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Help me out here, How many of you use colored beads with your jigs and what color is the best,and size. I'm thinking about giving it a try.
Or do you use them on live bait only rigs.
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Location: Essexville, MI./Saginaw Bay. | I've personally have never used beads in conjunction with jigs. I'm not even sure how you would. Crawler harnesses or Lindy Rigs and such are the only time I use beads. I've used jigging spoons (Jack Hooks) with a small bead that covers the shank of the hook. But this is placed there to get the perch off quick, and get back down the ice hole for the next perch.
Edited by walleye express 11/16/2005 8:37 AM
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Location: Neenah Wi | I've never done this either.I would imagine you put the beads ahead of the jig.Some added color and bulk maybe?The only problem I see is keeping the beads next to the jig.Might as well put a spinner blade on too.Well now you have an erie dearie of sorts.This must be how some of these baits get discovered. |
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| About 10 years ago I fished down in Missouri on Stockton Resivour and a couple of the locals showed me a trick they used for verticle jigging walleyes using a large plastic or glass bead above the jig. The key was to have a bead with a hole large enough to fit over the eye of the jig so the bead actually sat on the jig head itself. These beads were very much like the ones used in handicrafts to tie macramae art pieces. Their program was to drop the jig down to the bottom, raise it, drop it quickly, and then snap it so that the bead would slap against the jig on the up swing. They told me it made a very distinct... TWACK.. when you did it correctly. I never tried it myself, but those guys swore by it, and they did have those rigs tied up on their rods, so I don't think they were.... "just playing with the yankee"!!
As for beads on live bait rigs, if I use one I normally use about a 4-6mm bead. For the last 5-6 years though I have primarily used soft plastic "glow" beads from Cabelas. They are soft pliable plastic which you can slide right up the hook and onto the line and vise versa. They save a lot of time cutting and re-tying. They come in either the natural glow, or green glow, and in several sizes.
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| ...I have a couple of "native" buddies who really, really like to fish with spinners. ...and they told me it was because "it's the beads, man". (Which cracked me up).
I have never tried them with jigs, myself.
I have used them the traditional ways...spinners, and maybe a single one on a rig hook...and sometimes one or two ahead of a spoon.
But, there are two schools of thought on beads.
One group feels the beads are very important and what the fish actually tyries to key in on when striking.
The other group feels beads & bead colors aren't all that big of a deal...
I have seen guys put one about 6" ahead of a jig when jigging in weeds...to help keep the jig clean.
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| I have used them if I get stuck with tiny minnows. It helps give a little bit bigger profile. |
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| Well I thought I was the only goofy one, my buddy always checks out what I`m trying now, Last winter I tried a big red bead above my jig, just let it slide up and down, caught more and bigger fish on this set up. I also noticed that when jiggiing the bead will slowly decend back to the jig, maybe thats a trigger, you got me. This year I`m going to try runninig the line through the bead again so it keeps the bead in a set position, Red did best with Chartruese second. |
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Location: Neenah Wi | I think I'll try that this winter as well the red is probably better as it looks like the gills of the prey they are after.On some of my cranks I'll put a little red streak on both sides where the gills would be.Thanks for the ideer. |
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Location: Elgin, Illinois | My therapist has always encouraged me to use beads... I have and do put them above a small aberdeen hook fishing for crappie as an attractant if the fish are sluggish... Works beest on a tight line (no bobber) jigged slowly up and down 4-6 inches... small crappie minnows... sometimes two minnows on the same hook one lip hooked and the other tail hooked... looks like a mess to me but the crappie like it! |
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