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Skirted Lures, jig head lures with skirts, which provide the primary movement created during the retrieve typically combined with a soft plastic trailer to increase lure action, buoyancy and profile.
Skirted Lures are important as they are:
Buzzbaits are surface contact lures known for erratic churning of the water surface creating a bubbly wake lure action. Buzzbaits are also known for their noise and are relatively weedless, often used to cover water.
Frog lures commonly come with legs made from skirt material and are often referred to as skirt legs. Frog lures fit better as a soft bait lure.
Bladed Jigs, sometimes referred to as a chatterbait or a vibrating jig, are cover contact lures known for their pulsing and wobble lure action produced by its vibrating blade. Bladed Jigs are also known for their flash, vibration and for covering water.
Swim Jigs, including casting jigs and skipping jigs, are cover contact lures known for their natural pulsing swimming motion lure action and their versatility for fishing most cover especially grass cover.
Spinnerbaits are cover contact lures known for their vibrating blades that spin above the skirt that make a thumping noise, for fishing shallow in low lure visibility especially wind/waves and using the burn retrieve in high lure visibility.
Finesse Jigs are cover contact lures known for natural looking small light subtle pulse lure action with a slow fall rate that keeps the lure in the strike zone longer than most skirted jigs. Finesse Jigs are also known as the smallest skirted jigs with a front pointing skirt that keeps the soft plastic trailer and hook pointed up making it a good wood cover lure including brush and generally used to target any cover.
Flipping Jigs, or flippin jigs, are bottom contact lures known for their large profile and for targeting heavy grass cover. Variants include punching jigs, pitching jigs, heavy cover jigs, structure jigs and arkie style jig heads all have similar profiles and fished similarly. Historically, flipping jigs were known for flip casting, but now it is more common to pitch casting a flipping jig.
Football Jigs are bottom contact lures known to have erratic lure action due to the jig head design and from bouncing off hard bottom and rock cover with a drag retrieve. Albeit several lure types use a football style jig head, football jigs are generally unique for a skirted lure as it is dragged over hard bottom.
Hair Jigs are bottom contact lures known for their natural, subtle puff and flare lure action. Hair jigs’ lure action are generally considered unique as it results from the natural hair or feathers materials generally used to make a hair jig. Hair jigs are also known for their small profile, no weedguard and their ability to be fished shallow and deep.
