Jiggin'

[pjmags]

I have recently seen a lot of hype regarding using jigs for fall season bass fishing. I've tried using a jig once before but had no success. I just have a few questions about these popular lures:

1. Best Jig?

2. Best color?

3. Best trailer?

4. Best techniques for jigs?

Thanks for the help!

[AirbusAngler]

Best jig? depends what your doing with it. Perosnally I like heavy heads for pitchin and flippin heavy cover(rightous pitching jig by gary klein)

Best color? my own that I make

Best trailer? Rage Tail has everything you could ask for in a trailer. Its all I use

Best technique? The way you personalize any of the standard styles(flippin,pitchin,swimmin,hopping,dragging etc) jigs are very versatile

Good luck!

[Arv]

All of these depend on where you are fishing.

Best Jig? - Brand is going to be different from person to person so I won't even bother with that so I will say this instead:

- Football head jig - best fished around rocks

- Arkie head jig - best around wood and for skipping

- Alien head jig - best around weeds

- Swim jigs - obviously for swimming

There are other heads out there (rocker, ball, etc.) but these are the most common and what I fish.

Best color? - Personally I like black/blue. But keep it simple - black, brown, watermelon

Best Trailer? - This also depends. Most people will use craw trailers but you will find a very wide variety. Put something back there with a lot of action to get reaction strikes

Best technique? - Again, depends. I like to hop them through weeds with a hop, hop, sink, pause and twitch for 5 seconds, repeat pattern. You can drag them across the bottom. Swim jigs fish similar to a spinnerbait or even a crankbait, make it erratic.

ALSO, check out the how to videos here. Gene has several videos all about jigs. http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-videos/#0

Hope that helps a little

[deep]

Jigs aren't just for cold water. It's my most productive bait, for numbers and for some decent ones too.

This is the best article on jigs that I've ever found:

Kudos to SoFla for keeping it simple.