Jig Virgin No Longer and More!

[islandbass]

After nearly five seasons of fishing and never having been able to catch my first bass of any kind on a jig. Yep! I am so glad that I got that monkey off of my back. I caught a smallie and felt the take. Even though this was my first bass caught on a jig, I have always pictured and envisioned this moment. Instinct took over and I set the hook and brought the bass home.

It was a fair smallie, maybe 1.5 lbs, but it was a first. I was pretty stoked and did a couple of fist pumps and placed it back into the water before I realized I forgot to take a picture. Doh!!!!!

Oh well. I felt a few more nibbles a couple of other times but was unsuccessful at sealing the deal.

Then I switched it up to the drop shot technique, one that I am fairly comfortable with and moved to another spot. I casted it out and bam! I knew it was a good one. After a nice battle with a few runs, the smallie was still quite feisty when I brought it to shore.

I am calling it my personal best because I have never cared to hold such a statistic, until now.

So two bass in about an hour’s time, with a handful of misses isn’t too shabby.



Conditions: Approaching Low Pressure, Cloudy and some rain.

Setups (trunk rods):
Shimano Compre Spinning Rod, Rapala 6Sxi, 6# Cajun FC line, Local Plastic Worm
Shimano Clarus Casting Rod, Curado 101D, 10# Sufix Siege, 3/16 oz gammy football jig and Sweet Beaver.

I also used one of Gman’s jigs but just couldn’t convert from nibble to hookset.