Best Jig Sizes Use ¼- 1/8- or even 1/16-ounce jigs to pitch to weed walleyes or ½- or 3/8-ounce sizes to cut through heavy river current. There’s no bad time or place to fish a jig for walleyes.

Hook . Jigs come with a wide variety of hooks, in various shapes, sizes and gauges. The one you need to remain solid on a short hookset with 65-pound braid is vastly different than the one you drag ...

An eighth-ounce jig will usually be good, although there are times when the sixteenth-ounce or three-sixteenth ounce size ...