Product Review: Daimon Lures Destiny Jig

  Description: Daimon Lures' Destiny jigs come in various sizes, with the 1/8 and 1/4 ounce versions being tested. These jigs are hand poured and tied, and sport a round head, plastic trailer, the usual weedguard, and optional rattles.

   Review: Destiny jigs work well in most conditions, but they really shine in clear water.

   "They performed well," according to Reed Montgomery, Alabama guide and tournament fisherman. "I fished one spot in a bass tournament, with other rattling jigs and tube baits. Then I decided to rework the area, even after no bites on the first pass, I knew there were fish there. I used your watermelon and pumpkinseed jigs and got three bites, missed one fish, caught one 2 pounder and another 3 pounder, that placed me in the money on Logan Martin Lake Alabama."

   My experience with the lures have been the same. These finesse jigs work especially well when swum over vegetation and near other cover. Light line and clear water are perfect for these jigs, especially in the fall.

   Swimming a Destiny jig over vegetation produced the most amount of fish, as well as the largest. As far as color is concerned, watermelon seed and pumpkinseed gave the best rate of return.

   Montgomery: "In clear water your (Destiny) jigs without rattles are much better for skittish fish, including that smaller profile and subtle, twin tail plastic trailer!

   Keep up the good work on some very fish-catching lures!"

   Indeed. I never fish clear water anymore without these little lures handy.

 

Criteria	Score
Bass caught	4.0
Innovation	3.5
Strength	4.0
Overall	3.75

   The Breakdown:

Bass caught: many bass were caught in clear water over vegetation. Being finesse jigs, they did not perform well in murky water, which is to be expected. These lures really shine in tough conditions and clear water, and can turn a tough day into a good one.

Innovation: hand-poured and hand-tied performance is what you get at a moderate price from Daimon lures with their Destiny jigs.

Strength: after catching many bass, these jigs are in as good a shape as ever except for the head paint. After a day of fishing around rocks, much of it had chipped off. Therefore, a score of 4.0 was determined. (Note - April 30, 2005: Bryon Simmons of Daimon Lures: "We have refined and improved our curing process for the paint, so that the chipping is all but eliminated now.")

Overall: go get some Destiny jigs if you fish clear water! They are a must for all clear water fishermen.

   Where to purchase:

The best place to buy Daimon Lures Destiny jigs is from their website: www.daimonlures.com, or call 866-303-JIGS.

By Brandon Shook and Reed Montgomery