW a 60 degree hook would come out in the weedguard slot on the poison tail mold.

Thank you for the info. That nails it.