Jigs

[ocf1]

Ive been doing alot of study into jigs after meeting denny brauer. I have a few Q's for you all.

1.What trailers slow the fall?

2.What trailers are used for swimming?

3.What colors for what visibility?

4.How do you throw jigs deep in the summer?

[EBass]

You MET Denny Brauer? That's way cool I love his show and always say that Denny would be mad at that cast. (stuck in a tree)

My answers may not be the right ones but I've been around the lake a few times.

1 - The larger the trailer the slower the fall (Water resistence)- could also depend on the sink rate of said trailer.

2 - you can swim any jig with any trailer, but it depends on what you're trying to mimic. I assume minnows, so a curly tail grub or even a plastic worm. I have a thin split tail trailer for spinnerbaits that work well on jigs for swimming. Check out soft plastic aisle at Gander and see what's out there.

3- it's nice to have a variety of colors as you never know what color will be hot. Basic colors would be green, black, brown, and white. Combo colors like pumpkinseed with glitter flecks are great to. As a general rule, natural colors in clear and dark or bright in cloudy water. But ya never know.

4-I'm still learning to fish deep but now is the time of year to fish deep weededges and those midlake underwater reefs or rock humps. From the bassmaster's show they casted it out and dragged it on the bottom until they hit some rocks, then jigged it in place until one hit. Remitz - Amistad, granted that was him. I'm sure others will chime in here.

Good Q's

[Coach Dog]

I really love using the jig and pig and this is the time of year. The best advice is to keep it simple. I only use a black 3/8 oz. jig with a blue Zoom super salty chunk trailer. From there, I use a scissors to slit the 2 legs of the trailer the long way, giving it 4 legs with a little more action. This might not be necessary, but I think I saw Bill Dance do it once. Superstition more than anything. I also like to take a scissors and trim the weed guard on the jig back a little. They usually come too long and I trim them back at an angle just enough to stick guard the hook. This seams to have improve my hook setting.

They're really not that hard to fish. I like to make a real long cast, past the weed line, then pull it up to where I want it to fall, then it will fall pretty much straight down. Hop it down the line, structure or whatever all the way to the boat. You'd be surprised how many fish you get right at the boat with these things. When I'm fishing deep water (15-25 feet), this is what I use most of the time. I fish a little lake up north of Grand Rapids quite a bit and there is a sunken island that comes up to 8' out of 30' of water and this setup has just been dynamite for me.

I'm no expert, but these are a couple things that I do.

[ocf1]

Ebass,

I met denny brauer on the 4th of July in seward NE. I first went to a tips/techniques in the am. That was really cool to listen to. Then I got some pictures of me + his boat/trailor/suburban. After that I met up with My good friend who also happens to be his nephew. We hung out going around town and "helping out" with a baseball team raffle that denny donated strikeking lures and a baitcast combo that he signed and fished in the classing(I got to cast it) go figure a lawyer bought 200$ worth in tickets won it. Then I was given an autographed wheaties box from dennys brother larry(lol). After that I went with my cousin to Larrys lot in the country and lit off fireworks with John Ritchie(former NFL fullback for Raiders and Eagles). Talked with denny a little and then went back to watching john Ritchies 1000 dollars in fireworks.

Also thanks for the wonderful tips!

[EBass]

Sounds like he's really nice just like on TV. I want to be on his show. The one where you go to a lake you've never been on before. Then he rates you on just about everything. That's so cool you not only met him but hung out and worked a charity deal. Plus a grand in fireworks is always a good time. So um why didn't you ask Denny these Q's?

[ocf1]

Why not? Because I had never Fished jigs in my life then!

And oh yea, what football jigs to you use.

[Daze Off]

Everyone had pretty much covered everything well but I don't think anyone mentioned jig weights (or I missed it). You can control rate of fall by altering jig weights as well as size/type of trailer. Most popular bass jig I think would probably be 3/8 oz or 1/2 oz but there are definately times and places where 1/4 oz or 3/4 to 1 oz or even heavier is called for - like very deep water or heavy cover.

hard to predict when to throw each - sometimes it is trail and error. I usually start with either 3/8 or 1/2 and if nothing is happening will first change colors. If nothing happens I might change trailers after that and then finally change size if necessary.

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[EBass]

Well that make sense. I have a few football jigs, but don't use them much. I think the ones I bought were made by Outkast I think. Gander in the jig aisle has a few brands to choose from.

[Daze Off]

EB - they are great for the rocks - not hang-up free but certainly better than the standard jig. I personally like the ones made by Eakins the best - I like to put a twin tail grub as a trailer and drag it. On the other hand, they are awful in and around weeds....

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[bassinjigs4pigs]

I also had a chance to meet Denny Brauer and I actually went fishing for a whole day with him on Minnetonka. It was a sweepstakes deal I won several years ago. I tell ya - he is a great guy and wasn't afraid to show me his hot spots and hot lures.

He swore up and down by the jig and gave me several pointers. He said over half of his hits happen on the initial fall of the jig after hitting the water. He wasn't kidding either, if you throw it enough you will learn to be ready as soon as the jig hits the water.

A lot of good info covered above and I agree. I've noticed some lakes have real good jig bites and other lakes may not, even though the bass are there.