gbassman519 Posted May 3, 2020 Posted May 3, 2020 Anyone use them? and did you have any good bites with it, what did you rig it on ? i want to try it but was thinking it be good on a football jig. Quote
river-rat Posted May 3, 2020 Posted May 3, 2020 I use them texas rigged for pitching and have had more success on the Biffle Bug Jr. I don't see why it wouldn't work on a football jig for a deep water application. Quote
Super User WRB Posted May 3, 2020 Super User Posted May 3, 2020 Use the Biffle Bug and a Biffle swing jig. Tom 2 Quote
Rodney Smith Posted May 3, 2020 Posted May 3, 2020 Tom is right. The Biffle Bug and hard head is the way to go. I like the 11/16 size best. I thing I discovered last summer is that the Black Neon Chartreuse Pepper with a Biffle rattle and some scent of some kind works great before or after dark. Quote
Super User ChrisD46 Posted May 3, 2020 Super User Posted May 3, 2020 *I have a rig just for the Biffle Bug (thank you SmallJaw 67) : 7' Veritas H/F , #14 lb. Spider Wire Ultimate Mono , 7:1 or 6:3:1 bait cast reel ... 7/16th oz. size Biffle Bug in Green Pumpkin mostly - cast out , steady retrieve and bang it into rocks and things with a hard ricochet / deflection while retrieving on the bottom (hence why the Veritas 7' H/F "broom stick" rod . Quote
Super User Fishes in trees Posted May 4, 2020 Super User Posted May 4, 2020 I just started experimenting with the Biffle Bug last season. I use a rig very similar to the previous poster,. i.e. an All Star 7' Carolina Rig rod with a Shimano 200 E. Trying it on the conservation lakes that I fish week to week wasn't real successful, 100% because the Biffle Bug isn't really vegetation friendly. I got down to Truman, very little vegetation and was immediately successful. Got bit on clay/gravel flats, got bit on clay/stumpy points, REALLY got bit on 45 degree banks/points that had mostly gravel, a little clay and sparse stumps. I believe that I was throwing the 11/16 size. I look at it as a crank bait that always stays near the bottom. I don't think that you have to stick with the Larew bait, any decent craw imitator will work just as well. I caught my person best Truman bass doing this. It was windy, boat was bouncing around, fish was more than 22" but less than 23". Put another decent scratch in the boat while I was measuring, bounced off a dead tree AND a boulder. Like I said, in lakes that had an abundance of vegetation, I didn't have success - at all - it got bogged down in vegetation easily. 1 Quote
Super User FryDog62 Posted May 4, 2020 Super User Posted May 4, 2020 I like the Biffle Bug on a Hard Head, However, may prefer the Strike King Jointed Structure Head which is triangular and seems to go thru weeds/cover a little better. Can use a Biffle Bug, Structure Bug, etc. Both good rigs... Quote
Super User ChrisD46 Posted May 4, 2020 Super User Posted May 4, 2020 14 hours ago, Fishes in trees said: I just started experimenting with the Biffle Bug last season. I use a rig very similar to the previous poster,. i.e. an All Star 7' Carolina Rig rod with a Shimano 200 E. Trying it on the conservation lakes that I fish week to week wasn't real successful, 100% because the Biffle Bug isn't really vegetation friendly. I got down to Truman, very little vegetation and was immediately successful. Got bit on clay/gravel flats, got bit on clay/stumpy points, REALLY got bit on 45 degree banks/points that had mostly gravel, a little clay and sparse stumps. I believe that I was throwing the 11/16 size. I look at it as a crank bait that always stays near the bottom. I don't think that you have to stick with the Larew bait, any decent craw imitator will work just as well. I caught my person best Truman bass doing this. It was windy, boat was bouncing around, fish was more than 22" but less than 23". Put another decent scratch in the boat while I was measuring, bounced off a dead tree AND a boulder. Like I said, in lakes that had an abundance of vegetation, I didn't have success - at all - it got bogged down in vegetation easily. Good information ! Quote
Black Hawk Basser Posted May 4, 2020 Posted May 4, 2020 I use the Biffle Bug on the hard head swing jig that it was designed for. However, I've had a lot of success just Texas rigging, or weightless with a EWG hook. Quote
wordty Posted May 5, 2020 Posted May 5, 2020 Have used it pretty much the ways suggested above...on the Hard Head and T-rigged on a 4/0 EWG the most with a weight - had a great day on a pond with a green pumpkin T-rigged! Quote
Super User NorthernBasser Posted May 5, 2020 Super User Posted May 5, 2020 One of the things I like about the Biffle Bug (and Jackall Archelon) is the hollow body with an open bottom where you can slide a rattle into. Quote
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