Help me become a better jig fisherman.

[SRQAlex]

I’m not much of a jig fisherman, I don’t have a lot of confidence when I use them. I’d like to get better at it. Give me your best jig fishing tips! Thanks! 

[Mobasser]

Alex, type in jig fishing in the search bar here. Tons of info to read through. That's a good place to start

[TnRiver46]

Which kind have you been using? I go through a dry spell from time to time but they are fairly user friendly for me. Maybe it’s somehow a bad area/situation where you are trying them? 

[Tennessee Boy]

Read this

 

 

[WRB]

  On 12/7/2021 at 9:15 PM, SRQAlex said:

I’m not much of a jig fisherman, I don’t have a lot of confidence when I use them. I’d like to get better at it. Give me your best jig fishing tips! Thanks! 

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Boat or bank angler?

[SRQAlex]

  On 12/7/2021 at 9:42 PM, WRB said:

Boat or bank angler?

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Both. Pond hop during the week and in my boat on the weekends. 

  On 12/7/2021 at 9:25 PM, Tennessee Boy said:

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Thanks for the link! Lots of good info in that thread!

[T-Billy]

Reading up on it helps, but if you want to get good with any technique you have to dedicate time to it. You can generally catch some fish on a jig or T-Rig under most conditions. They'll produce shallow, deep, and everywhere in between. Just put that rod in your hand and keep it there. It'll come.

[813basstard]

You’re not all in.

Part time, wanting full time results.

 

Want to get better? Bring 1 rod. 
It’s not the knot your tying or the line your using. That, I can guarantee you. 

[Chris Catignani]

I would start out by Pitchin and Flippin the jig.

Its that subtle presentation that will get you bit.

Fish it shallow around wood, docs...etc...

Fish it on mono so you can see (the line jump) when they hit.

[WRB]

Northern Florida means you are targeting FLMB a very different bass then the more aggressive Northern strain LMB or Smallmouth and Spotted bass.

I am not a big fan of pond fishing with bass jigs, prefer weedless rigged Worms. The reason is simple soft mucky bottoms with heavy vegetation cover. 

When fishing from a boat you have lots of options and presentation techniques. You cast so the jig falls vertically down through the cover, punch, flip, pitch, loop cast etc with short casting distance. After hooking a bass using a short cast you can recover the bass form heavy cover using the boat.

If the lake or river/canal has harder bottom with a more defined edge cover you can cast longer distance and work the break line from a boat. You can get away from the shore.

We are basically discussing 1 style a weedless bass jig with a weed guard designed to go through grass. This jig can be a swim jig, a vertical pitch or flipped jig, a casting jig in vegetation. The difference is the trailer you choose, craw, creature or swimmer.

My Horizontal jig presentation doesn't work in shallow cover that is predominate in Florida.

Tom

[Kenny Yi]

get a finesse jig that can do everything, bring only that per outting

 

swim it around or hop it

[Lead Head]

Use your most successful t-rig plastic (creature or craw preferably) as a trailer, then fish it like a pegged t-rig. This isn't the "cure-all" way of looking at a jig, but in my experience it is the easiest way to help someone new build some confidence in jigs.