Jigs - A Little Wiggle Packs A Punch
By Tim Roberts
From the cold windy days of winter, to the tropical golden sunny days
of mid-summer and fall, almost everything in my tackle box can go under
one classication "Jig".
I believe I was the sunner of '99 when I went tackle shopping at
Pennsylvania's wonder store "wal-mart" when I found the jig head and body combo I have been reeling in bass with ever since.
At first I was just going for what looked cool to me... "Fat Albert
Pumpkin Seed" I thought to myself, "sounds Kinda cool. Plus It says "ZOOM" right on the package, heck can't go wrong with that." the only thing I was about to realize was that that rubber whirl tail grub was to become one of my best friends and has been ever since.
For this tackle combo I use a 1/8 oz weedless rubber crayfish hook. I
don't think that the weedlass is necesary because the bass constantly
biting down on the wire causes the thin peice of metal to become weak
and break off. I only still pick them up for "Old Times Sake".
Usually when tieing this combo to my line I just use 2 or 3 "square
knots", but on ocassion I have used a "triliene knot". All you need to
make sure is that when you get a good strong hook set that the knot will hold up because you would hate to lose such a great fight.
When reeling this jig combo in I like to go at a medium pace, but the
pace usually patters on what the water temperature is. For cold temperature reel the lure in slower. If the water is warmer and the fish are very lively reel it in much faster. You just have to make sure that the action on the lure makes the tail swim like a bait fish. If you know it is doing it, so will the bass.
I use other jigs that come in bulk at almost any fishing store or
tackle suppliers but I always like to use the whirl tails. For one because I think it looks more like a bait fish, and two because I havn't caught anything with a skirted jig before.
Have a fun time next time you are fishing and hopefully I will see you on the water.
