Ron G

Just yesterday I cought a 1.5-2lbs largmouth on a shad pattern jig I make myself. white with blue fleck bottom, white scale bars on the sides and half tab of black on top with a white 4” twister tail grub for the trailer. The lake I fish has a major gizzard shad population. It’s been tough fishing the last week. Not getting a lot of bites. White will work if the fish are keyed in on Shad.

You can get the oil that is scented like Mann’s jelly worms through Zeiner’s bass shop.

I thought the same thing as you when I first tried a weed gaurded jig and did not catch any bass on it the first few outings. I had stoped using it for a couple of seasons, but one day I told myself I would keep it on my rod untill I cought a bass on it. That forced me to fish it long enough that I did catch a good 3.5 lbs largemouth on it. caught quite a few more bass the next few weeks on it, all smaller fish. The next spring (April) I cought the bigest bass I have cought to date on an 1/4 oz all black jig and pork frog trailer. It weighed 8.25 lbs was 23.5 in L X 18.25 Girth. This was a PA. lake, a very good size fish for up here. I always have one tied on in the spring and continue to catch fish on them. Don't give up on it.