The Snapper Slapper Jig comes in 7 different color schemes and in four different weights: 1, 3, 5 and 7 ounces.  These jigs may be used for bottom fishing as well as trolling dead baits such as bonito strips, and slow trolling live baits or ribbonfish. A King Mackerel magnet, these jigs are deadly when used in combination with ribbonfish. We have done extremely well with these and they are the only Kingfish jig that we sell or recommend. Our pro-staff has had excellent tournament results in all of the events where these jigs were used.

Unlike other jigs, each Snapper Slapper Jig has a built in ring behind the jig head. This ring is used to faciliate the attachment of live bait rigs, stinger rigs, as well as ribbonfish rigs. These multiple hook rigs may be haywired in or attached with small snaps. Toothproof Wire from American Fishing Wire, Titanium, or Surflon Micro-Supreme leaders may also be used when rigging.

The planer wings together with the different jig weight options allow these jigs to be fished deep with or without the use of downriggers. The low center of gravity allow these jigs to run true at all times. In addition to Kingfish, these jigs have landed us Wahoo as well as Dolphin when trolled with bonito strips. The Black & Purple and Blue & White jigs have been the most productive for Wahoo, while the Pink Orange & Chartreuse, Green Chartreuse, and Blue Chartreuse have been deadly on Dolphin. Our favorite Kingfish color has been the White jig. While these jig will also work on bottom species, we have not experimented with these in that capacity, and at this time are unable to recommend specific colors.

Our trolling method for both Dolphin and Wahoo has been to slow down allowing the jigs to sink and then gradually increasing our speed to allow the jig to "swim" towards the surface. We have trolled these over the reef systems and this method has proven to be the most effective.

When using ribbonfish to slow troll for Kingfish we fish these deep on the downriggers. We adjust depth based on current water temperatures. Off the Florida Coast we sometimes fish these as deep as 100 feet when the water temperatures are high, and as shallow as 20 feet during the cooler months.

Our method for finding the right depths includes researching the current bite depths, and when these are un-available or un-reliable we troll in a west to east direction until the bite is located. In finding the bite we employ two downriggers each at different depths, one close to the bottom and the second any where from 20 to 60 feet shallower. The total depth of the location we are scouting dictates how the downrigger depths are adjusted.