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Title: Jigs please help!!!????
Post by: Wolfie729 on May 17, 2014, 04:14:19 PM
Ok guys really trying to learn the jig and I am really newer to bass fishing what to use and when? Colors type of water? Any and all tips will be greatly appreciated! Thank you
Title: Re: Jigs please help!!!????
Post by: dartag on May 17, 2014, 05:03:54 PM
Ckerow..green pumpkin or black blue. 20 lb line on a casting.rod..   Toss.it.to.stumps.or wood. Let it sink, shake it a.couple times.  Reel it in and.do it again.  If you feel a.tap set the.hook.  fish it for 10 hours.and you will get it.  Leave.the other rods in the locker.  No mystery to it.  It just takes time
Title: Re: Jigs please help!!!????
Post by: Wolfie729 on May 17, 2014, 07:08:56 PM
Sweet thanks what type of trailers?
Title: Re: Jigs please help!!!????
Post by: dartag on May 17, 2014, 08:13:44 PM
I use Chigger Craws or strike king rage craw.  Mostly green pumpkin.   I make my own jig heads but there are many good ones to buy out there
Title: Re: Jigs please help!!!????
Post by: gmetime24 on May 17, 2014, 08:24:15 PM
Quality jigs I like are made by Chippewa lures. Made in michigan, look them up on Facebook they are good guys to work with. Team them up with reaction inovations smallie beaver or kinky beaver and your good to go. Keep them on the bottom bouncing around bumping into cover. When I started to learn how to jig fish I started with heavier jigs just to get a feel for things. 3/4 oz and 1/2oz 8)
Title: Re: Jigs please help!!!????
Post by: Wolfie729 on May 17, 2014, 08:34:24 PM
Thanks everybody anyone try swimming them?
Title: Re: Jigs please help!!!????
Post by: dartag on May 17, 2014, 08:40:57 PM
That works to.  The hardest thing to do is keep fishing it.  That is why you keep the other rods packed away.   Once.you start catching fish you will be hooked on fishing them
Title: Re: Jigs please help!!!????
Post by: Wolfie729 on May 17, 2014, 08:57:36 PM
What kind of trailers for swim jigging and is white any good?
Title: Re: Jigs please help!!!????
Post by: gmetime24 on May 17, 2014, 09:16:31 PM
If swimming jigs try to match the forage and I like rage craws if throwing swim jigs
Title: Re: Jigs please help!!!????
Post by: djkimmel on May 18, 2014, 09:50:16 AM
I like white for swim jigs. I also like white in the fall when I'm fishing the shad (or in Michigan, alewife) runs.

Matching the hatch is a good standard recommendation. Sometimes I go against the grain if that isn't working or there's so much food I'm wondering if I'm getting the bass' attention. I also like bright colors sometimes in muddy water or maybe during the spawn, or fall 'aggression' periods.
Title: Re: Jigs please help!!!????
Post by: oldjigger on May 18, 2014, 07:40:55 PM
Since I make and sell Oldjiggers copperhead jigs I am a bit predjudice but I fish a jig with a jiggerbug trailer 90% of the time.