Entry 120-2
Chad Brauer on Jig Fishing
Jigging the Grass
Editor's Note: Chad Brauer of Osage Beach, Missouri, cut his teeth on jig fishing. If there's one bait he prefers to catch a bass on, it's a jig. This week, he'll tell us five techniques for catching bass on a jig.
Brauer: When you're fishing the jig around grass, many times the jig will fall down into the vegetation. If you're fishing vegetation you can see, flip the jig to the holes and pockets in the vegetation, let the jig fall on a slack line, allow the jig to hit and lay on the bottom for a few seconds, jump it up and down two or three times, and pull the jig out of that hole and flip it to another hole, if the bass doesn't bite.
If you're fishing underwater vegetation that you can't see, use a lighter jig than you do when you're fishing visible vegetation. Flip the jig out, let it sink and land on top of the vegetation, and then hop the jig on top of the vegetation. If that technique doesn't solicit a strike from a bass, fish a heavier jig that will dive down through the vegetation. Then snatch the jig up above the vegetation, and allow it to dive back into it. You want the jig to either appear to be a bait falling through the vegetation, hopping on top of the vegetation, diving down into the vegetation then jumping back up or swimming just above the vegetation.
When you're fishing the jig in vegetation, you want that jig to appear like a piece of steak that has been thrown right in front of a hungry dog. Whether that dog wants to eat or not, when that piece of steak is thrown right in front of the dog, the dog will jump out there and grab it. That's the way you want the jig to look when you're fishing it through, hopping it above or crashing it down into any type of vegetation.
Next: Jigging on Rocky Points
Contents:
- Part 1: Docking Your Jig
- Part 2: Jigging the Grass
- Part 3: Jigging on Rocky Points
- Part 4: Swim Your Jig
- Part 5: Deep-Water Jigging
