I just wanted to share with everybody how effective this technique has been for me lately, especially on small, shallow, pressured lakes. While everybody else is tossing squarebills, spinnerbaits, and whatever else to get a reaction bite out of shallow water fish, I'm really tearing them up with this technique.  I really like the V&M mudbug as a trailer. Really gives the jig a good "flow" as I pump it back to the boat. If the squarebill bite slows down, try this technique.  I like to keep it on the bottom with constant short hops all the way back to the boat.  

I've been having alot of luck with swim jigs lately too!

meeeee tooooooo

Best rigging for me has been both the NorthStar Original Swim Jig and Sieberts Outdoors.

I'm using both the Rage Tail Menace and Shellcracker for trailers. 

I make my own swim jigs and I found that the pumping deal seems to work with a rage craw while I have more success just slow swimming if I'm using a swim bait type trailer.

I make my own swim jigs and I found that the pumping deal seems to work with a rage craw while I have more success just slow swimming if I'm using a swim bait type trailer.

 

I make my own as well. Well, I really just buy the skirts and put them on boss jig heads lol, but anyway. I need to start using paddle tails as trailers.  I tried it once when I was low on trailers, and I stuck one just a few oz's shy of my PB.  Thanks for reminding me.

I have pretty good luck on a yo-yo retrieve.

I almost always pump my rod tip when fishing a swim jig, or a spinnerbait for that matter.  If i don't pump or twitch the rod tip, I'll use a stop and go retrieve similar to the way I fish a crank, but with shorter pauses. I'll hesitate just enough to get the jig to drop a few inches. I'll also change the direction of my retrieve at least once, moving my rod tip to one side or the other slightly.  That habit is a carry over from my early days walleye and pike fishing. Walley will rarely hit a lure that's retrieved steadily. 

I use to do that when I very first started throwing swim jigs. I get tired of doing it eventually and for me it doesn't really help much. I throw swimbaits on my swim jigs probably 80-90% of the time and the tail makes it pulse with having to shake your rod.

Pumping or yo-yo retrieving a swim jig is my go to "power fishing" alternative. I love it. Like you said when everyone is cranking or throwing spinnerbaits, I'll throw this and slow it down. Works on some severely pressured waters.