Assist hooks 1 or 2???

[eyefish2good]

I've seen so many versions of butterfly jigs now on the market. Is there any prefrences on the rigging. Is one hook better then two? Also name brands? Better to spend $10-15 or does the $6-10 ones perform just as well?
Getting ready to stock up on a few so any suggestions would be helpful.

[paul708]

i like to use 1 assist hook
but have used 2

for proformance with the jigs..everyone has their favorites
weather they are cheap or high dollar.
depending on what you target, there may be no need for the high dollar jigs
i seem to find most guys have a good assortment of sizes colors and brands

[eyefish2good]

Main targets are grouper(black) AJ's and mutton snapper covering depths from 135 to about 350. Kingfish can be a pain so I try and stay deeper.
Did plenty of live baiting the area, just never any jigging. Guess I'll stick to the cheaper brands to start.

[gottaflylee]

Also try some good ole "dimond jigs". Take the trebble off and put on a single assist hook. I can tell no diffrence in catching with 1 verses 2 hooks. I now stick with 1...

[Sea Draggin]

One. For two reasons, the first being safety. The second reason is that fish will sometimes try to take the jig from a hooked fish. If you have two hooks, it can cause some issues when that happens.

[eyefish2good]

Thanks for the answer. Makes sense to me.

[Southern Hunter]

I find that using 1 assist hook works just as good as using 2 on jigs....as far as the cheap jigs vs. the expensive ones....IMHO the true Shimano Butterfly jigs will outfish any other jigs anyday....however I do also have good success with the Williamson Benthos jigs and have also caught some really nice fish on the good ole Diamond Jigs.

[Jiggin Junkie]

There are two problems with using two hooks. The first one is you can possibly send one into your hand while unhooking the other from a fish and the second one is if you are in the land of the giants you stand a chance of hooking two at one time. I have done it tons of times with my biggest ajs right at 35" each. When you hook a fish and he is shaking his head the jig is still swinging and another fish tries to take it away from the hooked fish and then you hook two.