Pretty much as the subject says, I need major help with bass fishing when it comes to jigs. I’ve tried Ned rigs, shakey heads, Texas rig, football jigs and flipping jigs. I have no clue what I’m doing wrong. Between Friday-Sunday I had close to 35 bites where they’d be swimming off with the jig but I ALWAYS missed the hook set. It’s like I’d rip it out of there mouth everytime and I have no clue if theirs any tweaks I should make. Caught 2 bass. 1 Saturday and 1 Sunday on jigs.
Posted by dtcorder12
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Throw it out, wait for it to hit the bottom. Real in the slack a bit so you have a tight line and can feel the bottom. Slowly move your rod tip up, you should feel it slowly move. When you hit rock (should feel like it’s scraping in a way) shake the rod without pulling it, you can even tap the bottom of the rod a few times, wait a few seconds , then drag it along.
Your missing hook sets seem like because you’re on slack line and don’t realize the bass has your bait.
if you feel them pick it up and swim off but your missing the hookset it makes me think you are using the wrong power rod or line with a lot of stretch.
maybe trim the weed guard a little too.
If you are fishing around cover, you need even more power from the rod because your going to lose some hookset power in that cover.
I fish most of my jigs on a 7’2″ heavy zodias with 40lb braid
my clear water/lighter jig rod is an NRX 873cc with 16lb FC sniper
I usually stay 3/8oz and lighter with jigs on the NRX.
If im chucking around any type of wooded or grass cover I pick up the zodias though.
If your using braid you can switch to mono or fluoro
That will slow you down a lil have some stretch , or if you have a mod action rod , one with a lil more give In the tip that will help with more hookups
Good catch
Gotta really really pay attention when fishing a jig. I do anyway… Harder to feel for me than a soft plastic and I rarely feel the bites. Your line will swim off or you’ll only feel them when lifting up on your rod! I learned to lift up slowly each time and really feel for one before moving the jig forward. Hope this helps buddy.