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1/8 oz Jig Head: Best Uses and Hook Pairings News • 9 min read 1/8 oz Jig Head: Best Uses and Hook Pairings Twelve situations where a 1/8 oz head on a 2/0 hook outperforms something heavier - shallow swimbaits, suspended fish, TPE plastics, popping... Multi-Purpose Jig Heads: One Head, Every Technique News • 12 min read Multi-Purpose Jig Heads: One Head, Every Technique Twenty techniques one versatile jighead can cover - paddletails, bottom hopping, vertical jigging, bucktail, live bait, popping corks, A-Rigs - plus when... Swimbait + Jighead Pairing Guide: Match Tail Action, Body Roll and Weight News • 16 min read Swimbait + Jighead Pairing Guide: Match Tail Action, Body Roll and Weight Six Z-Man soft plastics ranked by body roll and tail movement from underwater observation, with the jighead weight to pair with each... Can You Use an Alabama Rig in Saltwater? News • 20 min read Can You Use an Alabama Rig in Saltwater? Saltwater predators hunt concentrated forage even more than freshwater bass do. Species, plastics, jighead weights, five retrieves, hook regulations - and why... Best Shrimp Lures for Inshore Saltwater News • 4 min read Best Shrimp Lures for Inshore Saltwater Four artificial shrimp that catch redfish, speckled trout, flounder and snook - plus the jig head weights, hover hooks and colors that... How to Fish a 3-Way Swivel Rig: Freshwater and Saltwater Guide News • 20 min read How to Fish a 3-Way Swivel Rig: Freshwater and Saltwater Guide How to tie and fish a 3-way swivel rig - leader and dropper lengths, sinker choice, current, trolling and vertical presentations -... Forward-Facing Sonar Jig Heads: What Actually Makes a Minnow Roll? News • 5 min read Forward-Facing Sonar Jig Heads: What Actually Makes a Minnow Roll? After hundreds of hours of underwater filming, line tie angle was not the variable that produced roll. Line scope, fall rate, plastic... Weedless Hover Jig Heads Explained: When and How to Use Them News • 26 min read Weedless Hover Jig Heads Explained: When and How to Use Them How a weedless hover hook combines a slow controlled fall with a Texas-rigged point, why we tapered the lead, why we skipped... Hover Jig Heads Explained: When and How to Use Them News • 22 min read Hover Jig Heads Explained: When and How to Use Them Why weight placement matters as much as weight itself - choosing between 1/16, 3/32 and 1/8 oz hover hooks, which plastics pair... Are Alabama Rigs Legal? (2026 State-by-State Guide) News • 5 min read Are Alabama Rigs Legal? (2026 State-by-State Guide) How many hooked baits you can fish on an A-Rig varies by state - five, three or two - plus how teasers... How to Rig a Jig Head for Saltwater (The Complete Guide) News • 5 min read How to Rig a Jig Head for Saltwater (The Complete Guide) A six-step method for rigging a soft plastic dead straight on a jig head, plus hook-to-bait sizing, the mistakes that make a... Best Baits and Jigheads for Cobia (2026) News • 6 min read Best Baits and Jigheads for Cobia (2026) Live eels, crabs, menhaden, bucktails, twister tails and paddle tails - the cobia baits that actually produce, plus the jighead weights for...