First on a jig and pig!

PokeFAn · 11-03-10, 02:47 PM

Took the day off today to get some fishing in, so far I've caught a couple bass and a good size crappie.

Found a good jiggin spot and decided to give it a shot. Parked it for about an hour and caught my first bass on a jig! I'd guess somewhere around 2 lbs

If anyone has any pointers on what to look for when picking jogging spots I'd love to hear it.

islandbass · 11-03-10, 03:01 PM

Congrats! This is one lure I have yet to land a bass. I have with a jig and plastic other than a pig trailer, but not a jig-n-pig.

pro reel · 11-03-10, 03:42 PM

congrats on your first jig fish. The term jig and pig was spawned when all jig trailers were pork rinds. Many still call it a jig and pig even when using plastic trailers. My favorite trailer is a baby paca craw from net bait. The claws have a back and forth swimming action that seems to work better than most trailers. The body is hollow like a tube bait and you can insert a 7 mm glass rattle. I use a jig and craw just about anywhere. They are great around rocks, brush and stumps. You can swim them over a weedbed and then let them fall off the edge. You can crawl them around any structure that might hold fish. The more you use them, the more confident you will be.

PokeFAn · 11-03-10, 05:00 PM

Thanks gents!

I didn't catch any lunkers or very many but I dd manage to grab a couple decent fish on lures that I've never been able to so I think it's been a pretty good day. Not to mention it's blowing like crazy today!

First texas rigged bass.

66KingFisher · 11-03-10, 05:22 PM

Its hard to beat a jig with a chunk of pork or plastic.....congrats on your first jig fish.

bamabassman · 11-03-10, 06:28 PM

well to go jOggin, i would suggest the park, track field or high school football field. HAHAHAHAHA!!! messing wit cha buddy.

NICEEEEEE BASS'. always good to that FIRST one on a new tech ain't it?

now oyu wanted to ask wehre to JIG, here ya go pal.

bridges (pilings) boat houses, piers, laydowns, dam area where there is a major dropoff or huge rock piles. at least i was told this. have fun buddy!

keithdog · 11-03-10, 06:38 PM

Heyyy, congrats on the first jig bass! And that is my favorite color for jigs. Now that you've broken the ice, your going to find it gets easier and easier catching bass on jigs. I defiantely second the baby peca craw that pro reel mentioned. It's a great trailor. I never thought to add rattles to the peca craw. Thats a great tip pro reel. Thanks C:

BigBassin144 · 11-03-10, 06:44 PM

Way to go one your first jig fish! The next one will come easier!

BB

walkeraviator · 11-04-10, 07:17 AM

I still believe in Jig and Pig as pork trailers. In the winter when the water gets real cold, plastic trailers stiffen up and lose action. Pork trailers dont. So in my little bubble Jig-n-Pig is a cold weather tactic with pork trailers... any other time i use paca chunks....

WaffleJaw · 11-04-10, 09:39 AM

First bass on a jig and T-rig! Very nice,Always feels good knocking out a new technique!
Congrats!

Old Hooker · 11-09-10, 12:49 AM

I'm about to get serious about catching my first on a jig too. Congrats!!

BigBurlyBass · 11-09-10, 04:12 PM

I caught my first few fish on a jig just this summer. I was fishing with my dad and uncle in little blowup U-Boats. It was on a Booyah Bitsy Bug jig (I think) with a Yum Might Bug 3.5 inches in watermelon red. I caught 3 but had several other bites that either got off or just did not hook them. But one was a pretty good one about three pounds.

11-03-10, 02:47 PM	#1
PokeFAn BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 15	First on a jig and pig! Took the day off today to get some fishing in, so far I've caught a couple bass and a good size crappie. Found a good jiggin spot and decided to give it a shot. Parked it for about an hour and caught my first bass on a jig! I'd guess somewhere around 2 lbs If anyone has any pointers on what to look for when picking jogging spots I'd love to hear it.

11-03-10, 03:01 PM	#2
islandbass BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: WA State Posts: 1,783	Congrats! This is one lure I have yet to land a bass. I have with a jig and plastic other than a pig trailer, but not a jig-n-pig. __________________ ARX "If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles." Doug Larson (Shimano 2005 Reel Catalog)

11-03-10, 05:22 PM	#5
66KingFisher BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Mena,Arkansas Posts: 1,327	Its hard to beat a jig with a chunk of pork or plastic.....congrats on your first jig fish. __________________ In memory of lost fishin buddy's, Ricky Shealy, Keith Hale, Zooker Dickerson.

11-03-10, 06:28 PM	#6
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	well to go jOggin, i would suggest the park, track field or high school football field. HAHAHAHAHA!!! messing wit cha buddy. NICEEEEEE BASS'. always good to that FIRST one on a new tech ain't it? now oyu wanted to ask wehre to JIG, here ya go pal. bridges (pilings) boat houses, piers, laydowns, dam area where there is a major dropoff or huge rock piles. at least i was told this. have fun buddy! __________________ so many lures, so little time.

11-03-10, 06:44 PM	#8
BigBassin144 BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toledo, Ohio Posts: 9,463	Way to go one your first jig fish! The next one will come easier! BB __________________ As of June 14, 2014 the members of the BF.com forum have moved to basschat.yuku.com!

11-03-10, 03:42 PM	#3
pro reel BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Wichita Kansas Posts: 761	congrats on your first jig fish. The term jig and pig was spawned when all jig trailers were pork rinds. Many still call it a jig and pig even when using plastic trailers. My favorite trailer is a baby paca craw from net bait. The claws have a back and forth swimming action that seems to work better than most trailers. The body is hollow like a tube bait and you can insert a 7 mm glass rattle. I use a jig and craw just about anywhere. They are great around rocks, brush and stumps. You can swim them over a weedbed and then let them fall off the edge. You can crawl them around any structure that might hold fish. The more you use them, the more confident you will be.

11-03-10, 05:00 PM	#4
PokeFAn BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 15	Thanks gents! I didn't catch any lunkers or very many but I dd manage to grab a couple decent fish on lures that I've never been able to so I think it's been a pretty good day. Not to mention it's blowing like crazy today! First texas rigged bass.

11-03-10, 06:38 PM	#7
keithdog BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: IN Posts: 8,308	Heyyy, congrats on the first jig bass! And that is my favorite color for jigs. Now that you've broken the ice, your going to find it gets easier and easier catching bass on jigs. I defiantely second the baby peca craw that pro reel mentioned. It's a great trailor. I never thought to add rattles to the peca craw. Thats a great tip pro reel. Thanks C:

11-04-10, 07:17 AM	#9
walkeraviator BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 1,119	I still believe in Jig and Pig as pork trailers. In the winter when the water gets real cold, plastic trailers stiffen up and lose action. Pork trailers dont. So in my little bubble Jig-n-Pig is a cold weather tactic with pork trailers... any other time i use paca chunks....

11-04-10, 09:39 AM	#10
WaffleJaw BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Dallas,TX (DFW) Posts: 2,212	First bass on a jig and T-rig! Very nice,Always feels good knocking out a new technique! Congrats! __________________ [nelsoncustomrods.com]

11-09-10, 12:49 AM	#11
Old Hooker BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Shadow of the Smokys, East Tennessee Posts: 249	I'm about to get serious about catching my first on a jig too. Congrats!! __________________ To fish or not to fish. What a stupid question! -Jim

11-09-10, 04:12 PM	#12
BigBurlyBass BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: detroit Posts: 188	I caught my first few fish on a jig just this summer. I was fishing with my dad and uncle in little blowup U-Boats. It was on a Booyah Bitsy Bug jig (I think) with a Yum Might Bug 3.5 inches in watermelon red. I caught 3 but had several other bites that either got off or just did not hook them. But one was a pretty good one about three pounds.

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