Jigs in Wood Cover

[MichaelCopeland]

15 minutes ago, Steveo-1969 said:

 

In my experience the best time of day to throw a jig is from 12:00am - 11:59pm. Choose your own time zone.

Even in the early daylight hours(around sunrise) when the bass are feeding on insects and whatnot on top of the water?

[Steveo-1969]

28 minutes ago, MichaelCopeland said:

Even in the early daylight hours(around sunrise) when the bass are feeding on insects and whatnot on top of the water?

 

Naturally fishing a jig won't always be the "best" presentation for any given situation. There is no such thing as a "magic lure". And I'm not suggesting you fish with a jig all the time and nothing else. You look at the current situation and take your best guess on the presentation that will get bites. In your above scenario most fishermen would choose some type of top water presentation first.

 

My point was you can catch fish with it any time of the day or night. 

[scaleface]

1 hour ago, Steveo-1969 said:

You look at the current situation and take your best guess on the presentation that will get bites.

 

This is the answer to most questions about bass fishing lures .

[NiX]

Yeah, I throw a jig almost all the time. I can do everything I want with it!

[FreddoB]

On 7/19/2017 at 2:58 PM, NiX said:

Before this year I had no confidence in jigs. I have been fishing with them for years and just didn't know what the hell I was doing. Now the jig bite is one of my favorites, the tick-tick reeling down on 'em and then swinging on 'em is so awesome!

 

Long story short, I decided in the spring time that I was going to get good with the jig and made sure to fish with it every time I went out. Now, mid-summer, I love the jig and I always have one tied on. I have gotten so much better with using them, less snags, better bite detection, I can feel rock/brush/lay downs, and overall I just have so much fun working it.

 

The best way to get good at it is hands on experience! Good Luck!

 

Hey NiX - Yes sir - I agree!  I never fished a jig until this year. Same with chatterbaits. Both work well for me and I'm building confidence using both but want to concentrate on fishing a jig like I fished for trout way back. The "idea" of "building confidence" in a bait, any bait, hit me like a brick this past winter as I crammed off the internet before hitting the water this spring. Growing up as a trout fisherman using only UL tackle, I knew my game well and was so confident in my gig that I would go out with one hook size (tiny), one bait type (salmon eggs in one style), one split-shot size ("B"), and catch them consistently if they were biting. I hope this doesn't come across as bragging; not my intention here at all but to make the point being: *KNOW your game* as we are both learning! Now I force myself to go out and throw a single bait or two all day (two different setups so no tying/untying). 

 

All of you guys rock sharing your experiences, bait preferences, and rubber meets the road stuff. THANK YOU ALL!

[WRB]

On 7/19/2017 at 4:40 PM, Catt said:

@FreddoB

 

What I'm talking about is simple like shaking your jig in place, each time you release pressure & reapply pressure you do it with a little more force.

 

Keep in mind there will be times where it does matter what you do you'll have to break off!

Hold the rod tip upright at 12 o'clock and shake the tip into slightly slack line to jiggle the jig free, like Catt explained. This easier to demonstrate the write and how free up nearly any snagged lure before trying to force it free as a last resort.

Tom