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Z-Man Trout Eye Jighead

Name: Z-Man Trout Eye Jighead
Brand: Z-Man
Price: 6 USD
Availability: InStock

A weighted hook with the eyes molded on. Add a soft plastic and you have the single most effective inshore presentation there is.

value~$6Bait#4 of 8 by clean builds

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Open a clean build in the studio

zman-trouteye-jighead.fit75 builds

We asked the solver to build a rig around the Z-Man Trout Eye Jighead for all 75 fish-and-water pairs we publish. 32 clear every engine check, 39 carry warnings, 4 carry errors.

clean: 32
warnings: 39
errors: 4
no size fits: 0

tradeoffJighead weight is fixed, so changing depth means changing the whole head. Carry three weights of the same size.

zman-trouteye-jighead.speclure

Kind: jig
Weight: 0.25 oz
Runs: 1–15 ft
Hook included: yes
Wants hook: –
Action: hops and darts off the bottom
Street price: ~$6

What the solver builds around it

The most common pick at each other stage, across the 71 builds around the Trout Eye Jighead that clear without an error.

Every fish, every water

Each row is the best rig the solver can build for that fish in that water while being forced to use the Z-Man Trout Eye Jighead. "Adds" lists the engine problems it brings that the free solve for the same pair does not have, and the last price column is the cost against that free solve.

zman-trouteye-jighead.builds32/75 clean

Rigs built around the Z-Man Trout Eye Jighead for every fish and water
Fish	Water	Engine	Adds	Build	vs. free
Largemouth Bass	Farm Pond	clears every checkstudio	nothing over the free solve	~$129	−$14
Largemouth Bass	Weedy Lake	clears every checkstudio	nothing over the free solve	~$129	−$14
Largemouth Bass	Clear Reservoir	1 warningstudio	Bait works 1–15 ft; fish are holding near 37 ft	~$129	−$14
Largemouth Bass	River Run	clears every checkstudio	nothing over the free solve	~$136	−$10
Largemouth Bass	Big River Channel	2 warningsstudio	Bait works 1–15 ft; fish are holding near 45 ft	~$129	−$14
Smallmouth Bass	Clear Reservoir	1 warningstudio	Bait works 1–15 ft; fish are holding near 39 ft	~$110	−$3
Smallmouth Bass	River Run	clears every checkstudio	nothing over the free solve	~$122	−$3
Smallmouth Bass	Big River Channel	2 warningsstudio	Bait works 1–15 ft; fish are holding near 48 ft	~$110	−$3
Rainbow Trout	Farm Pond	clears every checkstudio	nothing over the free solve	~$110	−$6
Rainbow Trout	Clear Reservoir	1 warningstudio	Bait works 1–15 ft; fish are holding near 31 ft	~$110	−$3
Rainbow Trout	Mountain Creek	clears every checkstudio	nothing over the free solve	~$119	−$1
Rainbow Trout	River Run	1 warningstudio	nothing new; the free solve carries the same flags	~$110	−$6
Rainbow Trout	Hardwater / Ice	1 warningstudio	Bait works 1–15 ft; fish are holding near 20 ft	~$110	−$6
Brook Trout	Mountain Creek	clears every checkstudio	nothing over the free solve	~$119	−$1
Brook Trout	Hardwater / Ice	1 warningstudio	Bait works 1–15 ft; fish are holding near 18 ft	~$110	−$6
Walleye	Weedy Lake	1 warningstudio	Bait works 1–15 ft; fish are holding near 22 ft	~$110	−$6
Walleye	Clear Reservoir	1 warningstudio	Bait works 1–15 ft; fish are holding near 52 ft	~$110	−$4
Walleye	River Run	1 warningstudio	nothing new; the free solve carries the same flags	~$110	−$6
Walleye	Big River Channel	2 warningsstudio	Bait works 1–15 ft; fish are holding near 62 ft	~$110	−$4
Walleye	Hardwater / Ice	1 warningstudio	Bait works 1–15 ft; fish are holding near 35 ft	~$110	−$4
Northern Pike	Weedy Lake	clears every checkstudio	nothing over the free solve	~$132	−$11
Northern Pike	Clear Reservoir	1 warningstudio	Bait works 1–15 ft; fish are holding near 34 ft	~$132	−$11
Northern Pike	Hardwater / Ice	1 warningstudio	Bait works 1–15 ft; fish are holding near 22 ft	~$132	−$11
Muskellunge	Weedy Lake	clears every checkstudio	nothing over the free solve	~$429	−$12
Muskellunge	Clear Reservoir	1 warningstudio	Bait works 1–15 ft; fish are holding near 31 ft	~$429	−$12
Muskellunge	River Run	clears every checkstudio	nothing over the free solve	~$429	+$1
Channel Catfish	Farm Pond	clears every checkstudio	nothing over the free solve	~$130	−$14
Channel Catfish	Clear Reservoir	1 warningstudio	Bait works 1–15 ft; fish are holding near 57 ft	~$130	−$14
Channel Catfish	River Run	clears every checkstudio	nothing over the free solve	~$230	+$1
Channel Catfish	Big River Channel	1 warningstudio	Bait works 1–15 ft; fish are holding near 67 ft	~$230	+$1
Blue Catfish	Clear Reservoir	1 warningstudio	Bait works 1–15 ft; fish are holding near 60 ft	~$365	−$12
Blue Catfish	Big River Channel	1 warningstudio	Bait works 1–15 ft; fish are holding near 70 ft	~$365	+$1
Crappie	Farm Pond	clears every checkstudio	nothing over the free solve	~$110	−$6
Crappie	Weedy Lake	clears every checkstudio	nothing over the free solve	~$110	−$6
Crappie	Clear Reservoir	1 warningstudio	Bait works 1–15 ft; fish are holding near 34 ft	~$110	−$3
Crappie	Hardwater / Ice	1 warningstudio	Bait works 1–15 ft; fish are holding near 22 ft	~$110	−$6
Bluegill & Panfish	Farm Pond	clears every checkstudio	nothing over the free solve	~$110	−$6
Bluegill & Panfish	Weedy Lake	clears every checkstudio	nothing over the free solve	~$110	−$6
Bluegill & Panfish	Hardwater / Ice	1 warningstudio	Bait works 1–15 ft; fish are holding near 18 ft	~$110	−$6
Common Carp	Farm Pond	clears every checkstudio	nothing over the free solve	~$116	−$12
Common Carp	Weedy Lake	1 warningstudio	Bait works 1–15 ft; fish are holding near 24 ft	~$116	−$13
Common Carp	Clear Reservoir	1 warningstudio	Bait works 1–15 ft; fish are holding near 57 ft	~$116	−$13
Common Carp	Big River Channel	1 warningstudio	Bait works 1–15 ft; fish are holding near 67 ft	~$216	+$1
Striped Bass	Clear Reservoir	1 warningstudio	Bait works 1–15 ft; fish are holding near 34 ft	~$205	−$14
Striped Bass	Big River Channel	1 warningstudio	Bait works 1–15 ft; fish are holding near 43 ft	~$305	+$1
Striped Bass	Open Surf Beach	clears every checkstudio	nothing over the free solve	~$305	+$1
Striped Bass	Inshore Flat	clears every checkstudio	nothing over the free solve	~$205	−$13
Striped Bass	Jetty & Pier	1 warningstudio	Bait works 1–15 ft; fish are holding near 22 ft	~$305	+$1
Redfish	Open Surf Beach	clears every checkstudio	nothing over the free solve	~$305	+$1
Redfish	Inshore Flat	clears every checkstudio	nothing over the free solve	~$205	−$13
Redfish	Mangrove Estuary	clears every checkstudio	nothing over the free solve	~$205	−$14
Redfish	Jetty & Pier	1 warningstudio	Bait works 1–15 ft; fish are holding near 31 ft	~$305	+$1
Speckled Trout	Inshore Flat	clears every checkstudio	nothing over the free solve	~$190	−$13
Speckled Trout	Mangrove Estuary	clears every checkstudio	nothing over the free solve	~$190	−$14
Speckled Trout	Jetty & Pier	1 warningstudio	Bait works 1–15 ft; fish are holding near 23 ft	~$197	−$14
Snook	Open Surf Beach	clears every checkstudio	nothing over the free solve	~$212	−$10
Snook	Inshore Flat	clears every checkstudio	nothing over the free solve	~$205	−$13
Snook	Mangrove Estuary	clears every checkstudio	nothing over the free solve	~$205	−$14
Snook	Jetty & Pier	1 warningstudio	Bait works 1–15 ft; fish are holding near 24 ft	~$305	+$1
Flounder	Open Surf Beach	1 warningstudio	Bait works 1–15 ft; fish are holding near 20 ft	~$304	+$1
Flounder	Inshore Flat	clears every checkstudio	nothing over the free solve	~$204	−$14
Flounder	Mangrove Estuary	clears every checkstudio	nothing over the free solve	~$204	−$14
Flounder	Jetty & Pier	1 warningstudio	Bait works 1–15 ft; fish are holding near 35 ft	~$304	+$1
Tarpon	Inshore Flat	1 errorstudio	nothing new; the free solve carries the same flags	~$277	−$4
Tarpon	Mangrove Estuary	1 errorstudio	nothing new; the free solve carries the same flags	~$277	−$4
Tarpon	Jetty & Pier	1 errorstudio	Bait works 1–15 ft; fish are holding near 19 ft	~$377	+$1
Bonefish	Inshore Flat	clears every checkstudio	nothing over the free solve	~$204	−$14
King Mackerel	Jetty & Pier	1 warningstudio	Bait works 1–15 ft; fish are holding near 19 ft	~$307	+$1
King Mackerel	Nearshore Reef	1 warningstudio	Bait works 1–15 ft; fish are holding near 63 ft	~$307	+$1
King Mackerel	Offshore Bluewater	2 warningsstudio	Bait works 1–15 ft; fish are holding near 276 ft	~$307	+$1
Yellowfin Tuna	Offshore Bluewater	1 errorstudio	Bait works 1–15 ft; fish are holding near 330 ft	~$377	+$1
Salmon (Coho / King)	River Run	clears every checkstudio	nothing over the free solve	~$231	+$1
Salmon (Coho / King)	Big River Channel	1 warningstudio	Bait works 1–15 ft; fish are holding near 48 ft	~$231	+$1
Steelhead	River Run	clears every checkstudio	nothing over the free solve	~$122	−$4
Steelhead	Big River Channel	2 warningsstudio	Bait works 1–15 ft; fish are holding near 56 ft	~$115	−$11

Fish-and-water pairs are the ones we publish solved rigs for: water type matches and the fish is actually targeted there. Build prices are street-price estimates from our catalog.

Where it falls short

The checks the Trout Eye Jighead trips that the free solve for the same pair does not, by how many builds each one fires in. The quoted line is the engine's own message from the first build it fired in.

Bait runs above the fishwarn in 39 builds
Largemouth Bass, Clear Reservoir: Bait works 1–15 ft; fish are holding near 37 ft. Largemouth Bass feeds at a depth bias of 0.55 in 8–60 ft of water. A bait that never reaches them cannot catch them: add weight, change baits, or fish a shallower spot.
With no sinker setting the depth, a bait whose deepest running depth sits more than 2 ft above where the fish holds gets a warning.

Against the other bait options

The same test run on every bait in the catalog, ranked by clean builds. Full specs side by side are on the bait comparison.

Every bait option by clean builds across 75 fish-and-water pairs
#	Part	Clean	Warn	Error	Price
1	Berkley Gulp! Shrimp	57	14	4	~$10
2	Acme Kastmaster Spoon	44	27	4	~$7
3	Zoom Trick Worm	41	30	4	~$5
4	Z-Man Trout Eye Jighead	32	39	4	~$6
5	Gary Yamamoto Senko Soft Stickbait	31	40	4	~$9
6	Mepps Aglia Inline Spinner	15	56	4	~$7
7	Strike King KVD 1.5 Squarebill Crankbait	11	60	4	~$8
8	Heddon Zara Spook Topwater	0	71	4	~$11

frequently asked

What fish is the Z-Man Trout Eye Jighead good for?

Built around it, the engine clears every check for Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Northern Pike, Muskellunge, Channel Catfish, Crappie, Bluegill & Panfish, Common Carp, Striped Bass, Redfish, Speckled Trout, Snook, Flounder, Bonefish, Salmon (Coho / King), and Steelhead. It works with warnings for Walleye, Blue Catfish, and King Mackerel.

What does the Trout Eye Jighead pair with?

Building around it, the solver most often picks the Berkley Trilene XL Monofilament (mainline, 37 of 71 builds), the Yo-Zuri HD Carbon Fluorocarbon Leader (leader, 31 of 71 builds), the Okuma Ceymar Spinning Reel (reel, 42 of 71 builds), and the Ugly Stik GX2 Spinning Rod (rod, 31 of 71 builds).

Where does the Trout Eye Jighead fall short?

bait runs above the fish (a warning in 39 builds, e.g. Largemouth Bass, Clear Reservoir: Bait works 1–15 ft; fish are holding near 37 ft).

How does it compare with other bait options?

It ranks 4 of 8 bait options in our catalog by clean builds (32 of 75). The Zoom Trick Worm clears as many or more (41) for less (~$5 against ~$6). Prices are street-price estimates, not live Amazon prices.