Football Jig Bite

[Kevin Wagner]

Kevin,

Glad to hear you caught them on Jigs. That is my favorite way to catch Bass. I have been having similar luck with the worms which is NOT MUCH. I personally got away from the Football Jigs and fish another type of Jig. The Football Jigs just get hung up too much for me. The Jigs I use now are virtually snag free and stand up great. This gives the "Craw" a defensive position all the time. I have literally fished with the same Jig all summer in a particular color last year and did not lose it and believe me I throw it right IN the brush piles. I fish mostly plastic trailers but am still fond of Pork. Especially when I trim it and add Crawdad Oil.

My last trip was last Sunday Morning starting at about 4:00 A.M. Fished until about 10:00 A.M. Only caught about 8 but I found some new spots. Caught two over 16". All were close to keeper length. All fish were close to deep water and where bank changed from chunk rock to gravel.

Good Fishing Everybody,Football is on and I'll not get to go as much.

Walcrabass,

I too love to jig fish. Dragging that jig around just makes me think I am going to get bit! Is the jig you use an "A" style, Arkie style? I do lose a couple of football jigs here and again. Been using a variety of trailers, but the ones that seem to work the most right now have a lot of action.

I was lucky enough to go fishing Thursday and Sunday night and had good luck both nights. The fish are definitely in the spots you described. We even caught a couple of Walleye (babies) on Sunday night. For everybody out there, the Bass are definitely pretty active right now, and you can catch a lot of them.

Good luck to your Boy! I am a huge Football fan (Chiefs!) myself. But if I had to choose, well, that is why they invented the DVR!