Flipping jigs in heavy cover when its cloudy? Pointless?

[Waterwolves]

Does the jig bite die when it is gets cloudy? I have been flipping blue and black jigs in the trees lately and I have been doing really good. I went out to today and it was really cloudy. I started flipping my jig and nothing. I heard when it gets cloudy bass don't relate to cover as much is this true?

[Hawg Fan]

They dont relate as much as if it was sunny but there should still be some nice bass livin in the thick stuff. It might have just been one of those days, try workin the jig a little even after it is out of the brush..

Good Luck!

[Alpster]

I started flipping my jig and nothing.

That will make you go blind!

I heard when it gets cloudy bass don't relate to cover as much is this true?

I have only caught bass on a jig in heavy cover when it was really sunny or really cloudy. I have seen clouds start rolling in (pressure dropping?) and it turns on the bite, so my experience says clouds are OK.

Ronnie

[Waterwolves]

Yeah I caught a nice one on a lipless crank and a few good ones on a spinnerbait but i couldn't buy a bite on a jig today and I was murdering them on it two days ago. The only thing I could think of was the cloud cover. It was a very cloudy day here today.

[Jimzee]

I'm with Ronnie, anytime is a good time for flipping a jig into heavy cover.  I am kind of biased, heavy cover is all I fish.

[Late Night Bass]

i have discovered that jigs do not work period!!! lol. in all seriousness though i have a ton more success with mag 2's and other plastics. sorry this does not add alot to the conversation, i guess i just wanted to express my frustration with jigs!!!

[Waterwolves]

I had that same problem until I saw my buddy got on a good jig bite in my boat and handed me a butt whoppin. Easyily 4 to 1 bass in the boat. The next day I went back out on the lake with nothing but a box of jigs and I said I wasn't coming off the lake until i caught one. Well it took half the day but I finally got it and ever sense then it has been my go to bait.

I think the real trick is putting the jig in the right spot. Sometimes you look at a spot and you say to yourself "if I throw that jig in there it is never getting back to the boat" and then you throw it in there anyway. lol It usually comes back with a fat bass on the other end too.

Jigs also catch "BIG" bass anywhere.

[gobig]

I think it changes day to day and is never absolute. I have had good and bad jig bites when its cloudy.

I remember a day a few years ago where the sun would go behind the clouds and all I could get them to hit was a crank bait. As soon as the sun popped out they would not hit the crank bait but would hit a jig.

I notice you said you caught a few on a spinner bait. Did you try swimming your jig?

[Catt]

Question: does the jig bite die when it is gets cloudy?

Answer: the jig bite will die on cloudy days, it'll die on clear days; jigs are no always the best choice for every situation.

Question:  I heard when it gets cloudy bass don't relate to cover as much is this true?

Answer: the bass will not hold as tight to cover during cloudy skies

[Bassin_Fin@tic]

i have discovered that jigs do not work period!!! lol. in all seriousness though i have a ton more success with mag 2's and other plastics. sorry this does not add alot to the conversation, i guess i just wanted to express my frustration with jigs!!!

So true.Why is it that I can flip or pitch a texas rigged bait and catch all the bass I want then switch to a jig and get skunked???

Just another off topic comment....

[fishfordollars]

When it dies you need to make adjustments. I have caught plenty of bass in the grass with a jig on cloudy days.

[Mottfia]

Yea cloud cover will cause the bass to roam more and take them off of their primary holding areas. but it doesn't kill the jig bite. Its all a matter of you dropping that lure in his strike zone. If you do that then you'll get a strike. If not then you don't. Sounds simply but its true. Its just that some days the fish have a larger strike zone for other lures. but like I said if you put it on his nose, he'll react to it.

[smallieking]

Ive had the same problem at locating fish when it is cloudy. In attempt to become better at it i've heard that bass will stay in cover for days. so if yesterday was really sunny   flipping mats and cover the next day when overcast will still catch fish.  

[Waterwolves]

I did not try swimming a jig but it did cross my mind. The water also dropped about 2 feet in fours days so that could have turned the fish off. I am starting to think that the drop in water level maybe made them pull back off into deeper water. I went out today and again I got nothing on the jig but I did alright on a lipless crank. Go figure it was sunny too. lol

[Catt]

I did not try swimming a jig but it did cross my mind. The water also dropped about 2 feet in fours days so that could have turned the fish off. I am starting to think that the drop in water level maybe made them pull back off into deeper water. I went out today and again I got nothing on the jig but I did alright on a lipless crank. Go figure it was sunny too. lol

YA Think  

[Willzx225]

Crawfish are nocturnal creatures by nature so they will more than likely be more active in the cloud cover as well.  I have had great days flipping jigs in heavy cover when its raining and overcast and I have had horrible days doing the same thing.  Just another piece of the puzzle you have to figure out that day.  But the bass don't always read the playbook everyday.  My best 5 fish limit in a BFL (17-8) came off of a tube flipped as far under docks as I could on a day where it was cloudy and drizzling.  Go Figure.