LEARNING JIGS

[Bass XL]

Thanks for the great thread.!!!

[jomatty]

although i sometimes use a doubled through uni i generally just use a palomar.  i think the most important thing is to make sure your line is really wet and slobbery before you cinch the knot.  the lighter the line the more important it becomes to have really wet line and to cinch it down really slowly and gradually.  if the moisture isnt there the line heats up and weakens the floro line and it will break at the knot very easily.

matt

[New 2 Bass]

This is a cool thread.  I like it so much I'm going to attempt to finally learn the jig.  I've only caught a couple on a weightless beavers, but that ain't the same.

I only catch them on weightless soft plastics anyways  >

[Munkin]

Like other have said I use to HATE jigs! I caught maybe 4 fish on jigs ever until I had a conversation with some older gentlemen at BPS in Springfield. He noticed me buying lures and when I walked right down the jig row without even looking he said I was going right by the main lure I needed? I told him I had tried them and they just did not work? He asked what kind I was using and I said the black/blue 1/2oz that everybody and their brother swears by. He said why don't you try some jigs in the same color as the soft plastics you are using? He recommended the Eakins jig in 5/16oz in any natural color. Once I started using a brown jig it was on! Now that I have been fishing jig for a few years I can say I only need a few colors; light brown, dark brown, solid black, and whitish for swimming jigs.

Allen

[mike bat]

hey guys ,,, i was just at the local gander mt... and they are clearing out stuff in the bargin bins ....  i picked up 15 manns stone jigs 1.50 a pop .... i also picked up a few 10 or so ( the monkee is makin me lie ) manns baby minus cranks  2 bucks a pop .... and 2 spro chug minnows 2 bucks a pop ( reg 10 bucks ) ... if you have a gander mt .. in your town take a look .....  

[Troll God]

I really hope you guys are right cause i spent four hours on the water with a jig and didn't bring in one fish!!!!  > AAAARRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!! very frustrating! BUT I am trying to stick with it. Thanks again to everyone who has posted!

[dink]

The "bread and butter" jig retrieves have alredy been covered quite well in this thread.  Yet, sometimes you need to mix it up a bit.

Case in point:

A couple years ago I was fishing a lake during the post-spawn.  Hoping for some morning topwater action, I began my day on one of the few rip rap areas on this lake... a long point lined with rip rap.  My buddy was coming up the other side of this same point.  I started throwing a spook, but after one shrt strike I picked up a small jig and began "snapping" it.  By snapping, I mean pitching it to the rocks and as soon as it hit bottom I would give it 2-3 quick snaps of the rod tip like a crawdad fleeing.  Six solid keepers in about 10 minutes.  My buddy continued throwing topwater and caught one short fish.  I showed him what I was doing and he proceeded to catch a few solid fish as well.

This is just one of many presentations you can make with a jig.  It is a very versatile bait.  Use your imagination and have fun!