Too late for jig fishing?

[loudcherokee]

Hello folks....was out to the lake yesterday and was catching a few on a wacky rigged senko in watermelon red flake. Seems like that's all they were hitting on for me.

 

Anyways, a guy in a boat came up when I pulled one in and asked what I was using, and after telling him all I had tried, mentioning asked jig I tried earlier, he said it's past jig season and the water is too warm already, and that jigs should only be thrown when the water is under 60 degrees pre-spawn.

 

Any truth to this? I'm only just now experimenting with jigs and have never caught a bass on a jig. I had assumed a jig was an all season long rig.

 

LC

[00 mod]

He is WAY wrong.  I ALWAYS have at least 2 jigs tied on all year long!

Jeff

[Catt]

Too late for jig fishing?

ROFLMAO

[roadwarrior]

Well, I have found they only work on days ending with a "Y".

 

[senile1]

You have to wonder where some people get their information, or if they are just trying to mislead you.  

[buzzed bait]

24/7 for real.... 

I hope he was pulling your leg....

[Siebert Outdoors]

There is only a few times a year jigs do not work.  That is when the wife doesn't let you fish.  I dont ice fish so if the water is liquid jigs work.

[IndianaFinesse]

He either didn't know what he was talking about, or he was pulling your leg.  Jigs can and do work year round, the only time a jig doesn't work is when the lake is iced over.  And even then, you can still catch a lot of fish on a smaller jig.?

 

[Logan S]

I agree that a jig is a year-round producer.....But he could have been talking about a pattern for that specific lake.  Every body of water has it's productive patterns, he could have simply been trying to help you by stating there were more effective techniques at that time on that lake.  We have a lake here where you can catch them on a jig year-round for sure, but there is a 2-month window where it's the #1 technique as opposed to #2 or #3 .  

[Airman4754]

The only time I have the patience to fish a jig is after the water reaches 60 degrees. Then I can hop and floss it like a mad man lol. 

[Munkin]

Jigs have only work in 35 to 85 degree water for me so they have their limitations.

Allen

[Heron]

Will someone please tell the fish that it is past jig season. 

[Josan Cardenete]

Jigs works all the year. Are a very versatile bait. You can catch fish in the shoreline in a foot of water in spring or in 30 feets of water in winter. Are my nº1 lure.

 

[tholmes]

All day, all year are the times jigs have worked for me. I have one tied on every time I go fishing.

Tom

[roadwarrior]

1 hour ago, Logan S said:

I agree that a jig is a year-round producer.....But he could have been talking about a pattern for that specific lake.  Every body of water has it's productive patterns, he could have simply been trying to help you by stating there were more effective techniques at that time on that lake.  We have a lake here where you can catch them on a jig year-round for sure, but there is a 2-month window where it's the #1 technique as opposed to #2 or #3 .  

Good point.  Sometimes the bass are focused on moving baits as opposed to bottom contact. There are certainly times when something other than a jig is a better option.

[Raul]

2 hours ago, loudcherokee said:

Hello folks....was out to the lake yesterday and was catching a few on a wacky rigged senko in watermelon red flake. Seems like that's all they were hitting on for me.

 

Anyways, a guy in a boat came up when I pulled one in and asked what I was using, and after telling him all I had tried, mentioning asked jig I tried earlier, he said it's past jig season and the water is too warm already, and that jigs should only be thrown when the water is under 60 degrees pre-spawn.

 

Any truth to this? I'm only just now experimenting with jigs and have never caught a bass on a jig. I had assumed a jig was an all season long rig.

 

LC

Don't know where that dude "learned" to fish, actually, I doubt he had ever learned to fish.

[CarolinaBoy4Life]

I have a jig tied on non stop year round. In fact I usually have 3 on different set ups. Weight, color, trailer style all vary for different presentations. Love flipping a jig into brush or flooded timber and working it. I may be in the minority but I jig fishing is one of my favorite ways to fish. 

[ripinit]

I think I know what he was meaning, as the fish are past the prespawn feedbag mode(here), and are tougher to trick, and the finesse rigs seem to shine right now. Few weeks ago, I could swim a jig along the weed lines and let em fall in bushes, and it was on, and now I have to slow down with senkos and finesse worms and soak a bait to get bit. They just ain't chasing or reacting unless you drop a bait in a bed or on its head, or around males guarding fry...Jig season is a funny concept, though....

[Bruce424]

Na. Jigs all year

[HookdUP]

Saltwater or fresh if you can't catch it on some form of a jig I don't want to catch it 

[Mr Swim Jig]

The only time I don't fish a jig is when I am not fishing....lol

 

Otherwise I always have at least 2 jigs ready to go.....

[loudcherokee]

Ok cool. At first I was like "huh?" And then considered it because I don't have much experience fishing jigs.

I do know the bite was SLOW. The only thing I could get hits on was that senko in watermelon red flake and those were little guys. This was also a painfully slow retrieve and most bites came after wiggling the senko on the bottom for a few shakes.

I don't think they have spawned here yet. The water temp has just hit 60 for the first time this year. This from the same guy who told me that jig fishing was done for the season.

 

LC

[Senko lover]

Bruh. Jigs catch 'em 24/7 365. Rarely do I go fishing without tying on a jig. And rarely do I go fishing without catching one on a jig either lol  

[trick worms]

When a.football jig won't catch them, a swim jig will

[Further North]

Jigs don't work when water temps are 212° F or warmer.