Everts Resort
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I am asked many times everyday, what jig weight should I use? Out of curiousity,what jig weights do you river guys make sure that are always in your box?
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Dean Marshall - Everts Fishing Resort
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James Holst
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All of them!
1/32, 1/16, 3/32, 1/8, 3/16, 1/4, 5/16, 3/8, 5/16, 3/8, 1/2, 5/8
That's 12. The one I use the most? 3/16. 
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James Holst - In-Depth Outdoors TV Host
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Francisco de la Rosa IV
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Isn't the correct style of jig just as important though? So having the same weight in a multiple of styles should be taken into consideration.
FDR
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Francisco de la Rosa IV
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Steve Krapfl
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I must admitt that I too carry every size imaginable. I even go beyond 5/8ths, if we are fishing deep fish in sweeping current from something stationary, ie a fishing barge. I usually carry upwards of 1 oz, but rarely use them. Gotta admitt, they do come in handy. This weekend, we got on pool 11 at 530 and were banging walleyes in 4-5 feet of water with 1/8th- 1/4th oz jigs, but later in the morning they moved deep and we were using 3/4 oz and 1 oz jigs with ringies, tagging hawg saugers. So, I say bring em all, cuz you'll use them. My most used sizes would be 1/16th- 1/4 oz.
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85Lund
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I have everything from 1/32 to 1 oz. I have many different colors of each but every time I go to pool 4 I seem to come home with some new ones. A jig guy's box is never complete, the box always has room for a few more jigs.
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Russ,
A life of learning to think like a fish!
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Minnesota Tom
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While north of Everts on Sunday, I kept loosing bottom contact due to the strong flow and currents.. I switched from 1/4 oz to 3/8 and promptly caught my PB Sauger. About 22". Not huge, but still a very nice fish. E quickly got a picture and of it before it was released. 
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wimwuen
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I think it all depends on your style of fishing. Vertical jiggers will probably have more sizes than pitchers. I do some of both but tend to pitch more than jig so I usually have about 4-5 sizes between 1/16 and 3/8. Typically if I need more than 3/8 I switch techniques and find fish elsewhere.
That's not to say I've never jigged 3/4 oz to 1 oz jigs, I just prefer not too. All summer long I use 1/16 oz to 3/8 oz jigs pitching on wing dams, and haven't really had to swtich for spring or fall yet.
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56twister
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Since I never know where the fish are for sure until I find them I don't know what size of jig I will need, so I carry everything from 1/32 to 3/4 oz.
Woops, I just realized this thread is in the Mississippi River - Walleye forum, I would still carry all of them... 
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Richard
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Tom Gursky
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All of them!
1/32, 1/16, 3/32, 1/8, 3/16, 1/4, 5/16, 3/8, 5/16, 3/8, 1/2, 5/8
That's 12. The one I use the most? 3/16.
X2.... 
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Tom Gursky~
Northwoods Adventures Guide Service
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gutone4me
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I think it all depends on your style of fishing. Vertical jiggers will probably have more sizes than pitchers. I do some of both but tend to pitch more than jig so I usually have about 4-5 sizes between 1/16 and 3/8. Typically if I need more than 3/8 I switch techniques and find fish elsewhere.
That's not to say I've never jigged 3/4 oz to 1 oz jigs, I just prefer not too. All summer long I use 1/16 oz to 3/8 oz jigs pitching on wing dams, and haven't really had to swtich for spring or fall yet.
X 2 just cuz i use his stuff   
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RyanK
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Quote:
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I think it all depends on your style of fishing. Vertical jiggers will probably have more sizes than pitchers. I do some of both but tend to pitch more than jig so I usually have about 4-5 sizes between 1/16 and 3/8. Typically if I need more than 3/8 I switch techniques and find fish elsewhere.
That's not to say I've never jigged 3/4 oz to 1 oz jigs, I just prefer not too. All summer long I use 1/16 oz to 3/8 oz jigs pitching on wing dams, and haven't really had to swtich for spring or fall yet.
X 2 just cuz i use his stuff
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Ryan- Putting Jakob on fish, one day at a time.
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Jesse Krook
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Jig color, size and weight, can you ever have enough? My answer is no. Big or small gotta have 'em all, but 3/16 is what I have most of.
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Everts Fishing Resort
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AllenW
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Novice at river fishing but so far the ones I make sure I have are, 3/16, 1/4, 3/8, 1/2.
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Edited by AllenW (11/11/09 09:19 AM)
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Jig Weights?
