Jig and Pig

I have read a lot about the fish caught on Jig and Pigs, but it never really became part of my arsenal in my daily assault on the little green beautys. I've read all about how jigs catch big fish, but the times I have used them, never really amounted to anything, thus they became part of my tackle tray but never really tied too many on over the past year or so.

My fishing buddy Dave was convinced he was gonna jig and pig if it killed him just so he could add it to his "things to catch bass with" Saw him catch two nice keeper fish this morning, I caught 4 using a red craw with a rattle but was still intrigued about the jig and pig. This has been a phenomanal year as far as fishing is concerned, and I have probably surpased last years toatl of bass caught and it'sonly mid June. So why not experiment and use some other lures/techniques. I purchased a FLW jig and craw about a week and a half ago so when I head out to the lake this evening I took it with me. I only had about 2 hours to fish so I figured I would live or die with the jig.

I had it tied on 65 pound spiderwire stealth spooled onto my shimano scorpion attached to the 7 foot Outdoorfrontiers Rod that I won at last years NWC. I started out fishing shoreline and quickly moved out to a stump field that had been producing some nice fish on unpegged speed worms.

Well it was a right choice as I quickly hooked up with a nice 3 pound largemouth, but more importantly when fishing the jig on that setup I felt every stump,rock and weed that sat out in that open water. I felt the jig crawling up the stump and then fall off the other side, I repeated that on stumps out there for about 45 minutes producing two more fish as the jig fell. It wa amazing. Felt like I knew what I was doing : 0.. I then cruised the shoreline and picked off another postspawn female that looked like she let her eggs go the minute I hooked her, she was real long and skinny with the head of a 5 lber but couldn't have weighed more than 3 and a half pounds, she was hanging back off the shoreline in about 4 feet of water and grabbed the jig as I swam it back to the boat. I boated one more fish in the 1 pound range on a red shad speed worm then headed in. I also found the crankbait that I had snapped off earlier last week. It was on the other side of the lake out in open water. I grabbed the crankbait, cut the line and reeled up the remaing line. Great night out. I'll be fishing the jig a bit more I'm sure.

Welcome to the Jig & Pig Club. I think you'll find this to be one of
your best big Bass producers in the heat of mid & late summer. I know I
have, up here in NY.

Keep fishing that jig and you will get better at it and get more confidence in
it. They are a great bait.

There used to be a time I could not buy a fish in a jig. I finally put the jig
to use at a small lake called West Boggs that is loaded with small to mid sized
bass. I caught a lot of fish and after that, the jig has become a regular tool
for me.

My absolute favorite is a green pumpkin Lunker Lure Rattle Back Jig with a
matching green pumpkin ZOOM chunk trailer. Catches fish everwhere.

Brad Coovert
2003 Angler of the Year, Greenfield Bassmasters
http://www.greenfieldbassmasters.com

Up untill about 3 years ago I also did not use the J&P either, but on a
4 day outing with the bass club I'm in everyone was catching fish on
them. So I gave it a try and & on my 3rd cast with it I caught the 2nd
biggest bass of the trip & have used them as part of my arsenel ever
since. Black & blue is my choice now.

Jig and Pigs rock. I will always have one tied on.
I never really fished them before. I caught 1 bass on a Blk/Blu jig and soom frog trailer. That was about it and the dust collected.

Well this year I am determined to catch many bass on them. I've watched tapes of pro's flipping all winter. i have the flip/pitch course set up in the kids playroom and have been at it all winter.

I think you'll catch more fish if you pay closewr attention to the presentation. You can get right on top of them with a quiet entry.

Back to the lake at 5am tomorrow. I gotta remember to retie it

good fishing
Dave V
"alwaysfishking" wrote in message ...
I have read a lot about the fish caught on Jig and Pigs, but it never really became part of my arsenal in my daily assault on the little green beautys. I've read all about how jigs catch big fish, but the times I have used them, never really amounted to anything, thus they became part of my tackle tray but never really tied too many on over the past year or so.

My fishing buddy Dave was convinced he was gonna jig and pig if it killed him just so he could add it to his "things to catch bass with" Saw him catch two nice keeper fish this morning, I caught 4 using a red craw with a rattle but was still intrigued about the jig and pig. This has been a phenomanal year as far as fishing is concerned, and I have probably surpased last years toatl of bass caught and it'sonly mid June. So why not experiment and use some other lures/techniques. I purchased a FLW jig and craw about a week and a half ago so when I head out to the lake this evening I took it with me. I only had about 2 hours to fish so I figured I would live or die with the jig.

I had it tied on 65 pound spiderwire stealth spooled onto my shimano scorpion attached to the 7 foot Outdoorfrontiers Rod that I won at last years NWC. I started out fishing shoreline and quickly moved out to a stump field that had been producing some nice fish on unpegged speed worms.

Well it was a right choice as I quickly hooked up with a nice 3 pound largemouth, but more importantly when fishing the jig on that setup I felt every stump,rock and weed that sat out in that open water. I felt the jig crawling up the stump and then fall off the other side, I repeated that on stumps out there for about 45 minutes producing two more fish as the jig fell. It wa amazing. Felt like I knew what I was doing : 0.. I then cruised the shoreline and picked off another postspawn female that looked like she let her eggs go the minute I hooked her, she was real long and skinny with the head of a 5 lber but couldn't have weighed more than 3 and a half pounds, she was hanging back off the shoreline in about 4 feet of water and grabbed the jig as I swam it back to the boat. I boated one more fish in the 1 pound range on a red shad speed worm then headed in. I also found the crankbait that I had snapped off earlier last week. It was on the other side of the lake out in open water. I grabbed the crankbait, cut the line and reeled up the remaing line. Great night out. I'll be fishing the jig a bit more I'm sure.

I fish a jig & trailer A LOT. But i fish it as a casting lure way more than
most fishermen. When the jig & pig first burst into bass fishing
community's collective consciousness, back in 77-78, my first reaction was
that it couldn't really be that much different than just fishing a bulky
plastic bait. But I was soon proved wrong. By 1980, I was probably catching
75 to 80% of my bass on it. I think that creature baits have eclipsed it in
today's world, but I still catch a load of bass on it, and more than half
of them (way more than half, actually) are caught fishing it as a bottom
tracing tool rather than just flipping/pitching it to objects. Its way too
valuable a tool for feeling you way around beyond what you can see to flip
at, to waste it as only a target tool.

RichZ©
www.richz.com/fishing

Thats what got me Rich, not the quiet flipping but the long casts, searching
the bottom with it Over the past few days I have used it to feel my way
aroung and even use the shoreline to mark some stick/stumps out in deeper
water, I've returned to some of thos spots and caught fish wacky rigging,
jigging and texas rigging craws and worms and spinnerbaits. It has been
awesome. The last 7 hours on the water for me produced about 18 quality bass
and numerous dinks and toothy critters. This year continues to be the most
productive by far of the few short years I have been fishing for bass.
"RichZ" wrote in message
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I fish a jig & trailer A LOT. But i fish it as a casting lure way more
than
most fishermen. When the jig & pig first burst into bass fishing
community's collective consciousness, back in 77-78, my first reaction was
that it couldn't really be that much different than just fishing a bulky
plastic bait. But I was soon proved wrong. By 1980, I was probably
catching
75 to 80% of my bass on it. I think that creature baits have eclipsed it
in
today's world, but I still catch a load of bass on it, and more than half
of them (way more than half, actually) are caught fishing it as a bottom
tracing tool rather than just flipping/pitching it to objects. Its way too
valuable a tool for feeling you way around beyond what you can see to flip
at, to waste it as only a target tool.

RichZ©
www.richz.com/fishing

I'm with you Rich. I spend more time casting jigs than flipping or pitching,
but I'll do that as well. I spent two whole days covering water with a jig
during a past top-8 and ended up in 5th place.

People think that it is too slow of a way to cover water...with jigs or
plastics...but it can be just as effective as using faster moving baits to find
fish.

Brad Coovert
2003 Angler of the Year, Greenfield Bassmasters
http://www.greenfieldbassmasters.com

Thanks for the wake up- call, Rich. I used to swim / search a jig and
pig but got away from it by accident. I think using a flipp[ing stick --
which isn't the best for casting -- took me away from it. I'm tying one
on a rod today so I don't forget.

In RichZ wrote:
I fish a jig & trailer A LOT. But i fish it as a casting lure way more
than most fishermen. When the jig & pig first burst into bass fishing
community's collective consciousness, back in 77-78, my first reaction
was that it couldn't really be that much different than just fishing
a bulky plastic bait. But I was soon proved wrong. By 1980, I was
probably catching 75 to 80% of my bass on it. I think that creature
baits have eclipsed it in today's world, but I still catch a load of
bass on it, and more than half of them (way more than half, actually)
are caught fishing it as a bottom tracing tool rather than just
flipping/pitching it to objects. Its way too valuable a tool for
feeling you way around beyond what you can see to flip at, to waste
it as only a target tool.

RichZ©
www.richz.com/fishing