Jig hooks and jig heads: Punch and grass jigs

A compact, cone-shaped head, often tungsten, that drops through a mat of grass where a normal jig would sit on top.

Item	Detail
Head	Compact cone, tungsten
Hook	4/0–5/0 extra-heavy, heavy guard
Weight	3/4–2 oz (21–57 g)
Trailer	Short skirt, compact craw
Where	Matted grass, hyacinth; summer
How	Drop vertically through the mat, a couple of shakes, reel up, next hole
Rod / line	7'6"–8' (2.29–2.44 m) XH, 65–80 lb braid
Species	Largemouth bass

The heavier the mat, the heavier the jig: if it hangs on top, go up a size.

Grass and brush jigs

Two cover-specific heads. A grass jig has a bullet or cone head that slides through stems; a brush jig has a pointed head and a tall guard that climb over branches.

Item	Detail
Grass jig	Bullet or cone head, line tie at the nose, 3/8–1 oz (10.6–28 g)
Brush jig	Pointed head, tall stiff guard, 3/8–1 oz (10.6–28 g)
Structure jig	Arkie-type head, heavy guard, strong hook: the general deep jig
Trailer	Standard skirt and craw
How	Pitch, hop, let it climb and fall over cover
Rod / line	H rod; braid in grass, FC in brush

A round head wedges in forks of branches; a pointed one slides through. Pick the head for the cover first.

Top 10 en cuatro mercados

Estados Unidos

Dirty Jigs Tour Level No-Jack Punchin' Jig — $5.99. Tackle Warehouse "Grass & Punch Jigs" sorted by Popularity: #1. Bullet head with recessed hook eye and flat underside that stands up, No-Jack Gamakatsu hook, fiber weedguard, no eyes. Head: bullet; eyes: no.
Dirty Jigs JT Kenney Grass Wizard Jig — $5.99. Tackle Warehouse "Grass & Punch Jigs" sorted by Popularity: #2. Arrow-shaped belly-weighted head, Mustad hook, toothpick keeper collar, weedguard, no eyes; slices through grass. Head: pointed; eyes: no.
GameChanger Lures Trashmaster Jigs — $5.99. Tackle Warehouse "Grass & Punch Jigs" sorted by Popularity: #3. Pointed head with a wide-gap hook and screw-lock keeper so the trailer rigs weedless (no fiber weedguard), wire-tied hand-tied silicone skirt, no eyes. Head: pointed; eyes: no.
Toad Thumper Juggernaut Jig — $5.99. Tackle Warehouse "Grass & Punch Jigs" sorted by Popularity: #5. Triangular head with concave bottom that lands upright, 30-degree Gamakatsu sickle hook, J-lock keeper, low-angle weedguard, hand-tied skirt, no eyes (store #4 is a skirted punch weight, skipped). Head: pointed; eyes: no.
Chompers Pro Skirted Brush Jig 2pk — $5.00 - $6.99. Tackle Warehouse "Grass & Punch Jigs" sorted by Popularity: #6. Heavy-duty Arkie brush head, trimmable weedguard, VMC black-nickel Sproat hook, no eyes. Head: Arkie; eyes: no.
6th Sense Axle Swinging Hybrid Jig — $7.99. Tackle Warehouse "Grass & Punch Jigs" sorted by Popularity: #7. Compact hybrid head (structure/grass/football cross) with a free-swinging EWG hook and screw-lock keeper, no weedguard (tex-posed trailer), hand-tied skirt, no eyes; a swinging jig the store files under Grass & Punch Jigs. Head: pointed; eyes: no.
Santone Lures Big Pig Grass Jig — $6.19. Tackle Warehouse "Grass & Punch Jigs" sorted by Popularity: #8. Rounded bullet head with large 3D bubble eyes, extra-stout fiber weedguard, Gamakatsu Siwash 5/0 hook, recessed line tie, anti-twist keeper. Head: bullet; eyes: yes.
D&M Custom Baits Mat Rat Punch Jig — $7.99. Tackle Warehouse "Grass & Punch Jigs" sorted by Popularity: #10. Weight-forward head with flat base and painted eyes, double weedguard, super-heavy Gamakatsu hook, compact tucked skirt (store #9 is a skirt weight, skipped). Head: bullet; eyes: yes.
Strikezone Perfect Punch Jig — $4.89. Tackle Warehouse "Grass & Punch Jigs" sorted by Popularity: #12. Tapered bullet head, recessed line tie, stout fiber weedguard, beefy hook, barbed keeper, no eyes (store #11 is a tungsten punch rig, skipped). Head: bullet; eyes: no.
4x4 Bass Jigs Heavy Signature Series Jigs — $6.99. Tackle Warehouse "Grass & Punch Jigs" sorted by Popularity: #13. Heavy Arkie head, extra-stout hook with oversized eye for heavy line, large weedguard, wire keeper, no eyes. Head: Arkie; eyes: no.

Canadá

Dirty Jigs No-Jack Punchin' Jig — C$7.99. anglingsports.ca 'jigs' collection best-selling #50 and 'Flipping Jigs' #10; fishingworld.ca 'Flipping Jigs' #8 and 'all-jigs' #83 (1 1/4 oz listing); matted-grass punch jig: bullet-shaped head that slips in and out of vegetation and stays upright, gorilla-strong No-Jack hook, heavy fiber weedguard, 1-1 1/4 oz; no eyes. Neither store has a punch collection, both file it under flipping Head: bullet; eyes: no.
Berkley Heavy Cover Jig — C$6.99. anglingsports.ca 'jigs' collection best-selling #43 and 'Flipping Jigs' collection #9 (not stocked by fishingworld.ca); Gary Klein heavy-cover jig sold in 3/4, 1 and 1 1/4 oz: heavy-duty pointed bullet head 'to penetrate the thickest vegetation', stout 0-degree heavy-cover hook for braid, heavy fiber weedguard; no eyes. Judgement call: the store files it under Flipping Jigs (it has no punch bucket), but 3/4-1 1/4 oz with a pointed vegetation head is a punch jig by design Head: bullet; eyes: no.

Japón

Evergreen グラスリッパー — ¥868 (naturum list price, 1 jig; 5/8 oz). naturum ラバージグ genre page 2 (position 41–64), #2 for the keyword グラス; naturum returns nothing for パンチ / パンチング, so this grass jig is the only punch-type candidate. Kenta Onishi's grass jig: cone head that slips through weed with a deliberate touch of stack, hops straight up and down, brush guard, no eyes. Head: bullet; eyes: no.

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