Sheepshead Jigs

Sheepshead Jigs & Tog Jigs, Poured and Painted in the USA

Hunting and Fishing Depot is a family-owned and operated tackle shop, and we pour and paint our own sheepshead jigs right here in the USA. These are the jigs we fish ourselves around bridges, docks, pilings, jetties and rock piles. Every style is built to hold a fiddler crab, barnacle, shrimp or clam on the bottom, where sheepshead feed, and they work just as well for tog (tautog/blackfish) up north.

Shop Sheepshead Jigs by Style

• Sheepshead Football Swing Jigs: a football head on a swinging hook, so your bait moves naturally and sheepshead take it without feeling the weight. Choose an octopus hook, octopus hook with split rings, 4X strong live bait hook or 4X live bait hook with split rings.
• Bridge Donkey Jigs: our sheepshead and tog jig on a Mustad 2X hook or a Mustad Ultra-Nor 4X hook for heavy structure.
• Boxing Glove Jigs: a compact head on a Mustad 2X hook that slips into pilings and rocks.
• Fish Taco Jigs: 1/8oz to 4oz in crackle, halo, glitter and blended colors.
• Tog Taco Jigs: bigger 2/0 to 6/0 hooks for tautog on wrecks and rocks, and big sheepshead too.
• Jail Bait Reef Jigs by Eye Strike Fishing.
• Jig boxes: the Sheepshead Jig Box and Bridge Donkey Jig Box are ready-to-fish kits and make great gifts.

How to Choose Sheepshead Jig Weight and Color

Use the lightest jig that keeps your bait on the bottom. Many anglers fish 1/4oz to 1/2oz around docks and shallow pilings, and 1oz or more in deep water, strong current and inlets. Fiddler crab colors look natural around barnacle-covered structure, while chartreuse, pink and bright colors stand out in stained water.

How to Fish a Sheepshead Jig

Hook a fiddler crab, piece of shrimp, barnacle or clam on the jig and drop it straight down next to the structure. Keep a tight line and lift it a few inches off the bottom, then let it settle. Sheepshead bite lightly, so set the hook at the first tap or weight change. Scraping barnacles off the pilings to chum can fire them up, and a swing jig gives the bait natural movement in current.

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Family owned and operated. We pour and paint our own jigs right here in the USA. Questions, or want a custom color? Call or text us at 904-852-5435.