I Will Get Better With This Lure This Year... 2024
Amarley reply :
My area of improvement for this year is jigs. I've had a love/hate relationship with them in the past. Need to build confidence in throwing jigs. I've always gone to reaction baits in the past, and got better with shaky heads last year. This year, my focus is jigs. Dragging, flipping, pitching, swimming, etc.
Anyone else have a lure they're trying to gain confidence in this year? Any tips for building confidence with jigs?
gripnrip reply :
On 3/24/2014 at 9:05 AM, Amarley said:My area of improvement for this year is jigs. I've had a love/hate relationship with them in the past. Need to build confidence in throwing jigs. I've always gone to reaction baits in the past, and got better with shaky heads last year. This year, my focus is jigs. Dragging, flipping, pitching, swimming, etc.
Anyone else have a lure they're trying to gain confidence in this year? Any tips for building confidence with jigs?
Leave everything else at home. Take various sizes and shapes. 1/4, 3/8, and 1/2. As far as shapes, it depends on the type of structure or cover you're fishing.
Rocks-football heads.
Standing timber or lay downs-brush or arky head.
Grass-swim jig. Siebert outdoors carries a grass jig that I double as a swim jig sometimes.
Give a few more examples on the types of water you'll be fishing. Also cover and structure.
gripnrip reply :
Oh, and this year I'm focusing on larger swim baits. Hudds, Mattlures U2, and Spooltek 6" fatty.
Amarley reply :
I fish a lot of timber and lay downs in Kentucky. Just ordered a bunch of arkies today to use this year. I really need to improve using them in open water and dragging them this summer. Thanks for the advice! I'll check out the grass jigs, too.
Jaheff reply :
Read first pinned post on this subforum.http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/12403-jig-fishing-questions/
Xyndifor reply :
This year I'm going to focus on becoming a better crankbait fisherman. I usually haven't given them much of a chance in the past but I'm going to stick with it this year and just mess around a little bit. I'd also like to dabble a little bit into texas/Carolina rigging this year. I got good with my jigs last year so that shouldn't be that difficult though. Caught a lot of big bass on those jigs last year 
gripnrip reply :
On 3/24/2014 at 11:23 AM, Xyndifor said:This year I'm going to focus on becoming a better crankbait fisherman. I usually haven't given them much of a chance in the past but I'm going to stick with it this year and just mess around a little bit. I'd also like to dabble a little bit into texas/Carolina rigging this year. I got good with my jigs last year so that shouldn't be that difficult though. Caught a lot of big bass on those jigs last year
Sorry not to thread jack you Amarely.
Check this thread out Xyndifor. http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/72766-a-rare-insight-into-crankbait-fishing/
Jar11591 reply :
Spinnerbaits and jigs. Gonna really work on them this year.
mjseverson24 reply :
punching... just going to take a few days and do nothing else, i need to have confidence in this rig to be competitive on certain tournament waters...
Mitch
FishinCop646 reply :
There is a lot of techniques/lures I want to improve on this year. I only tooks some jigs with me on my last trip. I definately gained some confidence! Next up, crankbaits!
dday07 reply :
Simply walking the dog...finally learned how at the end of fall and just about ready to put it to good use soon...i'll be using spooks and sexy dawgs
Bluebasser86 reply :
Not a lure but a type of fishing, deep water/structure fishing. I get uncomfortable real fast when I can't see what I'm fishing. I've done better and better at it the last couple years and am getting better at reading my graphs, but like everything in fishing it takes lots of trail and error to get proficient at it. It doesn't help that most of our lakes are shallow and muddy, which keeps most of the fish shallow.
Stingray23 reply :
I just want to get better at understanding what I'm looking at on my graph. Fishing deeper structure. Learning where to fish deep crankbaits.
Grizzn N Bassin reply :
Learning my depth finder better never used one, also swimbait fishing. I have caught fish on smaller ones but never a hudd or a bbz1
1234567 reply :
So true, leave every lure at home and work that jig!!! IMO you can always get bit on a jig. I spent a whole summer a couple years ago working a jig. Many days I blanked until I realized the thud's I was getting work boulders I was bumping but a fish. It took awhile for me to develop a feel for them and still to this day I have trouble and am missing tons of bites I'm sure. There are some Excellent Jig guys here, I suggest you send them a pm as some are really good about helping out. (WRB) comes to mind.
don't get frustrated either because you will lose a lot at first and continue to lose them even as you better working them through cover.
Xyndifor reply :
On 3/24/2014 at 1:59 PM, dday07 said:Simply walking the dog...finally learned how at the end of fall and just about ready to put it to good use soon...i'll be using spooks and sexy dawgs
I used to do that really well about 15 years ago then I got away from it and tried it again last year and it's like I forgot. I also would like to relearn this technique for my spooks and also frogs.
719BassFishing reply :
Swimbait and chatter bait fishing. Never have thrown these to much but i'm looking forward to gain more confidence in them so I can be more versatile.
annexation reply :
I'm going to try making this the year of the lipless crankbait - never caught much with them, and probably more pike than bass. I'll be giving them a more dedicated shot when the ice melts.
Darren. reply :
I've started throwing cranks the past few weeks. "Caught" two fish, but lost each at side of my yak. One was a pickerel (not sad it got off), but the other was a hefty bass I caught cranking above weeds with a Strike King SX1 sexy shad. Had it all the way, but she got off just as I saw her throw a fit and shake it off at the boat.
Delaware Valley Tackle reply :
I fish a lot of soft plastics but have a load of Siebert's Jigs coming my way. Hoping to up the average size of my catch.
WIGuide reply :
I've always struggled with a jig so this year is the year I'm going to figure them out!
Catt reply :
Chatterbait, aint never caught a single fish on one!
Got1Fishing reply :
I'm really looking forward to improving my crank bait fishing... I've only caught a small amount on them but I barely have confidence in them compared to plastics and jigs.
Tlaz reply :
On 3/24/2014 at 9:05 AM, Amarley said:My area of improvement for this year is jigs. I've had a love/hate relationship with them in the past. Need to build confidence in throwing jigs. I've always gone to reaction baits in the past, and got better with shaky heads last year. This year, my focus is jigs. Dragging, flipping, pitching, swimming, etc.
Anyone else have a lure they're trying to gain confidence in this year? Any tips for building confidence with jigs?
Same deal here.
mnbassman23 reply :
Tossing swimbaits.
For those of you who said jigs, put in the time learning them. You won't regret it and the increase in quality fish will be worth the effort.
McAlpine reply :
Flippin and jerkbaits. I will absolutely work on both!
Amarley reply :
On 3/24/2014 at 11:49 AM, mjseverson24 said:punching... just going to take a few days and do nothing else, i need to have confidence in this rig to be competitive on certain tournament waters...
Mitch
Punching is something I've never much of either, but I should. I fish some small lakes with lily pads that hold big fish. Punching would be perfect for this.
bigbill reply :
I will fish more with,
Jigs n pigs
Plastics
Different hard baits(crankbait sizes)
Different hard swimbaits
Different soft body swimbaits
Different topwater poppers
Frog lures plastics and hard baits.
I need to expand my knowledge of different lures and presentations. Only then I can fish with more skill. My fishing will improve with more time on the water. Remember fishing isn't a given, we get out of it what we put into it. It's skill not luck in fishing.
bigbill reply :
Remember to sharpen your hooks.
FrogFreak reply :
On 3/24/2014 at 11:49 AM, mjseverson24 said:punching... just going to take a few days and do nothing else, i need to have confidence in this rig to be competitive on certain tournament waters...
Mitch
Ditto (except the tourney part, I don't do tourneys), I started last year and caught one fish towards the end of the year. I have to set the frog down and punch those mats.
Also, I caught my first fish on a jig last year. Unfortunately it was a Northern but I plan on throwing it a lot more this year.
fishinthedacks reply :
I'm in a new area this year so my focus will be on learning to fish in bodies of water I'm not used to. I've done a lot of lake/pond/stream fishing but never any serious river fishing or fishing near locks etc. Had a little nice weather last year when I moved here so I threw a few different things before the ice hit but didn't catch anything. That coming off my productive year, so to end it in an area with no fish not even a nibble was a slap in the face. I drive by that body of water as it taunts me on a daily basis.
Delaware Valley Tackle reply :
Late in the year can be really good on the river here. The big smallies put the feedbag on. Get in touch and I'll show you a few spots.
iceintheveins reply :
I really improved with jigs last year, so much so they are a go to for me now. Looking to drop shot more and improve on some finesse techniques.
Tuckahoe Joe reply :
It's gonna be jigs for me this season. Never really gave them the time of day but I recently got a dedicated jig rod and a few different models and colors. Lost what should have been my first jig fish at the end of last season due to my 12 pound mono breaking off so I'm gonna grab some braided line as well. Now if this weather will just break and we can get started with spring I'll be in business.
bigbill reply :
I setup one of my new unused bait casting rods with my first football jig in green pumpkin. I casted it down a rocky point off the corner of a low bridge. The first time using a jig I hopped it up to the shore slowly. Just a few hops and fish on.
It's a new lure to me with a new presentation plus fishing a rocky point for the first time. This was about 15 years ago. I made it look easy the first time.
This opened up my eyes on how successful a rocky point can be.
After catching a bass on a jig I fan casted the point with a shallow crankbait. I casted parallel and straight down the point. I used every direction I could cast to work that point.
I used all my different lures and plastics to catch bass off that point.
My "point" is if you have a spot you know the bass are there that's the spot to try out new lures and presentations. The fish will let you know when we get it right. Bill
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