Shorelines are where most currents seem obvious so jigging the deeper waters off shore don't call for any specific style of head, ie, current cutters. The banana head is a staple head shape for jigging the lake but other head designs are used. I've seen quite a few different jig shapes over the years. Northland Tackle has all of their big stinger jigs built on this banana head style. At least I'm pretty sure that's the case. At any rate, the Northland jigs are the ones most stocked up there as commercial baits, but there are custom tyers who sell similar stuff. Is one better than another? I haven't seen any suggestion that that is the case, Marc. I think more than anything guys are looking for a stinger type of jig that weighs a minimum two ounces.
Your blades should tear the Lakers apart up there in a vertical presentation. I carry a few 1 ounce Sonars and have taken a few fish using them. The trout are funny about what they want to hit. At times color can be a serious issue and much like color the trout can show a definite preference to, say, hair jigs over a blade like a sonar. When new-comers to the lake ask me what I recommend carrying out in the boat I think they want to hate me for my answer. We have a pile of boxes of flash baits, some boxes with stick baits and diving rapalas, a couple boxes with jigging blades and now these jigs will make up yet another large box. We like to feel as though we have all the bases covered and how we didn't have jigs this last trip is beyond my comprehension. Not again!
