Cooch's Jig Article - Good Stuff!

Andi · Post by **Andi** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 4:37 am

Love the article. Cooch puts so eloquently great info that's not typically shared about jig fishing. We have soft bottoms here in many of our Texas lakes, and the effect of silt kicking is an aspect that is completely overlooked. Good Stuff!

Now I'm on a mission to find out what on earth a One Ton Hula Rig is!

bryanmc · Post by **bryanmc** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 6:22 am

It's a 1 oz football head with a yamamoto hula grub.

Andi · Post by **Andi** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 7:10 am

Thank you, makes perfect sense. I wish I'd have thought of that back in my Lake Of The Ozarks days!

Oldschool · Post by **Oldschool** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 7:31 am

Good jig article Cooch.
The 1 oz spider jig or 1 ton hula jig may have started it's,life out at Roosvelt in Az back in the mid 70's; (Hooper & Nollar) Garland spider collar and twin tail grub on a 1 oz light wire hook football jig. The Yamamoto Hula grub is one of best jig trailers.
Horizontal jigging; casting a jig a working at quick crawdad fleeing pace works year around and allows you to cover a lot of water.
Cooch; what style jig do you prefer when casting and retrieving?
Tom

tunaman · Post by **tunaman** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 8:23 am

Wadda's and Wadda Bombs, of course - that's why he designed 'em!

I can attest that they work the best here on the Delta.

Roger

Oldschool · Post by **Oldschool** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 9:32 am

Yamamoto's football head with wire guard ulitlizes a longer shank lighter wire Owner or Gamakatsu hook may be better suited for casting a jig in the lighter cover conditions we find in SoCal reservoirs. The lighter wire hook allows the jig to fall and swim swim better, keeping the trailer upright. Wadda Bombs wider gap heavy wire flipping style Arkie jig is ideally suited around wood cover, still a good all around jig. We all have different styles and Cooch's artlcle should help improve anyones jigging success.
Tom

bryanmc · Post by **bryanmc** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 6:09 pm

Oldschool wrote:The 1 oz spider jig or 1 ton hula jig may have started it's,life out at Roosvelt in Az back in the mid 70's; (Hooper & Nollar)

What about Vaughn or Thurston. (Notice I left off Legan and Porter...rookies) lol

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Dec 06, 2009 7:39 am

Good timing on the article as well.

Yesterday I was fishing a tournament on Lake (un)Peasant and was struggling all day. Seems like they wouldn't even bite a drop shop. Later in the day I started thinking about Cooch's article and upsized the spinnerbait to a Baby-E swimbait & my 1/2oz small profile football head jig with a yamamoto twin tail to a 3/4oz football head jig with a rage tail craw to get bit. First cast with the big profile jig & I caught a 2lber. I told my partner that maybe Cooch was right & he asked "What or who is Cooch?"

I was pretty surprised that I was catching shorts on the Baby-E swimbait too. Seems like with the cold they didn't want of the normal small profile baits that typically work in the desert. Too bad I figured this out with 1 hr left in the tournament. If I had another hour we would have done much better.

Thanks for the article Cooch.