Blue Water Candy Cobia Jigs
Two and three oz models of Blue Water Candy Cobia Jigs showing a small selection of the wide range of available colors. Three Grinnin’ Gus, three Teardrop, and one Spire head are pictured.
Updating their product offerings to accommodate the needs of local anglers even further, Blue Water Candy Lures has a new line of Cobia Jigs on the market designed to surpass the performance of the classic bucktail when sight-casting to cobia, bull red drum, and other powerful oceanic predators.
Anglers will notice a variety of changes from standard-issue bucktails, starting with the lures’ heads.
“We’ve got four head styles available,” Blue Water Candy’s Capt. Jodie Gay explains. “The most popular is the Grinnin’ Gus.”
In addition to the “Gus,” the company offers Chugger, Spire, and Teardrop style heads in the Cobia Jigs, all inspired by the company’s popular series of striped bass lures. All feature huge, attention-getting bug eyes in contrasting colors to the jigs.
“The main thing that makes these better for cobia is the hook,” Jodie continues. “Most of the other ones out there have a flounder hook in them that isn’t strong enough for cobia. We already had these head designs on a strong Mustad 8/0 hook for stripers, so it just made sense to make some cobia jigs.”
A burly hook that won’t straighten under heavy drag pressure is key for a cobia lure, but it does no good at all if the bait can’t get a cobia’s attention in the first place.
“We put a lot more Mylar flash in these than you see on other bucktails,” Jodie says. “If it doesn’t flash, we don’t like it.”
Instead of deer hair, crimped synthetic sea witch fibers make up the remainder of the lure’s dressing.
“That crimp hair has more volume than bucktail or straight hair,” the lure-maker explains. “That gives it a slower sink rate, but we don’t put so much on there that it doesn’t cast well.”
Generally, a trailer is added to the Cobia Jig to further slow the sink rate and increase the eye appeal to a hungry cobia, and Jodie recommends either a large curlytail grub or a large Slug-Go jerkbait be paired with his jigs.
“Guys are also taking a live bait and pinning it on there when they’re looking for fish under bait balls,” Jodie continues. “The jig makes it sink through the school, and the flash really makes it stand out and look different from the rest of the bait. We’re thinking about making an all-flash model for that.”
In addition to a choice of head style, anglers have a variety of head and hair color choices in Blue Water Candy Cobia Jigs. Of course, classic bucktail colors white and chartreuse hues make up a large portion of the orders, but Jodie also makes them in bright orange, dark colors, and just about any other hue anglers desire.
Cobia Jigs are available in 1, 2, 3, and 4 oz. head sizes. Jodie says the 2 and 3 oz. are the most popular, but the lighter model allows anglers to further slow down the lure’s sink rate for finicky fish, and the heavier one could easily make the difference in reaching a far-out fish on a windy day. The jigs will not only work on cobia and giant red drum, but they should make excellent shallow water grouper lures, perfect pitch baits for dolphin, and find a variety of other uses for anglers looking for a flashy, highly cast-able lure tough enough to take the punishment of repeated assaults by large, angry fish.
Anglers can find Blue Water Candy’s cobia jigs in most local tackle shops and learn more about the company’s full line of products on their website at www.bluewatercandylures.com.
