@MT, you're in my head! we think too much alike sometimes

before this past years trip i stumbled along a heap of mismarked jigs at scheels. i felt dirty as i paid $12 for a normally $60 pile of northland jigs, but i couldnt help it.

i brought with me on the trip 2 jigs that were somewhat new to me. the northland whistler jig and the northland thumper.

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the whistlers worked really well for jigging for walleyes and the thumpers seemed to be pike magnets. i used flukes on the thumpers as they were a bit heavier and jigged them off of a deep ledge from shore mainly.

i too carry safety pin spinners for a couple reasons. 1st, they are nice search tools as they are quite difficult to snag. 2nd, they are great for areas with pike as they tend to be highly resistant to bite offs.

spinners can also be used to slow the drop of your jig. a colorado blade (wider and cupped more) has a lot of drag whereas a willow blade (thinner more streamlined) has less. so if you find yourself out of lighter jigs and ones you have seem too heavy, tie on a colorado spinner and a bit larger plastic.

as much as i love silver, pike love it more. i carry gold spinners, just like MT.

i find drop rate to be the most important part of jigging. im partial to a gliding drop. i dont like fast fall rates. id rather it fall slow and flutter than dart to the bottom.