ArcherJohnny Posted March 31, 2010 Posted March 31, 2010 My old room mate tried to teach me a few years ago the proper way to work a jig. Cast it out, wait for it to hit the bottom, then kinda bounce it along the bottom, bump bump bump. Well for some reason, I never could get a fish to hit it with the consistency that he could, so I gave up on them for a long time. Then last year, I started using rooster tails, the little buck hair numbers with the spinning blade and treble hook at the end. I caught A LOT of fish on those things. All different types of species. So this year, I decided to buy a pack of crappie jigs that looked like they would have an action similar to my rooster tails. Little red-headed jigs with a spinner blade attached by a swivel. I mean, why not? A pack of 6 cost the same amount as one single rooster tail and they looked to me like they did the exact same thing. Finally got out and started using them the other day. I would cast out and retrieve pretty fast, so as to get that blade really spinning in the water. I don't think the bass got the memo that these things were meant for crappies. It wasn't every other cast or anything like that, but it was a good day on the lake, I'll tell you that much. Anyway, I ended up losing all six of them over about a 4 day period (yeah, I still get hung up on stuff), so I opted to switch to some regular jigs that I had in my tackle box. I slapped a bright neon green grub on the head and just kept working them the way I had with the crappie jigs and rooster tails. Sure enough, I been catching a ton of bass with this retrieve. Anyone else tried this? Johnny Quote
River Rat316 Posted March 31, 2010 Posted March 31, 2010 Its called swimming a jig, and there are purpose made jigs for this. Can be downright deadly in the spring, summer and fall. Try experimenting with your trailers also, I personally like a bootail on mine! Quote
Gamec0cks5 Posted March 31, 2010 Posted March 31, 2010 So is this what the Booyah Swim Jig is for? I picked one of these up fro like $1.50 with BPS spring cleaning sale. You you just cast it out and reel it in like a swimbait? What's a decent trailer? I have the jig in black/brown Quote
ArcherJohnny Posted March 31, 2010 Author Posted March 31, 2010 So is this what the Booyah Swim Jig is for? I picked one of these up fro like $1.50 with BPS spring cleaning sale.You you just cast it out and reel it in like a swimbait? What's a decent trailer? I have the jig in black/brown That would depend on the light and water conditions. Just try different colors until you start getting bites. But yes, you can definitely reel these things in just like swim baits. Johnny Quote
Super User fishfordollars Posted March 31, 2010 Super User Posted March 31, 2010 The hottest lure years ago when Toledo Bend opened was a green and white bucktail jig. Untold numbers of fish were caught fishing them just the way you are doing yours. You have just become a better fisherman by trying different things. Not only makes you better, but gives you the confidence to continue trying new techniques. Congratulations, and don't be afraid to fish them other unconventional ways. You might be surprised. Quote
River Rat316 Posted March 31, 2010 Posted March 31, 2010 So is this what the Booyah Swim Jig is for? I picked one of these up fro like $1.50 with BPS spring cleaning sale.You you just cast it out and reel it in like a swimbait? What's a decent trailer? I have the jig in black/brown Yes that is what it is for. Most people use a single tail grub for the trailer preferably a 5". You can also try paca craws and the like, double tail grubs, Small swimbaits like the Reaction Innovations skinny dipper or Keitech model (forget the name but they are both at TW). Or if the fish are hot you don't need a trailer. One of the great things about swim jigs is they come through cover better than a spinnerbait, and you can cover water very quickly when the fish are shallow. The Booyah is not my favorite as far as swim jigs go, but it will work for you to figure out how they work and if you like fishing them Quote
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