Pitching swim jigs

[mheichelbech]

A lot of places I fish in late Fall and late Winter will have shad in coves...especially those with deeper water near the bank.  I've had good success pitching jigs into beaver piles and other thick cover that hovers over water that is 10-15 feet deep on the outer edges.  I have always thrown a jig and pork.  However, I've been thinking about trying a swim jig with a swim bait trailer like a Keitech or other light colored paddle tail to emulate a shad instead of a crawdad. 

 

Has anyone ever done this and had success?  It seem to me like it should work however, I know in these situations, I might get 7/8 bites the whole day.  But of course, those 7/8 bites are normally big fish.  With so few bites, it can hard to determine if a bait is working or not working as there are days when I get no bites or very few.  As such, I am trying to piggyback off anyone else who may have tried this.

[roadwarrior]

 

Has anyone ever done this and had success?

 

One of my most productive presentations. My preferred trailers are the 

Rage Tail Shellcracker, Structure Bug and Swimmer.

[DitchPanda]

Swim jigs have become a staple for me the past few years. I've tried all sorts of trailers...Christie craw, swimbaits, speed craws ...the one trailer I throw all the time now is a menace grub rigged vertically.

[Bluebasser86]

Sure, it's a great way to cover water quickly. Some places just don't have room for a long cast. When shad get up in the creeks and rivers on the lakes here, a long cast just isn't possible, so pitching and short sidearm cast are the way to go.

[Hammer 4]

Pitched many, many times with swimjigs, sometimes w/o a trailer. Worked for me, as will work for you.

[Catt]

If I'm working an area with with a swim jig & a opportunity presents itself yeah I'm gonna flip-n-pitch it.

 

If I'm flipping-n-pitching cover with a jig & a opportunity arises I'll swim that jig.

 

I'll give y'all one free ?

 

I'll flip-n-pitch a spinnerbait around brush by either yo-yoing it or letting it helicopter down.

[Mbirdsley]

I do this all the time on Tittabawassee river.  Pitch it towards a target on the shallow bank and than let it glide down the 8-12 foot step drop off. I usually use a rage tail paddle tail though