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Bass fishing jigs in order to lure the big bass to your line
and provided you know about the proper technique of using these bass fishing
jigs as well as the right color, you can make a good catch without much fuss or
bother.
For most fishing, you will work the jig along the bottom. When casting for
walleyes, bass, or other fish near bottom, employ your own variations of the
"lift and drop" retrieve. Begin by allowing the jig to settle to the bottom.
Then lift your rod tip to pull the jig off bottom. As you wind in, alternately
pull the jig off bottom and drop it back. Sometimes long sweeping strokes of the
rod produce best. But more often, shorter jerks and small twitches entice the
most fish. When this jigging action fails, try a straight retrieve.
There is no wrong season to use a bass jig. It can be worked in the
variety of places bass are holding, in cold water drop-offs or around weed beds
in late summer. Jigs are just a great bait a lot of fishermen don't use because
they've never taken a little time to learn to use one.
Jigging lends itself well to slow drifting and trolling. Let out enough
line so that the jig regularly hits bottom. To check for bottom, watch for slack
line to develop when you quickly drop your rod tip toward the jig. The amount of
line you pay out is determined by depth of the water, weight of the jig, and the
speed of your boat. Work the jig as you would when casting, but without winding
in.
Why Use A Trailer
Of course, you will need to decide whether the bass fishing jigs should have a
trailer put on them or not though before making this decision, you need to
understand just what the trailer is used for. The fact is that with a bass
trailer you get two advantages when you use it along with bass fishing jigs and
the first advantage is it provides more body to the bass fishing jigs while the
second is that it gives more life to the jig.
Bass fish are very susceptible to striking at prey without giving the prey any
warning and when you add the bass trailer to bass fishing jigs, you are making
the jig appear to be a crawfish and as everyone knows, crawfish is the favorite
food of bass fish. Thus, the bass is most likely to nibble at your lure when it
appears to be a crawfish.
Another aspect that you need to consider with regard to bass fishing jigs
is the shape of the jigs and here you will have a number of shapes to choose
from. There are bass fishing jigs that look like footballs and those that appear
to be like pointed noses, and there are many more shapes as well. Of course, the
most common type of bass fishing jigs used is those that look like footballs and
so you too can opt for it also and get good results as a consequence.
Finally, you will also need to consider using bass fishing jigs with or without
a weed guard. Of course, it is up to you whether to use one with a weed guard or
one without though the usual option is to use one with a weed guard since it
helps to trim the jig and thus it ensures that the bass is hooked properly after
it has bitten the jig. If, however, you choose not to use the weed guard, there
is always the risk that you could lose your catch.
Keeping in mind these simple tips regarding correct use of bass fishing
jigs, you can then make the correct decision and so, land some very big bass
fish.
The head of a jig can consist of many different shapes and colors along with
different features. The most common is the round head, but others include fish
head shaped, coned shaped, or anything someone can think up. These heads come in
many different weights usually ranging from 1/80th of an ounce to nearly a pound
for large saltwater bottomfish like Pacific halibut. They can also be found in a
wide array of colors and patterns. The hooks also vary. These variances can be
on the hook type, color, angle of the hook or the material of the hook. Some jig
heads even offer a weed guard.
There is a wide array of bodies for jigs. The most common is made out of
rubber or silicone. These come in many shapes and can resemble a grub, frog
shaped, fish shaped, paddle tail, lizards, or different insects. The colors of
these can range from bright yellow to a transparent brown with silver and red
flakes. Also during summer months look at colors for the heat such as browns, or
blue with black hair. Many others catch fish like smallmouth bass and largemouth
bass.
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