jigs are becoming my “go to” bait

  • tom_gursky
    Michigan's Upper Peninsula(Iron Mountain)
    Posts: 4751
    August 25, 2012 at 11:56 am #1321584

    I have really worked to improve my jig game and it has really brought me a lot of success this season…If you saw my posts you may have noticed a lot of jigs in those bass pics…
    Yesterday my college chum Wayne P came to fish for a couple days. The bite was tough with a burning sun but we managed 18 bass on Jigs on a small weedy lake I haven’t fished for over 40 years! The Elk River Brush jigs(left) were by FAR the best jig through the pencil weed and grass the bass were lying in. The DJs “Arkie” style really shined in the occassional wood/rock cover…Warning…lots of Pike… I lost 6 jigs…

    Here is Wayne, on his first time using jigs…pretty cool!



    taz
    Frederic wi
    Posts: 395
    August 25, 2012 at 12:36 pm #1094754

    Great pics. I don’t think there is a bait out there that a pike won’t hit. Just think how much money we would save if they didnt hit every thing they see

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25025
    August 25, 2012 at 2:19 pm #1094768

    Nice fish. I’ve been trying to break out of the spinnerbait/Texas rigged worm box too and have been trying cranks and jigs more often.

    red89
    Hudson
    Posts: 918
    August 25, 2012 at 4:04 pm #1094773

    How are the Lews holding up Tom?

    I started hand tying some of my own jigs and caught my biggest smallie ever on a particular lake using a brown silicone/black rubber pattern I tied. Just gotta get set up so I can pour my own and make a ton over the winter.

    b-j-r
    Pool 4
    Posts: 180
    August 26, 2012 at 2:14 am #1094845

    Nice fish Tom. I’ve been working on jigs this year too. Do you trim the weed guard down on yours? Just curious, I usally cut mine at an angle almost flush with the hook. Guess it gives me a little more confidence on the hook up with a new technique for me. So far not a big issue with them hanging up.

    tom_gursky
    Michigan's Upper Peninsula(Iron Mountain)
    Posts: 4751
    August 26, 2012 at 4:52 am #1094852

    The Lews reels are really great, especially the mid range models…The TS1SH Tournament Speed Spool ($149 MSRP) is as smooth as silk…

    red89
    Hudson
    Posts: 918
    August 26, 2012 at 8:04 am #1094861

    Quote:

    The Lews reels are really great, especially the mid range models…The TS1SH Tournament Speed Spool ($149 MSRP) is as smooth as silk…

    Good to hear. I’m thinking about getting one of the new BB-1’s this fall, but with the great reviews of the $100 speed spool its tough to want to spend more.

    BBKK
    IA
    Posts: 4033
    August 26, 2012 at 5:52 pm #1094888

    Tom, did you get any of David’s red jigs? They are all red, head weedguard hook and skirt. They look really cool. I think they were arkys.

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