Walleye assassin

[wslayer]

What color is your go-to and your preferred jig head to use?

 

[bigcatpike]

opening night, crystal shad, or black shad on either a chartreuse or chartreuse and orange jig head is what I find myself using most

 

[guywhofishes]

top secret - sorry

 

[Migrator Man]

Jig head color for me hasn't really mattered if they are going to hit an assassin. Make sure they have a good bait keeper or it's a pain fishing with a poor one.

White has been good for me; plain white, pink tail, green tail. I haven't really used any of their more creative colors so not sure if those would have worked too.

 

[Dew1970]

Chartreuse orange and white

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The only 3 colors I use

 

[Fishmission]

Super clear water usually no bling on the jib. Unpainted. Stained water colors mentioned along with guyssupercovertjigs.

 

[KDM]

opening night, crystal shad, or black shad on either a chartreuse or chartreuse and orange jig head is what I find myself using most

These are pretty much my go to colors, but I like a long shank hook jig head. Fishing in a current situation, the long shank hook produces more hook ups than a standard hook. My suspicion is that the fish have such a short time to look over a bait before it's past them due to current speeds that they short hit my offering much more than I think. The long shank gives me a chance to connect with those fish that hit late.

 

[guywhofishes]

I prefer short shank - if they don’t smash it with fury I’d rather go home skunked

also, I like to tell lies on NDA on occasion

 

[Downrigger]

I have a short shank - if they don’t smash it with fury I’d rather go home skunked

also, I like to tell lies on NDA on occasion

Fixed it for you!

I like the Pink and White. Jig head I like are the VMC in White or Blue.

 

[Coyote Hunter]

Do you guys prefer these over Berkley Ripple Shads and/or Gulp?

 

[Fishmission]

I like Mimic minnows, ripple shads, twistertails, assassins, sliders in that order. Assasins gave out a bigger thump which is great sometimes in wind and dirty water or when fish are super aggressive. Most days I end up using the mimics followed by a 3 inch twistertail, maybe a walleye slider for good measure

 

[Sum1]

Walleye assasin makes good curly tales but IMO their paddle tails are crap. To little action. Zoom and kietech for paddle tails for this guy.

 

[Retired Educator]

Have a good friend to advised me many years ago. "The color of the jig doesn't matter as long as it's white."

 

[guywhofishes]

there is a secret to activating the assassins

 

[risingsun]

there is a secret to activating the assassins

Put in the PRIMER?

 

[guywhofishes]

Put in the PRIMER?

the jig matters

 

[Sluggo]

How come no one has commented on jig size? Doesn't size matter?

 

[guywhofishes]

jig size and line makes/breaks many swim baits

 

[Sluggo]

size and line makes/breaks many swim baits

That's a great uninformative reply

 

[Migrator Man]

1/8 or 1/4 for me, any bigger jig just don't have the best luck with. They like to hit it on the drop so the fall is critical. I have found if they are not hitting an assassin then they aren't hitting a different kind of plastic. Switch to live bait or tip with a crawler and that normally does the trick. Braided line is a must also.