Jigs
Football heads, swim jigs, hair and bucktail - the most versatile lure type in fishing. A jig is a hook, a weight and whatever you dress it with; everything else is where and how you crawl it.
5 in this group - part of the full lures guide.
Intermediate Skirted Jig
Intermediate Football Jig
Intermediate Swim Jig
Intermediate Hair Jig
Beginner Bucktail Jig
Bass jigs, model by model
The three most popular jighead shapes in bass fishing are the flipping, the football and the grass jighead, in weights from 1/80 oz for panfish to nearly a pound for big saltwater fish (Wikipedia). Below are football, swim and finesse jigs, with a bladed jig to finish; the football jig, swim jig and chatterbait each have their own page. Each is described from its maker's product page, checked on 26 October 2026; we have not fished them against one another, and there are no prices here: the Amazon link searches for the exact product, and we may earn a commission if you buy through it.
- Z-Man Football NedZ (football): a compact football jighead, 1/8, 3/16 or 1/4 oz, with a 1/0 medium-wire hook and a welded wire keeper; Z-Man says the oblong head drags across rock, pivoting and sliding over obstructions. Maker's page · See on Amazon
- Eagle Claw Lazer Sharp Tin Football Jig (football): a tin football head, 1/8, 3/16 or 1/4 oz, for waters with lead restrictions, with a collar for a skirt and a barbed keeper. Maker's page · See on Amazon
- Z-Man EVO Swim Jig (swim): 1/4 or 3/8 oz, a streamlined head built to slip through grass and around cover, a 5/0 heavy-duty hook, a medium fiber weedguard and wire-tied silicone skirts. Maker's page · See on Amazon
- Z-Man TRD Finesse Jig (finesse): 1/4, 3/8 or 1/2 oz, a kettlebell-shaped head that Z-Man says resists snagging on rocky bottoms, a light fiber weedguard and a BKK hook, for Ned-style plastics. Maker's page · See on Amazon
- Eagle Claw Lazer Sharp Pro-V Finesse Jig (finesse): 1/16, 1/8 or 3/16 oz Ned rig heads, with an exposed hook or a wire weed guard for snaggy water. Maker's page · See on Amazon
- Z-Man ChatterBait Elite EVO (bladed): 3/8 or 1/2 oz, with Z-Man's direct head-to-blade connection and hex ChatterBlade and a 5/0 hook. Maker's page · See on Amazon
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