I've used the Trix Jetty Worm for about a year and on a recent trip down to my local spot for rockfish remembered why I'd always loved this lure, it's one tough fish catchin' jig.

Simply put, it's a weedless Largemouth Bass jig on steriods. More specifically it's much larger than your usual jig (1/2, 3/4, 1-1/4, 1.65 oz.) with a heavy duty epoxy paint job, ample silicone skirt, a weed guard, and plastic trailer. The trailers go from grubs, to creatures, and craws.  Scott Johnson, owner and manufacturer of TJW, hand makes each of these on his bench and puts out over 35 proven color and style combinations. These are really well-made beefy jigs that have to be seen to be appreciated.

The TJW workshop:


The first time I tried the jetty worm I was potholing in some heavy kelp in Northern California and the first thing I really noticed was the weedless jighead. It really let me get into heavy cover without really worrying too much about hanging up. Only 10 minutes after I tied "the worm" on I hooked up, a nice 4# grass rockfish.

After that initial experience I always wanted to try the Jetty Worm for what it was intended for, walking down rocks on jetties. So a few weeks ago I got a nice bag of Jetty Worms from Scott in a variety of shapes and colors, went over the TJW Seminar online, got some tips on how to fish the jig and then headed out to the local spot.

I started with red and brown jetty worm with a curly tail grub trailer. A few casts right next to the rocks and walked them down to the bottom, bounced some more in the retrieve and back for another. Third cast "BAM" fish on!



A few more and I could see why this jig has a following in SoCal. I tried a few more styles until I came to the lure that was on the specials list that night, "The B Molecule" with the craw trailer. I'm guessing that there's a lot of small bluish crabs down there that the rockies love to eat. On almost every cast I was hooking up.



Other than it's fish catching prowess one thing that impresses me is the sturdiness of the TJW. I've had it some really tight jams between rocks, kelp, and big rockie's jaws and they've stood up to the challenge. All in all it's earned a space in my tackle box and highly recommend it for coastal saltwater fish of all types.

Z