Black jigs
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Category: Saltwater Fishing
Forum Name: Heavy Metal - Jig fishing
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Printed Date: 29 Jan 2026 at 4:40pm
Topic: Black jigs
Posted By: MB
Subject: Black jigs
Date Posted: 08 Jul 2017 at 12:51pm
| A friend seems to do quite well with black slow jigs, even in 50 metres of water on overcast days. I'm skeptical, but the results speak for themselves. The jigs do have a lumo belly, and they are out-fishing orange/lumo jigs by 5:1 at the moment. I have a theory as to why they might work, but wondered what experiences/thoughts others have on them. |
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Posted By: Uncle
Date Posted: 08 Jul 2017 at 1:40pm
| Are you thinking in terms of contrast MB? |
Posted By: MB
Date Posted: 08 Jul 2017 at 1:48pm
| No, but that is a good point. My thought is that the fish can sense something is there (by vibration, water displacement etc), but can't quite see it. This might work to our advantage at times as they might be snapping at the unknown rather than something that they can see and dismiss as a non-food item. As I say, just a thought. |
Posted By: matto1234
Date Posted: 08 Jul 2017 at 2:48pm
| On one particular day a couple years ago i used black and yellow softbaits on a ball and worm hook. I caught 5 fish in the session and everybody else used every possible color on jigheads and got nothing. Im not sure if it was the rig or the color but it was definitely noticable that they liked it. This was the top of the coromandel drifting in 20-40m |
Posted By: MB
Date Posted: 08 Jul 2017 at 3:27pm
| The mysteries of fishing eh! |
Posted By: JoshW
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2017 at 8:18pm
| black works... along with every other colour. Fish don't care all that much... jigs without paint work just fine too |
Posted By: MB
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2017 at 9:05pm
| I don't think snapper are hard to catch or that jig colour matters most of the time, but occasionally they are and it does. |
Posted By: gmacx
Date Posted: 10 Jul 2017 at 2:08pm
| dark day dark lure |
Posted By: Marknado4000
Date Posted: 10 Jul 2017 at 2:48pm
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Not alot of light at 50m 
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Posted By: maxtarakihi
Date Posted: 10 Jul 2017 at 3:22pm
| Thats peoples eyes,what about fishes eyes.Yes crayfish look brownish at 60 feet to me but what do fish see. |
Posted By: Structfab
Date Posted: 10 Jul 2017 at 3:45pm
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black with a lumo belly is going to look alot like a baby flounder to a snap.....Snapper Candy! |
Posted By: Catchelot
Date Posted: 10 Jul 2017 at 4:48pm
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QUOTE=Marknado4000] Not alot of light at 50m[/QUOTE] Actually not true I have been to 55m and there was plenty of light.  A jig maker in the 80's told me (Lethal) their prototypes for testing were just black coloured lead and they worked fine, the only reason they finally were sold as chrome coloured because fishos wouldn't buy them otherwise!
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Posted By: Stormbringer
Date Posted: 11 Jul 2017 at 12:12pm
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I use a lot of black jigs for kingfish and they seem to work well in 30-50m -------------  |
Posted By: ChrisW
Date Posted: 11 Jul 2017 at 4:05pm
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Black is by far our slowest selling jig colour. We no longer distribute Black! I'm not overly convinced about colour or lumo at depth. We very successfully used 800g Deep Slim jigs at 300m at the 3 Kings for Puka and Bass. These jigs got nailed! No lumo to be seen on these jigs or terminal gear. ------------- give it death! |