Night Fishing Dam Area Sept. 12

[merc1997 Bo]

bass continue to move deeper and more into a traditional summer pattern. we caught lots of bass 25ft. deep tonight. we ended up with 22 keepers with one lmb in the 4 lb. range, and one smallie in the 4lb. range. we had a good mix of all three species in our keepers, but more brownies. a 3/8 oz. Nujig with a 5/16 oz. sinker did the most damage, but we also caught several on a naked 1/4 oz. NuJig with a 5/16 oz. sinker, and a beaver type bait. it seemed that the better areas had some timber.

bo

[ryan]

Do they not make a heavier jig?

[merc1997 Bo]

they are currently produced in 1/4, 3/8, and 1/2. but, here is why i use a smaller head and a sinker on the line. with a smaller head, you are presenting a smaller profile, and with the sinker added to the line, you have the weight and fall rate you need. next, smaller comes through cover easier. and when you stick a bass, it only has the lighter weight jig in its mouth and the sinker slides up the line. it is much harder for the bass to dislodge a lighter head compared to the leverage it has slinging around 3/4 oz. weight. i have used this set up for eons and it works. all of my close fishing friends use the same set up. it makes it very easy to also dial in the exact fall rate that will trigger strikes.

bo

[Pepe]

Thanks for the report. Sounds like a good tip. I am looking forward to trying it. Does this also apply to Football jigs. I am partial to dragging a 1 oz FB jig around, deep on slow sloping main lake points, but have certainly suffered the dreaded head shake & thrown jig you described.

[ryan]

Do you peg the weight? I would assume you do or it would fall weird through the trees and on the deep fall unless you let it fall on semi tight line

[merc1997 Bo]

  On 9/13/2013 at 8:48 PM, Danger Close said:

Thanks for the report. Sounds like a good tip. I am looking forward to trying it. Does this also apply to Football jigs. I am partial to dragging a 1 oz FB jig around, deep on slow sloping main lake points, but have certainly suffered the dreaded head shake & thrown jig you described.

it would apply to the football jig as well. we actually did some testing on a NuJig football head that i am working on the other night. it was a 1/2 size, and i fished it with a 1/4 sinker. it did very well hooking, and even though it did much better in not hanging up than standard football heads, the football style head will not be as snagproof as the original NuJig.

bo

[merc1997 Bo]

  On 9/13/2013 at 9:18 PM, ryan said:

Do you peg the weight? I would assume you do or it would fall weird through the trees and on the deep fall unless you let it fall on semi tight line

i do not peg the weight. the only time that i peg the weight would be if i were flipping or pitching cover.

bo

[basscat123]

The slip sinker trick above the nujig really does work. I have learned this from Bo and always do this when trying to achieve a faster fall rate or looking for deeper depths. It will save you lots of lost fish throwing the jig. Make sure you have something like a hollow bead between the sinker and the line tie on the jig to protect the knot. You can go on you tube and type in Nutech Lures or Nujig to see some other ways to improve your fishing and catching ratios