Bought an 1oz A.J.'s custom Jig.... Now What??

[ammoguy5]

Since I'm new to Ice Fishing, While paying for My Rotary Registration today I picked up A custom Jig..A 1oz Chart. Glow..
Now do I just jig it like it is or bait it also?  
What fish should I target with a 1oz jig?

[pipes18079]

Put some cut sucker meat on it and pound the bottom for lake trout.

[JIGGIN-]

For someone that doesn't know what to do with a bucktail, I would put a smelt on it and jig it. I'm sure you don't know how to fillet a sucker.

Buy a bucket of smelt and put one on the jig. Either hook the smelt in it's side (laying on it's side) and up into it's head. Have the tip of the hook buried in it's head (bone area) so when you jig, the smelt has a nice fluttering action in the tail section. Or hook the smelt in the belly and then up into the head (brain area / bone). I like the point of the hook to be in the head as that's how they take it most of the time and because it is a bone area to lodge the hook into.

Using a sucker is messy. You need to descale and fillet the sucker. I cut the pieces into "frogs" with tails, like uncle josh pork pieces they use for bass. Push the hook into the skin (frogs arse area) then then into the head area of the frog where the hook is hidden in the meat area. The skin is tough so the meat will stay on the hook.

Either method, pound bottom, then stop, lift and repeat.

Good luck,
JIGGIN.

[ammoguy5]

Thanks for the Tips Guy's

[NHSlabbinCabin]

1 oz is a large jig. You'll get quick movement from it & that size is nice because it will ''preload'' a heavier action jig rod. Sometimes that can help you see a light hit. I usually tip with some sort of bait and drop it to the bottom. I work my way back up the water column jigging the whole way, then back down. I don't target a specific species usually. If you can get some chum on the bottom of the lake & jig over the top of it you might entice a leary laker. Vary your tempo and action in the water. Once you get hits, stick with what your doing. Good luck

[GraniteStateJoe]

so does it need a sigle hook point to add bait?

[Capt. Black]

so does it need a sigle hook point to add bait?

Yes.

Capt. Black

[Swampdonkey]

so does it need a sigle hook point to add bait?

Yes

[slumchum]

i would use sucker bait but you have to do what my grand dad always said " damn it boy make a pair of pants you can't just throw a hunk a meat on it" . good luck

[Guinea]

Or.....get yourself a Kastmaster with a treble hook and don't even worry about bait. 

[AQUAASSASSIN]

i would use sucker bait but you have to do what my grand dad always said " damn it boy make a pair of pants you can't just throw a hunk a meat on it" . good luck

LOL he sounds like a smart man! Sounds like mine

[miked]

Or.....get yourself a Kastmaster with a treble hook and don't even worry about bait. 

with a bucktail?