What Follows A Jig

[Frenchman83]

For LM I pitch a jig to cover a lot. When a jig with a craw trailer is not getting the bite but I am positive there are fish or I am going back through an area I will follow with a big worm T-rigged. What are some baits that others use to follow a jig?

[tholmes]

If they're not hitting a jig, I'd follow up with a frog or a Hula Popper, if the cover will allow it.

 

Tom

[Catt]

Texas Rigged Rage Tail Lobster Falcon Lake Color!

[Bass Junkie]

If you can't catch fish from cover pitching a jig, there are one of two possibilities. Either the fish are more active and would respond better to a lure with horizontal movement (Frog, buzz bait, swim jig, swimbait) or the fish just ain't gonna bite  In all honesty, there are very few situations I have been in where the fish wouldn't nail a pitched jig... It's a subtle bait that can trigger a reaction strike on the fall and also induce a strike once it is laying on the bottom. 

[jiggz125]

For LM I pitch a jig to cover a lot. When a jig with a craw trailer is not getting the bite but I am positive there are fish or I am going back through an area I will follow with a big worm T-rigged. What are some baits that others use to follow a jig?

When fishing a skirted jig how do you attach the trailer, such as a Havoc Pit Boss? Do you texas rig it? I have a few in my tackle box, where and how do you hook your trailer to the jig itself?

[Grizzn N Bassin]

Bass junkie like your profile pic!! And I'd there not hittibg my jig I just start throwing. Top what are a moving bait at different depths

[RyneB]

Texas Rigged Rage Tail Lobster Falcon Lake Color!

its a true fish catcher.

[Bluebasser86]

If I need a more finesse pitching bait I'll go with a 5" stick bait with a 1/4oz weight. The Ragetail Menece is another good bait with a nice profile but not too much action that gets through cover well and gets bit. 

[rockchalk06]

Have you tried the Rage Rig yet?

 

If I can't get anything to commit to jig, I will take a Rage Craw on a Moaner Stroker 1/4oz 4/0 hook and pitch it into cover. The slow fall with the action of the claws, usually brings out a strike or two. I'll also try a tube. My thought is, if they aren't hitting a jig, craw or tube, the fish aren't there.

[Sam]

Anything you want to find the new pattern.

 

When the bass quit hitting one specific bait or presentation you have to find the one they want.

 

Sometimes you do find it; other times you don't.  Just keep trying to see what they want to establish a new pattern.

[Bankbeater]

I'll drop in a baby brush hog, or a senko type bait.  If they are not hitting any of those I will move on and come back to that spot later in the day.

[Todd2]

Don't always think new color or new bait. Drop speed!!! Pitch different weighted jigs 1/4, 1/2, etc. If that doesn't work, try other stuff. Senkos, etc.

[smalljaw67]

Two things for this, either a senko or a finesse worm, and there are different situations but in my experience and the waters I fish, I found that fish willing to strike a moving bait will often hit a jig too so if I get no takers on the jig then I'll turn to a senko.

[Big-O]

There are a lot of good responses by others!

The normal tweaks I work through are changes in profile size, appearance, length, speed of fall and Color. A drastic off the wall color change will sometime surprise you with an increase in the number of bites you'll get. Recently I was in heavily stained water and to increase the bite, switched from Flippin a Black n Blue Craw to a white Craw that I'd tipped the claws in red.

My first change from a compact jig presentation is often a 6" Hawg. The additional 2 to 3" length will sometime flip their switch too...

[J Francho]

I generally follow with a jig.  I'll change color, size, fall rate, profile, etc.  But in cover conditions that dictate a jig, I fish a jig.

[Arv]

Either a t-rigged plastic or a weightless stick worm. I feel like they may not like the skirt on the jig, or they may want something that falls slower. More times than not, I'm throwing a stick worm after a jig, or most other lures for that matter. Its been a pretty consistent strategy so far.

[Frenchman83]

Great information everyone! Thanks for sharing.

[BassMN95]

One thing I really recommend is when you get a bite and miss or half stick a fish, throw back with a 7" Strike King Ocho Senko, 90% of the time they will bite again when they normally wouldn't take a second pick at the jig. Hands down best follow up bait for any application!

[das028]

I'll use a some type of fluke or sluggo, fish it slow and pause a lot between working the bait. I want this bait to really look like a dying fish.

Keep in my this is after I've tried every jig fishing technique