Why yes I do swim jigs deep. I was tipped off to some
deep timber, once by a walleye troller using lead core
line. He said he was having a tough time keeping big
largemouth off his lead core line offerings, when he
went over this pile of logs, in 30′ of water. HMMM!
I tried Carolina rigs, DD-22’s, and slow rolled heavy
spinnerbaits, with no takers. Then I tied on a 3/4 oz
bullet bass jig, much like a Brovarney swim jig, except
it was from my “tackle dungeon”. It was a “bluegill”
pattern, dressed with a 5″ Kalin grub, also in bluegill.
I swam it over the deep logs a few times, and had a couple
of suspicious bumps, but no really decent hits. On the
last cast, I got the jig retrieved to a point that I
was going to crank in, and started ripping it towards the
surface. It stopped abruptly, when it pinned to the mouth
of a solid 4 lb fish. Lights went on! I got the first
fish bumped, and released(I was practicing 
),
and started swimming the jig again. Whenever I would
bump a log, I would rip it towards the surface. I
put 2 more decent fish in the boat, and then moved off
the spot. During the last tournament, on that lake, I was
only able to take one decent fish off that spot, but the
same technique and jig did that.
So yes you may want to pick up a couple of heavy swimming
jigs, and rather than just swimming them, when they
bump deep cover, or hang up on veggies, give them a
quick spin on the reel handle, to rip them and hang on.
Big Bass Bane
