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In Strike King Journal entry
#13, Larry Nixon talked about using Strike King's Premier
Elite Jig...
Question: Describe [one of the] best new
lures that have come out on the market this year and how you
use [it].
Answer: [One of my favorite baits]
is the Strike King Premier Elite Jig. This new jig in our
lineup only has been on the market for a year. The Premier
Elite Jig has a different design than all of the other jigs
that Strike King ever has had. This jig has a big Gamakatsu
hook in it. The head is slender on the nose, which makes it
pull easy and free through cover -- one of the reasons I like
that jig more than any other jig that I've ever used.
To be a good jig fisherman, you have to present the jig to
cover. I usually make short casts and long casts or flip to
the edge of the cover or directly in the middle of the cover.
I drop my rod tip to allow the bait the freedom to sink straight
down through the cover, because if you don't, you won't get
the proper fall out of the jig.
So, make your flip or pitch, drop your rod, and watch that
slack as it sinks to the bottom. Then you'll know when the
lure hits the bottom or when a fish catches the lure as it
sinks. I'll usually pop it up off the bottom 1 to 1 1/2-feet
so it gets another fast fall as it goes back to the bottom.
I catch usually all of my fish as the jig falls.
In Strike King Journal entry
#12, Lee Knight talked about using Strike King's Premier
Elite Jig...
Question: The lake is muddy. A cold front
has passed through the day before you fish, and the weather
is cool. Where are you going to find bass and how are you
going to catch the fish? .
Answer: Often, a cold front messes
with us more than it messes with the fish. So, I just go out
there and just try to catch them. That's my first course of
action. If the lake is muddy, I'll slow down and fish a spinner
bait with a couple of big Colorado blades. If the bass still
aren't biting then I'll put a Premier Elite jig on there and
start fishing with a slower presentation.
In Strike King Journal entry
#20, Chad Brauer talked about using Strike King's Premier
Elite Jig...
Question: Tell me about a time when you
learned that color counted in fishing.
Answer: I was fishing a tournament
on the North Carolina/Virginia border. While practicing for
the tournament, I was pitching a green/pumpkin Strike King
Elite Jig and a black-and-blue Strike King Elite Jig around
the docks. I was trying both a 1/2-ounce and a 3/8-ounce jig,
depending on whether the day was cloudy or sunny. I was doing
fairly well on these jigs during practice, but then when the
tournament started, the days were extremely cloudy.
Since the lake wasn't a really big lake, the docks received
a lot of fishing pressure, not only from the other contestants
but also from local fishermen. For fun during the tournament,
my dad and I were both trying to determine how we could fish
behind other fishermen and catch bass they weren't catching.
We both decided to try the Strike King Electric Blue Jig because
this was the first year that Strike King had produced the
Electric Blue Jig, and we knew that very few anglers had one.
Every day we fished the weather was cloudy or rainy, and
the water was extremely clear. We did really well in the tournament,
using the electric-blue color. I finished near the top during
this tournament, and I think it was the Strike King Electric
Blue Jig that saved my season.
Question: What made you know that it was
the color that saved the day?
Answer: I had two really bad tournaments
before going to this lake. I'd learned on cloudy, rainy, overcast
days on clear-water lakes with lots of fishing pressure that
the Electric Blue Strike King Premier Elite Jig paid off.
Now that I've seen the advantages, you won't catch me going
to any tournament without one of the jigs this color.
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