My wife hadn't had a bite all day, so she did something completely unorthodox: She fished a jig n pig on a float and landed this:

 

It's actually not that unorthodox.  People have been throwing baits of various styles and types under floats for years.

either way though, nice fish.

1 minute ago, flyfisher said:

It's actually not that unorthodox.  People have been throwing baits of various styles and types under floats for years.

either way though, nice fish.

But a jig n pig? Never seen or heard that before. She doesn't fish that often. Easily her biggest ever. All I heard was, "S***, I got a shark, help!"

Float and fly uses hair jigs in the cold. 

My boy got a nice one on a black power worm. We saw it swim up to the shore causally, just staring us down it looked like. I threw a Senko in front of it. It came and watched it. Backed off. Twitched it, it came up again, then swam off. I told him to throw that worm out there in the direction it took off in and it was an instant strike. 

 

I caught my first 3 pound catfish on  a Senko today.

 

Go figure!

45 minutes ago, XpressJeff said:

I caught my first 3 pound catfish on  a Senko today.

 

Go figure!

I had a 45 pound flathead eat my trick worm on a shaky head the other day, not exactly known as a prime catfish bait!  They also seem to love breaking my deep cranks off in brushpiles...

https://www.bassresource.com/fishing/float-n-fly.html

I agree that often times, showing fish something they never see or in a way they never see it can trigger strikes, especially in a small body of water. My buddy has a pond and only fished two or three lures. I'll go and catch 20 or more (mostly dinks) and he'll be amazed. Well, I throw 7-10 baits at them until I find a few they like.

 

I'll bet a wacky Senko under a float would produce as well.