basstracker1025 Posted December 30, 2013 Report Share Posted December 30, 2013 Any one have one for Texas Craw or Smoke PB&J these skirts are from Jewell Baits jigs........any help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted December 30, 2013 Report Share Posted December 30, 2013 (edited) For me, skirt colors are pretty basic. When I'm mixing and matching my skirt colors, I try and remember that contrast and natural colors are what gets the fish's attention here in SoCal, where our lakes are clear most of the year. For me, it's browns and greens, with purple flake and some chartreuse for contrast. Reds in shallow skirts add a blood hint, too. For deeper jigs I'll use black and purple, because those colors are the ones that show up best at depth. But I keep the accent colors, like chartreuse and red, to a minimum, so they are hints, not main themes. In the late winter and early spring, when the bass first come shallower and are eating crawdads heavily, I'll add a little more red to my brown jigs, but that's the only time. Edited December 30, 2013 by mark poulson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick reif Posted December 30, 2013 Report Share Posted December 30, 2013 (edited) My very favorite finesse JNP combo for river small mouth fishing. 1 Tab of green pumpkin with blue flake on a 3/16 oz round head jig with a wire weed guard and a Bears chunk on darker green pumpkin with blue flake. I intentionally make the chunk darker than the skirting material because it's rare that nature is monochromatic. The whole package is about 2 inches long and will make a bass smack his jaws together. I tie on one end of the tab to the top side of the jig, and then rotate the vise so that I can tie the other end of the same tab on the opposite side. Trim the tab end to allow a little tail, and then cut the loop in half and trim about 3/16" off the ends. edited to add; skirts come from fishingskirts.com I think it's called army green with blue flake now Edited December 30, 2013 by patrick reif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip-n-Lips Posted December 31, 2013 Report Share Posted December 31, 2013 Patrick that is one awesome looking jig. Can I ask what brand/type of jig trailer is that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick reif Posted January 1, 2014 Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 (edited) http://www.bearsbaits.com/KODIAK-CRAW-2-TRAILER-175_p_284.html 1.75" Bear's Kodiak craw. Killer little finesse jig on 3/16 oz round head with a wire weed guard. Roughly 2" total length and deadly on hungry smallmouth in the shoals and eddies. This is the jighead Edited January 1, 2014 by patrick reif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxedStringer Posted May 22 Report Share Posted May 22 Living in Central Virginia and fishing for bass. The following is my Potomac Craw Slammer: Brown finesse/3D Chartreuse Eyes 1 Tab Dark Red/Black Scales/red glitter 5 Strands Orange/Black Scales/Gold Glitter 6 Strands Light Brown/Black speckles 5 Strands Green/Black Scales - MaxedStringer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxedStringer Posted May 22 Report Share Posted May 22 I have been looking for a forum that has jig/spinnerbait recipes, especially the skirts. This one is my Frog Skipper: Green Finesse head/3D Chartreuse eyes 1 Tab Green/Black Speckles 5 Strands Purple with blue sheen 1 Tab Brown/Black Speckles A killer bait! - MaxedStringer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apdriver Posted May 23 Report Share Posted May 23 2 hours ago, MaxedStringer said: I have been looking for a forum that has jig/spinnerbait recipes, especially the skirts. This one is my Frog Skipper: Green Finesse head/3D Chartreuse eyes 1 Tab Green/Black Speckles 5 Strands Purple with blue sheen 1 Tab Brown/Black Speckles A killer bait! - MaxedStringer Sounds killer!!! Welcome to TU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxedStringer Posted May 23 Report Share Posted May 23 10 hours ago, Apdriver said: Sounds killer!!! Welcome to TU Thank you. I was recently asked to build 30 jigs and 20 spinnerbaits for a tournament bass fisherman. He's been using them and catching fish. He took 4th two weeks ago and missed 1st place by 4 ounces. As I build them I'll share a few recipes. The attached photo shows a few build last week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxedStringer Posted May 23 Report Share Posted May 23 13 hours ago, Apdriver said: Sounds killer!!! Welcome to TU I lived in Magnolia and Hot Springs and fished Millwood, Ouachita, Hamilton, and Catherine and caught a lot of fish in each. Millwood had the largest bass. That's where I learned to Texas rig worm fish. We made our own worms and had one that looked exactly like a real worm. Great bait. Another bait I used was a purple worm with white curled tail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apdriver Posted May 23 Report Share Posted May 23 5 hours ago, MaxedStringer said: I lived in Magnolia and Hot Springs and fished Millwood, Ouachita, Hamilton, and Catherine and caught a lot of fish in each. Millwood had the largest bass. That's where I learned to Texas rig worm fish. We made our own worms and had one that looked exactly like a real worm. Great bait. Another bait I used was a purple worm with white curled tail. We have fished a lot of the same water. Millwood is a bit of a haul for me so I haven’t fished there. Pass by on my way to Toledo and Fork sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassjiggin1955 Posted May 23 Report Share Posted May 23 I have over 250 color formula in skirts I currently tie. Im a big fan of crawdad patterns for jigs and shad colors spinnerbaits and buzzbaits and blade baits I also mix all my up through the year I make up new colors formula for other manufactures in my area. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxedStringer Posted May 24 Report Share Posted May 24 On 5/23/2024 at 3:38 PM, Apdriver said: We have fished a lot of the same water. Millwood is a bit of a haul for me so I haven’t fished there. Pass by on my way to Toledo and Fork sometimes. I also fished Toledo Bend and Sam Rayburn. Spent many days on Rayburn when it first opened. We lived in Lufkin. My dad used to dove hunt there before it was a lake. We took many big Crappie in the old wood line out from Hank's Marina. I never got to fish Fork. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxedStringer Posted May 24 Report Share Posted May 24 22 hours ago, bassjiggin1955 said: I have over 250 color formula in skirts I currently tie. Im a big fan of crawdad patterns for jigs and shad colors spinnerbaits and buzzbaits and blade baits I also mix all my up through the year I make up new colors formula for other manufactures in my area. Would you share a crappie skirt build with me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxedStringer Posted May 24 Report Share Posted May 24 On 6/29/2013 at 5:44 PM, AweStarCustomBaits said: I am curious about posting skirt colors on here, like they have for the soft plastics with the cookbook. Maybe a picture of your jig and how many of what strands and color. Has this already been done? I'm new to making jigs and just curious. I posted a few that I worked on recently and I'll add more spinnerbaits and jigs as I go. The red jigs are my Potomac Craw Slammers. I made these for a friend of mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxedStringer Posted May 24 Report Share Posted May 24 On 7/25/2013 at 3:28 PM, AweStarCustomBaits said: Here is my Brown Orange Craw http://i1290.photobucket.com/albums/b535/Awestarcustombaits/image_zps20ade0ec.jpg Like this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxedStringer Posted May 24 Report Share Posted May 24 I think I have the materials, but would you share this recipe, please? Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxedStringer Posted May 24 Report Share Posted May 24 Here is another pic of a jig I call Casper's Bud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassjiggin1955 Posted June 3 Report Share Posted June 3 I have shad patterns I use for bass that can be used for crappie. Plus dark craw patterns I use for both bass and crappie also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
