I Will Get Better With This Lure This Year...

[Amarley]

My area of improvement for this year is jigs. I've had a love/hate relationship with them in the past. Need to build confidence in throwing jigs. I've always gone to reaction baits in the past, and got better with shaky heads last year. This year, my focus is jigs. Dragging, flipping, pitching, swimming, etc. 

 

Anyone else have a lure they're trying to gain confidence in this year? Any tips for building confidence with jigs?

[gripnrip]

My area of improvement for this year is jigs. I've had a love/hate relationship with them in the past. Need to build confidence in throwing jigs. I've always gone to reaction baits in the past, and got better with shaky heads last year. This year, my focus is jigs. Dragging, flipping, pitching, swimming, etc. 

 

Anyone else have a lure they're trying to gain confidence in this year? Any tips for building confidence with jigs?

Leave everything else at home.  Take various sizes and shapes.  1/4, 3/8, and 1/2.  As far as shapes, it depends on the type of structure or cover you're fishing.

 

Rocks-football heads.

Standing timber or lay downs-brush or arky head.  

Grass-swim jig.  Siebert outdoors carries a grass jig that I double as a swim jig sometimes.  

 

Give a few more examples on the types of water you'll be fishing. Also cover and structure.

[gripnrip]

Oh, and this year I'm focusing on larger swim baits.  Hudds, Mattlures U2, and Spooltek 6" fatty. 

[Amarley]

I fish a lot of timber and lay downs in Kentucky. Just ordered a bunch of arkies today to use this year. I really need to improve using them in open water and dragging them this summer. Thanks for the advice! I'll check out the grass jigs, too. 

[Jaheff]

Read first pinned post on this subforum.http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/12403-jig-fishing-questions/

[Xyndifor]

This year I'm going to focus on becoming a better crankbait fisherman. I usually haven't given them much of a chance in the past but I'm going to stick with it this year and just mess around a little bit. I'd also like to dabble a little bit into texas/Carolina rigging this year. I got good with my jigs last year so that shouldn't be that difficult though. Caught a lot of big bass on those jigs last year

[gripnrip]

This year I'm going to focus on becoming a better crankbait fisherman. I usually haven't given them much of a chance in the past but I'm going to stick with it this year and just mess around a little bit. I'd also like to dabble a little bit into texas/Carolina rigging this year. I got good with my jigs last year so that shouldn't be that difficult though. Caught a lot of big bass on those jigs last year

Sorry not to thread jack you Amarely.  

 

Check this thread out Xyndifor.  http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/72766-a-rare-insight-into-crankbait-fishing/

[Jar11591]

Spinnerbaits and jigs. Gonna really work on them this year.

[mjseverson24]

punching... just going to take a few days and do nothing else, i need to have confidence in this rig to be competitive on certain tournament waters...

 

Mitch

[FishinCop646]

There is a lot of techniques/lures I want to improve on this year. I only tooks some jigs with me on my last trip. I definately gained some confidence! Next up, crankbaits!

[dday07]

Simply walking the dog...finally learned how at the end of fall and just about ready to put it to good use soon...i'll be using spooks and sexy dawgs

[Bluebasser86]

Not a lure but a type of fishing, deep water/structure fishing. I get uncomfortable real fast when I can't see what I'm fishing. I've done better and better at it the last couple years and am getting better at reading my graphs, but like everything in fishing it takes lots of trail and error to get proficient at it. It doesn't help that most of our lakes are shallow and muddy, which keeps most of the fish shallow. 

[Stingray23]

I just want to get better at understanding what I'm looking at on my graph. Fishing deeper structure. Learning where to fish deep crankbaits.

[Grizzn N Bassin]

Learning my depth finder better never used one, also swimbait fishing. I have caught fish on smaller ones but never a hudd or a bbz1

[1234567]

So true, leave every lure at home and work that jig!!!  IMO you can always get bit on a jig.  I spent a whole summer a couple years ago working a jig.  Many days I blanked until I realized the thud's I was getting work boulders I was bumping but a fish.  It took awhile for me to develop a feel for them and still to this day I have trouble and am missing tons of bites I'm sure.  There are some Excellent Jig guys here, I suggest you send them a pm as some are really good about helping out.  (WRB) comes to mind.  

 

don't get frustrated either because you will lose a lot at first and continue to lose them even as you better working them through cover.

[Xyndifor]

Simply walking the dog...finally learned how at the end of fall and just about ready to put it to good use soon...i'll be using spooks and sexy dawgs

I used to do that really well about 15 years ago then I got away from it and tried it again last year and it's like I forgot. I also would like to relearn this technique for my spooks and also frogs.

[719BassFishing]

Swimbait and chatter bait fishing. Never have thrown these to much but i'm looking forward to gain more confidence in them so I can be more versatile.

[annexation]

I'm going to try making this the year of the lipless crankbait - never caught much with them, and probably more pike than bass. I'll be giving them a more dedicated shot when the ice melts.

[Darren.]

I've started throwing cranks the past few weeks. "Caught" two fish, but lost each at side of my yak. One was a pickerel (not sad it got off), but the other was a hefty bass I caught cranking above weeds with a Strike King SX1 sexy shad. Had it all the way, but she got off just as I saw her throw a fit and shake it off at the boat.

[Delaware Valley Tackle]

I fish a lot of soft plastics but have a load of Siebert's Jigs coming my way. Hoping to up the average size of my catch. 

[WIGuide]

I've always struggled with a jig so this year is the year I'm going to figure them out!

[Catt]

Chatterbait, aint never caught a single fish on one!

[Got1Fishing]

I'm really looking forward to improving my crank bait fishing... I've only caught a small amount on them but I barely have confidence in them compared to plastics and jigs. 

[Tlaz]

My area of improvement for this year is jigs. I've had a love/hate relationship with them in the past. Need to build confidence in throwing jigs. I've always gone to reaction baits in the past, and got better with shaky heads last year. This year, my focus is jigs. Dragging, flipping, pitching, swimming, etc. 

 

Anyone else have a lure they're trying to gain confidence in this year? Any tips for building confidence with jigs?

Same deal here.

[mnbassman23]

Tossing swimbaits.

For those of you who said jigs, put in the time learning them. You won't regret it and the increase in quality fish will be worth the effort.