Watermelon Color

[Walcrabass]

Ozark Gunner,

Concerning the Senko bite. Think about it.... it slowly sinks and wiggles like a bowl of jelly. That means it stays in their face for a while and undulates in the water. Drives them crazy.

The same is true for Jig fishing. If you have the right kind of Jig it will undulate long after you stop hopping and jerking it. This is why I don't use the traditional jigs that have a "Rubber Band" holding the skirt on. It is just a cheap way of making them. The action is nothing like a hand tied Jig. When you also utilize the correct kind of rubber, silicone, mylar, or hair to make a combination that compliment each other then you are reaching out to the fish in the greatest manner. I honestly can't believe that some of the Jigs sold even catch a fish. So many are lifeless and have no color pattern to truly imitate specific prey.

As far as how often to use the Craw Oil...... if I KNOW the fish are where I am casting then about every 10 casts. If I am just fishing a good area then more like 50 casts. When I catch a fish I always reapply. If the plastic has been roughed up or has some tears in it then I make sure to put the oil in those places. Where Bass are concerned they truly LOVE this stuff. Duh, they eat Crawdads ALL THE TIME!!!!! I use the Craw/Fish scent when I am using worms or other plastics that do not truly look like a Crawdad. O.K. that is all my secrets!!!! ( Well not quite.... some of them are locked up in my fishing closet!!!)

[Walcrabass]

Skeeter,

I recieved your personal message but I cannot reply for some reason. Please try again and I'll see what happens.

Walcrabass

[Skeeter ZX190]

Walcrabass:

I tried again but the action failed. Must not be you or me, but something with Ozark Anglers.

Brad

[Skeeter ZX190]

Walcrabass:

I tried again but the action failed. Must not be you or me, but something with Ozark Anglers.

Brad

[ozarkgunner]

Good jigs are worth the money. Same thing with worms. A cut tail has an amazing action. Bass always love a little seafood dinner and key in on the crawdads. Funny thing, I catch more bass on crawdad cranks than jigs but I think that has more to do with the time of year. Big bite almost always comes on the jig.

[Walcrabass]

Ozarkgunner,

I gotta be honest about the Jig thing.

1. They REALLY will bite a Jig when they won't touch anything else.

2. You MUST have three or four types/skirt styles/no skirt to get a bite under all conditions.

3. I still consider it to be a Jig even when it is just a Stand up head with a plastic trailer.

4. With the exception of the "No Skirt Jig" you WILL NOT catch as many small bass as with other lures.

5. When using the larger full skirt Jigs small fish are just non-existent.

6. Jig Head styles that "Hang Up A Lot" really suck.

7. Jigs or Jig Heads that have hooks that bend open suck too.

8. Jigs are made to be drug, scooted, short hopped, pulled and dropped, swam, and spastically twitched and paused.

9. To a Bass Jigs and Craw OIl go together like milk and cookies.

I personally spoke to the last 1000 Bass that came into my boat caught on a Jig and they all assured me that even though it was quite a shock being jerked up into the air and lipped they would still do it again.

Walcrabass

[ozarkgunner]

Lmao! I love a good jig bite. Your love for the jig is like my love for the jerk bait. My passion is the cold water jerk bait but I will not turn my nose up at a good jig bite... Particularly for smallmouth. I like the 3/4 oz football but catch more on the smaller jigs. I mostly fish a big jig at night but I am warming up to throwing the meat in the heat of the summer.

[Football Head]

Can't beat a good jig bite. The versatility of the jig makes it a blast to fish. I always have a couple ready to go.

[ozarkgunner]

Ever try the half sinko as a trailer?

[Walcrabass]

Ozark Gunner,

I have not tried the 1/2 Senko for a trailer but a couple of January/ February ago I had a very interesting trip in Greaser Cove at Stockton. I was fishing with a friend and we were not doing too well. We could only catch a fish here and there with a Stand Up Head and a Paca Chunk or Small Zoom Craw Trailer. The guy I was fishing with dug around in his tackle and found a bag of Zoom Green Pumpkin worm like things that were about 4" long. Not very big in diameter and tapered towards the tail. He put one on the stand up head and it was like lighting a fire!!! I got one from him and we started tearing them up!!! He only had 5 or 6 and they kept getting torn up so we kept melting them back together with a Bic Lighter. We ended up with 96 bass for the Day!!!!! The 1/2 Senko wouldn't be much different and as you can see some days the profile has to be small and slender. That is why I fish the Stand Up Coil Locks with just a Chigger Craw or something small when they won't bite. Bass Pro also sells a Stick-O that you can cut down and use effectively. Just one more thing...... I fish with the Jerkbaits or whatever it takes to catch them.....Worms....Spinnerbaits.....Cranks..... a guy can't limit himself or it will cost him a boat load of fish on a given day.