When and what color jigs...

[Shimano4Life]

Dirty - Black and Blue

Clear - Green Pumpkin

Some other colors work better on different lakes, and I carry those colors. Otherwise, keep it simple. These two colors will catch fish all year long.

[12VoltMan]

Any color is good as long as you have confidence in it and will fish it long enough. But I agree with those who've written above, black in dirty water and green pumpkin or cumberland craw in clearer water.

[wishniwasfishn]

I like black with a little yellow in dirty water, stained water I like green pumpkin, and clear water I like green pumpkin with a little orange in it.

[gillman]

guys how do ya fishs these things, i just started bassing lakes two years ago and have try these jigs with no luck. I know its me, of choose, and most of my fishing has been lizzards,worms and some top water until last fall then done some good with cranks. Do you fishs these like worms, hows the hit feel, how much weight at how deep. I think i get the ideal on the color, dark dirty and lighter color in clear water.

[ronzo]

The good thing about a jig is they can be fished any place. Pitching and flipping shallow cover, fished deep along ledges and creek channels pretty much any place any time of the year. I love to pitch to shallow cover. Use the lightest jid you can get away with, especially in cold water. My go to is a 1/4 oz. year round, unless I am fishing pretty deep or the wind is blowing so bad I can't keep it on the bottom. I use the size and design of my trailer to help control the fall rate, larger plastic trailers with more appendages tend to make them fall a little slower where smaller more slim line chunks tend to fall a little faster. I always use florocarbon on my jig rod, I like 17lb. xps. Florocarbon is so sensitive when you drag your jig across an old tire you can read the tire size just by feel. When you fish them just think about a crawdad sitting on the bottom and make your jig moove like you imagine it would. The best thing you can do is just devote time to fishing them, you will catch fish and once you catch a few you start to figure things out.

[18'stratos]

You have a PM

[gillman]

thanks for the infor. old buddy, maybe i'll just leave my worms at home and force myself to fish them

[Cobra190]

Black and Blue or Green Pumpkin for most all water situations. And I'll often use a plastic trailer tipped with Chart. or Red, depending on water clarity.

[Hlleonard]

thanks for the infor. old buddy, maybe i'll just leave my worms at home and force myself to fish them

Leaving your (go-to) lures at home is tough to do but thats what I made myself do....I have been fishing jigs for many years but I had to make myself learn to fish them......the easiest thing to do if you don't get a hit for 30 minutes or so is lay it down and go back to your confidence tackle.
The bass are the best teachers but you have to keep at it until you find the right place and time.

Caught a 19 inch LM and three keeper size under 14 inches yesterday flippin' a black jig and black tail.

[gillman]

Now that will give a fellow confidence
speaking of confidence I would just love to go to the Dale Sat. but hadn,t
had the old boat out all winter and just got done over hauling it. It's a 11/2 hr. drive so I guess I had better stay home and go to Barren. Any tips on the bite

[ronzo]

Shoot wont be long and your " GO TO LURE " will be a jig

[gillman]

yeah I,ll going to try one out on Barren Sat., if that old boat will run. I'll be out there in an old blue and white Bumble Bee.I just hope I'll not trying to stop someone to pull it in.