jigs?

[dbliton]

I need some help learning to use jigs. My usual bass baits are spinner baits and Berkeley powerbaits but I'd like to learn jigs when other baits aren't working. Do I let the jigs sink? Slow or fast retrieve....?

[lilmule]

Let the fish tell you like any other bait,on the fall then slow,if taking it halfway to the boat heavier and faster.Most decent jig bites occur during the fall or shortly after but not all,deep water heavier to reach bottom.Like as in ledge fishing,with football jig.
To me its a culling bait not a search bait,I can cover more water with anything else almost.
But if one knows they are on stumps,docks or any known structure, kind of hard to beat.For general ledge fishing I prefer a crig as faster,exception being the rippin retrieve which wears me out in short order.

[mrmuskie5]

If you fish soft plastics and spinnerbaits you are good to go. colder the water the slower you should be working it (and vise versa). swimming a jig can be an awesome technique that can buid confidense in jigs, this is working a jig in the exact fashion you would a spinnerbait just chunk and wind. modt of the time when you are fish a jig it will be on the bottom with small hops and drags. I want to mention there are different types of jig for different cover. flipping jigs(heavy cover), swim jigs ( heavy to zero cover) football jigs (no cover but good about rock, usually fished deep and on the bottom) and the good old grass jig (general purpose) this dude will work pretty much everywhere ( though they do like to get stuck in chunk rock fyi). well they're are lots of other nuances to jig fishing but this is a good over view. good luck and tight lines man!

[Tavery5]

Kevin the owner of this site has two great videos on Jig fishing, covering most all aspects of it. It would be a great place to get your feet wet so to speak.

http://www.bassfishin.com/fishing-videos/jig-fishing/

http://www.bassfishin.com/fishing-vi...shing-the-jig/

[keithdog]

Originally Posted by Tavery5

Kevin the owner of this site has two great videos on Jig fishing, covering most all aspects of it. It would be a great place to get your feet wet so to speak.

http://www.bassfishin.com/fishing-videos/jig-fishing/

http://www.bassfishin.com/fishing-vi...shing-the-jig/

My thoughts exactly!!!

[Bassboss]

Originally Posted by Tavery5

Kevin the owner of this site has two great videos on Jig fishing, covering most all aspects of it. It would be a great place to get your feet wet so to speak.

http://www.bassfishin.com/fishing-videos/jig-fishing/

http://www.bassfishin.com/fishing-vi...shing-the-jig/

x3 on that. Exactly what I was gonna suggest.

I'll add that I like a pork trailer 90% of the time. Only time I see a plastic out fish pork is when the water gets muddied up.

[dbliton]

Thanks all. Great advice