Teach me about jig fishing for bass

I have only caught bass on crankbaits the past two months. Everything else seems to take too long or I'm not good at those techniques. Spinners - 0, jigs - 0, frogs - 0, live bait - 0. Cranks - a ton.

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senko

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I have to be threatened will cold blooded murder for me to put the senko down.

It just seems that in the periods of fish moving deep, that it does not get the job done on some occasions.

I also need to start throwing more crankbaits more.

I am having a hard time transitioning deeper from the shallow grass flats that I love.

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NuTec jigs

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Those must be awesome, that is all that anyone uses around here.

I might pick up a few to throw around soon.

One thing I will be using more of is a bladed jig.

This is the first year I really used them(chatterbaits), and I caught a good bit of fish on them at Toledo early this year.

As far as jigs go, there are different kinds for different times of year and depths of water. In muddy water I almost always have a black/brown/amber or black and blue flipping jig on. Usually somewhere between 1/4 and 1/2 ounce depending on the water temp. In clearer water I like green pumpkin or black/brown/amber.

If it's cold I use a chunk trailer or a craw worn with straight pinchers and no action. Once it gets warmer I use craws like a speed craw or rage tail that puts off vibration.

In deep water I usually keep a 1/2 oz or 3/4 oz football head green pumpkin jig with rage craw trailer on it. I use it if I find a school and am catching them on a crankbait, then that bite dies down. I'll throw this jig in and just reel it slowly on the bottom, and give it a hop every few feet.

I never fished jigs that much in Louisiana growing up.

When I moved to the Carolinas, I started fishing them a lot. They are very good rock ledge baits. And rocky bottom baits. They worked ok in flooded and fallen timber for me. I actually liked shaky heads better there.

Now that I'm back in louisiana, I'm not fishing them really at all.

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I might take a break from the perches this weekend and throw that clear bladed one with the swim bait trailer on the grass

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I bought one and threw it a little bit the last time I was there about a month ago. I didn't catch any largemouths but I caught two white bass that went a little over 2 pounds each

I must have been there about the same time in March

Only caught four in two days, but I caught em all on a black/blue chatterbait.

Yeah I don't use those. I use rage tail craws on most. If I'm using a shad colored chatterbait then I use a swimming fluke or some other swimbait.