Yes, you can use a regular leadhead jig, but, I'd use one at least 1/4 oz or more. A sauger jig is usually just a large (3/4 to 1 oz.) football or bullet shaped jighead with a hair type skirt in various color combinations. Then a minnow or minnow type rubber bait is on the jig hook, and a small treble hook is tied on a very short line and attached from the larger jig hook or from the jig eye- to trail behind maybe 2 or 3 inches. Most of your sauger will be caught on the stinger hook, but they will certainly hit a plain old jighead with a 2 or 3 inch curleytail grub too, or even a jig with a minnow slowly dragged/bumped along near the bottom. If the water is muddy, try adding something red to the mix if you can. good luck, hope you catch a limit!
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