Chris Rennert wrote:
The subject really doesn't tell the story, but I wanted to get
everyones
opinions on if they felt that jigs seemed to produce bigger bites
than
say texas rigged plastics? Since I started bass fishing 14 years ago
I
have used texas rigged plastics, and have had success doing so. It
is
not that i have eliminated using texas rigged plastics, but from all
the
reading i have done, and all the money that has been won using jigs,
I
just cannot keep them off my rods anymore. I have never given
anytime
to jigs, until this year. I spent all days yesterday working jigs,
and
as you read in my previous post pulled 2 fish about 6lbs. My buddy
was
throwing a texas rigged lizard through the same area and pulled about
3
or 3.5 lbs in 2 fish (and 1 short which weighed a pound, but we don't

count that).

I was just wondering if anyone has noticed that the bites they pull
on
jigs are more quality than what they pull on texas rigged plastics?
Not
that I haven't caught big fish on plastics, but I was wondering about

everyone experience with the frequency of big fish?

Also, the big reason I had stayed away from jigs for so long was I
didn't believe that you could work it through the kinds of cover that
I
am used to working with texas rigged plastics without constantly
getting
hung up? I have now discovered that is not the case at all. I
never
had to switch jigs yesterday at all, and only got hung up seriously
twice, but was able to recover the jig both times. Switching to jigs

wasn't a paradigm shift in thinking by any means, it was just another

weapon added to my arsenal, and it seemed to pay off, but I don't
want
to go to far and say that it was the difference between a 2lb and 3lb

fish yesterday. I had said before people give to much credit to the
bait and not enough credit to themselves, and I stick to that, but as

many senses as a jig appeals to (sight, sound, taste) that could mean

the difference between a quick glance and a "have to eat" reaction.

Chris

I have the same experience as you. My confidence lure was a plastic
worm and I had a gazillion of them in all colors and types. One year I
decided to force myself to give jigs a serious try and never looked
back. I catch more fish and bigger fish than before. I think jigs are
mainly just a more versatile lure and can be worked fast or slow as the
fish demand. It seems like (for me anyway) worms are more of a slow
presentation and limit me to getting bit only when the fish are in a
certain mood. The hookup factor seems to be better with a jig too. If
you stick them good, they rarely get loose. Also, my home lake has lots
of rock and it is easier to get a jig loose than a texas rig or
carolina rig when it hangs up.
My brother is a hard core texas rig man and he sometimes outfishes me
with it but that seems to happen only under certain conditions. I'm
sure a lot of it is just confidence in the lure, but I don't spend
enough time on the lake to have confidence in lots of techniques. For
me it is Jigs, tubes, and crankbaits.