Jigfishn10

I fished there a couple of days prior and the bass are in post spawn, so they are a little harder to catch. I did mange to get a few on a jig and twin tail grub, but none would take a spinnerbait or spook jr. Lots of pickerel on the spook jr made the day a bit more interesting. They will be back along the outside weed edges, mostly on points and inside turns pretty soon. Low light conditions will have them moving a bit more along these weed edges where you can get your topwaters and spinnerbait type lures to work for you. Here are a couple representative bass I caught there: Good luck if you do venture down there again!

You're right Dwight Hottle, Roland Martin makes a pretty nifty paycheck putting those fish right up against the camera making it look like an 8 lber...LOL...SON! I was watching a Jimmy Houston episode and he mentioned that. Right after he mentions it, he starts laughing in that high pitched laugh of his. I was cracking up.

Game 2 tonight! I see this one having a few more goals scored by each team...We'll see tho.

Does Ratherbfishing have the same sense of humor as Farmpond1? LOL Welcome back!

I personally don't like Arkies around or in weeds, but I do like them around woody or rocky areas. The head is based around a 60* line tie hook which tends to hang the jig up in weeds. I prefer a jig head with a 30* or less line tie hook and a more bullet shaped head in weeds. I will use an arky early and late in the season or around sparse, weedy cover. I also really like arkies for drifting in current. To really answer your question PondBoss, you can use any jig in any situation, but you have more options with jig head design for each situation which will make the day a little more enjoyable.

Prior to this tourney starting I was getting a lot of bass to hit a topwater. The last 2 or 3 times I went out I was getting the slime darts by the motherload. Not bad once in a while, but I had to put my spooks away to save some of the paint on em...

Call it a 9.6 and have a fond memory of it, my friend. If it's really killing you to know, take the 4 weights and average it, either way, it's a nice oinker indeed!

Great night time bait, krisjack69. Up here they tend to hide during the day and come out at night to forage for food, but I fish a craw pattern a lot during the day with pretty good results. Give em a whirl.

Amen, Catt!

You probably answered your own question. The one's that you're landing, the hook is probably like a half inch down from it's lip where the cartilage is a little thicker than near the lips. Hooking a fish near the lips is more than likely elongating the hole near the lip during the fight or even at hookset (no need to swing for the fences if you don't need to). It's gonna happen especially when you fish heavier jigs that the jig will fall out during the fight. The good news is, you're hooking them, the question you have to ask yourself, do you really want ot wait a little longer before setting the hook to make sure that jig is down further and risk losing the fish? Eventually you'll get the feel for it and it won't be as much of a problem. Jigs, more than any other lure, takes more concentration to fish with. JMHO. I really don't think you should change anything you're doing. You already know that you can hook a fish on a jig and it's already in the back of your mind that you need to play the fish with a little more caution. Keep at it and it will come together for you. Good Luck!

@ Wonderlust: For some reason I believe that...LOL @ Red Earth: 4 lber in February is nothing to sneeze at...WTG!

Good deal PondBoss! I was an avid jerkbait fisherman and for some reason I haven't been using them at all in the past few years. After reading your OP, I'm considering digging them out from the bottom of the box and giving them a whirl again. Great post and good luck out there.

Easy Grundle, we chose to live in Taxachusetts where we have hurricanes and nor'easters. Peeps reside in areas where they think they have a better chance in life.

I won't be able to get there, but concentrate on the southern and western sides of the pond. Bass will be on the outer edges of the weed lines and around some lily pads.

2 touchdown in Springfield, 1 unconfirmed in Palmer and 1 unconfirmed in Westfield. I hope the folks out there are okay. I did not hear of any deaths at this time. Looks like the storm is weakening, thankfully.

System coming out of CT and heading to MA. Worcester County to be exact. Just heard it's shifting Southeast! That would be me!

Construction?

Ask your GF. JK of course.

Well I went twice and caught 2 fish. As you can see I can't post them in the other thread, do pickerel count! Conditions weren't really good for topwater, to be honest with you. Anyone else try?

That is a tough one A-Jay, even for a die hard B's fan who watched Bobby Orr's game winning goal against the Blues back in the day. The Nucks are a power house and like you said, they are both pretty even except for special teams. I'll take the B's in 6 and hope the refs swallow the whistles.

Funny you mentioned that, I just found some the other day when I was cleaning out an old tackle box. Used them for smallie fishing a lot. I remember just using them on a jig, never thought about c-rigging. Great Post!

Welcome to BR!

Lita Ford.

I love jig fishing from shore. My original PB prior to this year was on a jig from shore. Match up the jig to the structure or cover you're fishing in and you're G2G (good to go).

I fish a swim jig as I would a spinnerbait. Some sort of stop and go retrieve and variations to that. Anything that makes the skirt flare out is when I get bit on it. PondBoss brings up a good tip in that he basically slow rolls it trying to hit any obstruction along the way. Again, just by hitting obstructions gets that skirt to flare out a bit. I usually use a single tail grub for a trailer, but the trailer your using and what has been mentioned above all sound very effective. I do like to burn them at times with, again, with pauses or even a few rod tip pumps. I really use it as a last resort technique and it has saved the the day for me a quite a few times.