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Bass Fishing Tips - Jigs
Jigs
are one of the oldest artificial baits used in angling. The earliest
examples used a weighted hooks with animal hairs or bird feathers tied
to them. The jigs used today are still just that simple, but come in a
wide variety of styles. By adding an assortment of jigs to your tackle
box will make you a much more versatile and consistently productive bass
angler.
Jigs
can be broken down into two general categories; those that are designed
for light-line use, for smallmouth and finesse largemouth bass fishing;
and those designed for the heavier line and largemouth bass in and
around cover.
The
light-line jigs are a lot less bulky than their larger cousins. The
hooks are also a lot smaller. Relatively snag-free conditions are fished
with these jigs, allowing the use of spinning outfits with 6 to 10
pound (2.7 to 4.5 kg) lines.
Jig
heads come in a large number of varieties, but a few basic styles are
all you really need to get yourself started. The standard ball-head is a
great choice to begin with. However, the banana shaped head will snag a
lot less vegetation in the weedy situations you get into. Other styles,
like the arrowheads, can be used in both situations. Add to them a new
array of sliders, rockers and wobblers are used mainly by walleye
anglers, but horizontally flattened sliders are useful for fishing over
and around shallow bass cover.
One
of the oldest jig dressings is buck tail. When worked properly, the
deer hairs pulsate as the jig is pumped through the water to resemble a
darting minnow or baitfish. There is no built in action to jigs. The
plastic rails are the easiest jigs to use. Their actions attract bass
and can be worked effectively even by the novice angler. Twister tails,
shad tails, twin tails and a host of other shapes and actions are also
available. Stick to these two common types and you will no trouble
attracting those lunker bass.
One
light style is the tube jig, its a split-skirted plastic sheath that
covers the jig head. You can use standard heads with them, but the newer
elongated styles, developed for tubes specifically are of course best.
When using a tube you can also use fish scents to help attract more
bass. Heres a great bass fishing tip, put a few small chunks of
alkaseltser in your tubes the bubbles created will drive the bass crazy.
The bubbles will also attract bass from a longer distance.
Be
sure to use light jigs for largemouth and smallmouth bass in open-water
situations. When you are fishing in heavy cover, switch to bulkier
flipping jigs with weed guards to help keep them from fouling or
snagging. These baits usually have rubber or plastic skirts and large
hooks. They work great with a pork rind, plastic or one of the newer
trailers. They also add bulk and action and help slow down the jigs fall
to better imitate a crayfish or other creature. Use flipping jigs when
fishing short-range targets, such as docks, submerged stumps, or holes
in heavy vegetations and weedbeds. To pull large bass out of this heavy
stuff, use strong baitcasting equipment.
Jigs
come in an assortment of colours. Try to match the forage of the water
body you are fishing. Blacks, browns, and orange are the standard. When
they fail to fool the bass, experiment with the brighter colours, such
as yellow, chartreuse, orange, red, or blue. For clear-water smallmouth
bass the smoke bodies are effective. Just experiment and get out there
and go fishing.
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