Jig fishing in late fall

[Glenn]

Hey guys! Look at what James put together for us!

 

 

[GTN-NY]

Hmm video just sits there on opening and won’t play. 

 

[pauldconyers]

39 minutes ago, GTN said:

Hmm video just sits there on opening and won’t play. 

 

Works for me.

[galyonj]

51 minutes ago, GTN said:

Hmm video just sits there on opening and won’t play. 

 

Try a direct link.

[GTN-NY]

37 minutes ago, galyonj said:

Try a direct link.

Cool that works. Thanks

[GTN-NY]

Video has good advise on jigs. When I did tournaments 20yrs ago I always had at least 2 rods rigged with jigs. 3/4oz for heavy weeds and 3/8oz for open water docks. Sometimes 1/8oz with a large skirt for real slow fall under docks and holes in weeds

[fishballer06]

Great work @James Niggemeyer. I appreciate the attention and support you always give us. 

[skekoam]

Do jigs work well in open water and ponds or designed better to work pitching near structure?

[Wizzlebiz]

19 minutes ago, skekoam said:

Do jigs work well in open water and ponds or designed better to work pitching near structure?

If your pond has craws jigs will work great imo

[galyonj]

38 minutes ago, skekoam said:

Do jigs work well in open water and ponds or designed better to work pitching near structure?

I'll go out on a limb and say that any water that contains bass is water in which a jig will work.

[jr231]

@skekoamyour pond doesn't need crawfish to catch bass at all with a jig ..A jig represents something that is alive and the size of something the bass can eat. That's all that matters.. 

 

I couldn't even count all the bass I've caught out of ponds swimming and hopping a finesse jig around that don't have any crawfish in them. 

[James Niggemeyer]

On 12/5/2019 at 1:33 PM, fishballer06 said:

Great work @James Niggemeyer. I appreciate the attention and support you always give us. 

Glad you like it!

On 12/6/2019 at 8:36 PM, Yeajray231 said:

@skekoamyour pond doesn't need crawfish to catch bass at all with a jig ..A jig represents something that is alive and the size of something the bass can eat. That's all that matters.. 

 

I couldn't even count all the bass I've caught out of ponds swimming and hopping a finesse jig around that don't have any crawfish in them. 

Totally agree, they just get bit!!

[WRB]

Watch how James keeps in contact with the line, over his index finger tip and under the thumb tip, the best strike detecting technique you all should master.

Tom

[Hammer 4]

4 minutes ago, WRB said:

Watch how James keeps in contact with the line, over his index finger tip and under the thumb tip, the best strike detecting technique you all should master.

Tom

Totally agree. I learned to do this a looooong time ago. 

[pauldconyers]

44 minutes ago, WRB said:

Watch how James keeps in contact with the line, over his index finger tip and under the thumb tip, the best strike detecting technique you all should master.

Tom

To go along with this point, Tom, I was watching an over 10 year old Bassmasters yesterday on YouTube and I saw Ish Monroe doing this BUT with his fingers from this position he was actually jigging and manipulating the bait with his hands and not using the rod to do so. Do you recommend this to keep more in contact with the bait?

[the reel ess]

On 12/6/2019 at 9:36 PM, Yeajray231 said:

@skekoamyour pond doesn't need crawfish to catch bass at all with a jig ..A jig represents something that is alive and the size of something the bass can eat. That's all that matters.. 

 

I couldn't even count all the bass I've caught out of ponds swimming and hopping a finesse jig around that don't have any crawfish in them. 

I believe all ponds, lakes, rivers and creeks have craws. I fished a lake for 30+ years and never saw a craw and even told people there were none there only to catch a bass trying to "pass" a claw.

[galyonj]

13 hours ago, pauldconyers said:

To go along with this point, Tom, I was watching an over 10 year old Bassmasters yesterday on YouTube and I saw Ish Monroe doing this BUT with his fingers from this position he was actually jigging and manipulating the bait with his hands and not using the rod to do so. Do you recommend this to keep more in contact with the bait?

I've never done this, but I like the idea a lot and I'm gonna try it when I go out later today.

[pauldconyers]

2 hours ago, galyonj said:

I've never done this, but I like the idea a lot and I'm gonna try it when I go out later today.

I'll try to pull up the clip later today. 

[jr231]

15 hours ago, the reel ess said:

I believe all ponds, lakes, rivers and creeks have craws. I fished a lake for 30+ years and never saw a craw and even told people there were none there only to catch a bass trying to "pass" a claw.

 

I don't think some of the man made farm ponds I fish have any crawfish in em. They could, but there are 3-4 i frequent and haven't seen any signs of crawfish in any of them in over 6 years. Just minnows , bluegill snakes and frogs. I've set traps in them to use live bait with my daughter or people who don't want to fish with artificial and never seen a crawfish.. 8/10 times I do this in a creek it has a crawfish in it gettin on them minnows. 

 

90 percent sure there are no crawfish in them. 

 

Jig still works tho. 

[galyonj]

I really think, a lot of the time, we give the fish too much credit. If it's vaguely food-sized, and/or it looks like an easy meal, and/or it's aggravating the fish in some way, that lure's gonna get bit if there's a bass around.

 

Bass aren't gonna sit there and say "Well, I dunno what this fool's doing. Crawdads ain't even in season."

 

23 minutes ago, pauldconyers said:

I'll try to pull up the clip later today. 

Right on. I can absolutely see this being a nice trick to have in your back pocket if you're not 100% on what the bottom feels like, or you're like me and you're cheap so you don't have the most sensitive rod blanks.

[Tennessee Boy]

17 hours ago, WRB said:

Watch how James keeps in contact with the line, over his index finger tip and under the thumb tip, the best strike detecting technique you all should master.

Tom

Don’t you need a $600 rod to detect strikes?  ?

[WRB]

It's import to accept the fact not all bass that are aware of your lure will strike it.

The fact is a large percentage of the bass your lure comes into their strike zone are ignored completely because those bass are not active at that time. The bass the lure attracts attention may also ignor it or may check it out, of those more active bass only a small percentage end up striking the lure and we miss detecting a percentage of those strikes.

Fishing rod sensitivety doesn't exist. All any fishing rod can do is reduce the dampening affect of line movements, they don't attenuate vibrations like a tunning Fork for example. By feeling the line with your sensitive finger nerves you reduce the rods dampening line movements.  Today's light weight high modulus rod blanks are wonder fishing tools compared to rods a few decades ago and dampen line movements less via state of the art giude trains, reel seats and the line available.

Way off topic regarding the subject video shared. Jig fishing requires attention to what the lure is doing and with enough time on the water using specific jigs we develop a subconscious awareness of what's going on below the water surface and make intuitive hooks.

My hat is off to those anglers like James who can make a fishing vedio talking while concentrating on fishing at the same time.

Tom

PS, ignor the long rant.

[pauldconyers]

 

To see the particular thing I was talking about Ish doing fast forward to about the 17:05 mark. Earlier you could see him holding the line between his fingers as Tom was talking about. But here you can see him actually manipulating the bait with this fingers/hand versus his rod. Anyone else ever seen this? I assume this would be a bit more subtle than using your rod, is this something a beginning jig fisherman should impart in his normal technique?

[ryanerb]

On 12/11/2019 at 10:02 AM, Tennessee Boy said:

Don’t you need a $600 rod to detect strikes?  ?

All the people who buy NRX's think you do! Tackle manufacturers are the winners here!