Winter Jig Fishing

[Catt]

This video pretty much somes how I'll be fishing from now until the spawn.

 

 

[schplurg]

Thanks, I will watch this tonight. Went fishing yesterday evening. First time fishing for bass this time of year. I used a jig and tried to swim it above the bottom, then tried hopping and dragging with different length pauses. Had a stick worm/YUM dinger as a trailer. All black and blue (skirt/worm)

 

I got no bites but this lake is tough on the best of days so I am not discouraged.

[Mobasser]

Thanks Catt. Winter bass fishing has always been hard for me. Our weather this time of year is up and down. Days in the mid 50s down to 2 or 3 days close to freezing temps. Catching many fish for me is tough right now. Good video

[Mike L]

I’ve tried that at Stick Marsh, never caught a thing. 
(But really didn’t stay with it)

 

Makes sense tho
 

 

 

Mike

[WRB]

Now if only our local lakes had any stumps.

Tom

[Catt]

If all ya got out of this was it's about stumps ya need to watch the video again!

 

My favorite times of the year are the Dog Days of Summer & the Dead of Winter.

 

This technique applies to both seasonal patterns, during summer it's punching, during winter this technique is similar in that it's an reaction strike.

 

It's all nice & quiet in the grass bed until that big ole punch weight crashes though the canopy right in big momma's face. She will either turn away from it or kill it.

[Bird]

Very interesting, the kid sounds confident in this technique. 

 

My local lake " 178 acre " is nothing but stumps.

I'm actually gonna try this for sure, just need a heavy action rod.

 

Thanks. 

[Catt]

  On 12/11/2019 at 6:51 PM, Bird said:

Very interesting, the kid sounds confident in this technique. 

 

My local lake " 178 acre " is nothing but stumps.

I'm actually gonna try this for sure, just need a heavy action rod.

 

Thanks. 

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When he talked about a cove with 30 stumps & hitting all of them. 

 

I'm fishing Toledo Bend where there's hundreds of stumps in a cove. Now ya gotta Iook at the structure & then the stumps.

 

 

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[Todd2]

  On 12/11/2019 at 1:16 PM, Catt said:

If all ya got out of this was it's about stumps ya need to watch the video again

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Shallow stumps were the focus but the bigger picture is bucking the system and fishing faster, stroking heavy jigs on stumps in this case, going for that reaction bite? Similar in concept to @WRB 's speed cranking thread for cold water bass for a reaction bite.

 

I've always heard slow down in cold water but will give this stuff a try this Winter when I'm not chasing those papermouths.

[bagofdonuts]

Caught this one super shallow last december. I'll have to try the january buzz bait bite but it is hard to pry the jig rod out of my hands this time of year.

[smalljaw67]

I don't think that will work in my lakes, 34 degree water temp and will soon be ice.

[bagofdonuts]

It takes a real heavy weight to punch ice.

[Smalls]

I’ve had success ripping a squarebill during the colder months. I’m not sure why it never occurred to me to do the same with a jig. Just like everyone else, I’ve always crawled the jig