Entry 151-4
Mike Wurm on How to Catch Fish Now in the Fall
Jig Them Up
Editor’s Note: Mike Wurm, a Strike King Pro since the mid-1990s says, “I can’t remember when I wasn’t a Strike King Pro.” Wurm fishes the national professional bass circuits and conducts seminars at trade shows and sporting events throughout the year.
How can you not fish a jig in the fall and winter months? Lay-down logs, stumps and boat docks are prime jig bite places. The jig bite will start in the fall and continue to get better all winter long. As the weather gets colder, the chunk rock banks will also be great places to fish jigs. Many times after I work a bank with a crankbait, I’ll come back and fish that same bank with the jig. If you’ve got enough cover, you can flip and pitch the jig, but if you don’t have the cover, just make short casts and fish the jig close to the boat.
I’m a two-jig fisherman. I’ll always have two rods rigged up for jig fishing. On one rod, I’ll have either a 3/8- or a ½-ounce Pro Model jig tied onto a baitcasting rod for flipping and pitching. But then I’ll also have a spinning rod with a Bitsy Bug jig tied onto it. I really like to pitch the Bitsy Bug on 8-pound-test line to boat docks or posts that you may see. My favorite color in the Bitsy Bug is the green crawfish with the green Bitsy Bug trailer. When I’m fishing a Pro Model jig, I either fish the black, brown, amber or the black-and-blue jig with a Denny Brauer chunk on the back or a Denny Brauer, Jr. Chunk.
Contents:
- Part 1: Catch Them on Top
- Part 2: Buzz Them Up
- Part 3: Crank Them Up
- Part 4: Jig Them Up
- Part 5: When All Else Fails, Finesse Them
