Fishing Swim Jigs In Low Clarity Water

[The Young Gun]

I'm a huge fan of fishing spinnerbaits and I do very well on them all year round in our murky waters here in northern wisconsin, but I've never had luck on swim jigs. Is throwing swim jigs in the stained water just not a good tactic seeing as the water has such low visibility??

[gulfcaptain]

I did well this spring on a black and blue jig swimming it in some pretty dirty water.  Couldn't get them to eat a slow moving jig, but happened to stumble onto it when I decided to quickly wind in a football jig I was fishing and it got smashed.  I fish a black and blue jig with a matching trailer and also did really well on a brown/orange/blue jig with a green pumpkin trailer (both were 3" Trigger X Flappin Craws).  Give them a try and see.  They produced a lot of fish for me this spring I may not have caught had I not stubbled into it.

[wytstang]

I landed a nice one this morning (7am) on a swim jig with a Gambler Big EZ in SC waters that are wrecked right now due to the butt load of rain we got recently. So yes they work in muddy/stained water just fine you just need a trailer that move some water well.

[Smokinal]

  you just need a trailer that move some water well.

^^This; Rage craws, Rage chunks for instance.

[deaknh03]

I put a small willow or colorado blade on the back of my swim jigs, helps to make a little noise.

[deaknh03]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/GAMBLER-SOUTHERN-FLASH-SWIM-JIG-7-16-OZ-select-colors-/181274112309?var=&hash=item2a34c77135:m:mqgpI5CMKCXNaRrV-b-OPtg

 

like this, easy to do yourself.

[Cgrinder]

Yep, good advice here. Larger jig, larger trailer, trailer with more action, black/blue or something with a lot of orange and/or chartreuse. A gold willow is probably another good idea. I do work in the Spring mud with a blue bug Siebert swim jig paired with a matching Rage Craw or bright blue Paca.

[Catch and Grease]

The waters I fish are like black swamp water with TONS of grass and I catch a lot of fish on swimjigs, but instead of using smaller trailers I use a whole rage craw rigged vertically

[Senko lover]

Did it today and smoked the bass, including a 3 1/2 pounder. 

[bowhunter63]

Small swim baits or a Rage menace for a trailer.There scented and move some water.

[Damn Yankee]

Try a rattle

[whitwolf]

Maybe It's just me but In this situation I would throw a bladed jig. 

[smalljaw67]

Maybe It's just me but In this situation I would throw a bladed jig. 

 

This^^^^^^ !!!  I throw swim jigs in murky water but I will use larger ones or bright colored patterns. The thing is I will not start with a swim jig, I'll go with a bladed swim jig aka Chatterbait first and only switch to a swim jig if I can't get bit on the bladed jig.

[bigbill]

I like using the HOT CHARTRUESE color skirts and chartruese trailers with a rattle and a scent in low light, dark stained waters to muddy waters. Even with the blade baits.

We're playing on all the basses senses.

[WIGuide]

They do definitely still work in the darker waters up here. Try a boot tail swimbait as a trailer. Something like a swimin senko or cane thumper. There's days a spinnerbait or bladed jig is a better option, but there's days they will just eat a swim jig regardless of water clarity.