Bass Jigs - What's More Critical? (Color, Presentation, Or Size)

[Flysmallie]

Then he noticed that the guy was using a cover scent on his hands, where Johns hands smelled like aftershave. Guess it made all the difference.

Well there goes my fish scent idea.

[Mitch f]

Well there goes my fish scent idea.

Makes me want to start whistling!

[J-Doc]

Lol!! That's a good one!

[J-Doc]

Interesting article today

http://www.wired2fish.com/choosing-the-best-jig-trailer/

[Old plug]

I voted for presentation. Weight and shape are not any good without a decent presentation. But that does not mean to me that weight is not important. But the weigh itself actually has to do with how deep or how softly I want my presentation. The bass is a predator. He needs something to make him strike.

[J-Doc]

Found this online. Thought I would share it here. Interesting opinion & theory from a crawfish farmer and Elite Series pro angler.

[Old plug]

well J Doc I am mostly the lure will be either light or dark. It might be in my head. BUT. There is something about brown. I currently have over 250 very large plastic worms in various shades of brown. I use brown jigs and trailers as well. plus tubes and plastics of that nature. But no matter what the color it will not amount to a pot of beans without a proper placement of the cast and the retrieve. In other words the presentation.

[J-Doc]

I agree. I think I was feeling knead missing out on colors being the key but I remember that green with bright chartreuse trailers and black and blue jigs working in gin clear water.

I agree presentation is the biggest factor. I'm going to experiment more this year with my jigs and see what works, make notes, and go from there.

[Old plug]

I just bought sproBBZ-1 that is what I wont to mess with thisyear it fits right into one of the ways I fish.

[Al Agnew]

Found this online. Thought I would share it here. Interesting opinion & theory from a crawfish farmer and Elite Series pro angler.

Interesting, but not exactly biologically correct.

There are 30 some odd species of crawdads in MO alone, and probably a lot more species in other parts of the country. They range from brownish to olive to yellowish. Some have distinct markings, others are pretty much all one color on the back. Some change colors throughout the year, many don't, and the ones that don't include all of them that I know of that are common in Ozark waters. He's correct that the bellies of all the crayfish I know of are lighter, but they aren't pearl. They are almost always a dull, light gray. And the pincers are not much, if any, lighter on the bottom than on top.

So I don't believe his color recommendations are good for matching Ozark crayfish. I don't think that making the belly of your lure pearl colored is necessarily going to match the crayfish, either, and that flapping of pincers showing the pearl bottoms of them--not very much like real crayfish.

Two things about that light (pearl or not) belly color...

1. The bass very seldom see it on a real crayfish. They scoot along the bottom. The bass are almost always looking down on them and only seeing the back and sides.

2. Even if the bass somehow is underneath the crayfish, that lighter color of the belly will be in shadow and appear darker.

Now...that doesn't mean the pearl colored belly is not a good idea. It could very well trigger bass, either if they see the lighter flash of the belly or if they see the flash of the lighter bottoms of the pincers. It's just that it isn't triggering the fish because they "think" it's a real crayfish characteristic.

By the way, crayfish do make clicking noises underwater, often pretty loud. But I suspect they don't do it when they are out in the open and exposed. That would not be a good survival trait.