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I've seached for like 15 min and couldnt find the thread i was looking for. I've watched lbh video on jigs, but how where when what techniqes do i fish these with.

I know you don't want to hear this...but it depends.  Knowing the water clarity, type of structure, depth, and water temperature all help, but I can kind of give you a rough draft of some general rules.

First off, go with black or black and blue with muddy or heavily stained water.  I prefer solid black with a dark trailer.  For clear water, sunfish-colored jigs such as green pumpkin/chartruse have been best for me.  This is my typical fishing conditions right now.  Rage Tail Craws are my favorite trailer because they seem to get more bone-jarring strikes than any other soft plastic I've used.  And I've used a bunch.

If fish are deep (say 10 feet or deeper), consider a 1/2oz jig.  That will help you draw reaction strikes from suspended fish or help you maintain bottem contact when you hop and drag it around on deep water structure/cover.  If shallower than 10ft, then I like a 1/4oz jig.  I rarely use anything in between unless it's heavy cover.  3/8oz works great for that.  The 1/4oz jig with the Rage Tail Craw will give you a nice rate of decent that will draw strikes from shallow fish.  

As far as presentation, I like to pitch my jigs on Power Pro 30-50lb braided line to the structure/cover.  Allowing the jig to fall on a semi-slack line (giving it a vertical fall) WATCH YOUR LINE.  ANY ticks or movement needs a good hookset.  If the jig makes it all the way to the bottem, let it sit there for a few seconds.  I usually count to 10 or 15 then hop it once or twice.  Let it sit for a bit longer then SLOWLY reel or drag it back.  I like to reel it back keeping the jig 1 or 2 inches above the bottem, killing it when it collides with something.  

That covers most of my jig fishing, but there is so much more to it.  Post up some of your water conditions and you'll get more tailored techniques and ideas.

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Bass are just done spawning clearish water lots and lots of vegetation lily pads and such

Ok, that helps.  You need a grass jig.  www.micromunchtackle.com sells one of the best out there.  If you're wanting to punch through the grass (summertime technique) Oldham's makes some monster jigs that perform well for that task.

I still recommend the Rage Tail Craw or chunk, just because they have been so good for me for months now.  Flip and pitch that jig on

primary or secondary points that is close to the spawning grounds.  If there is vegitation on or near a drop off, I'd fish the outside edge of it with the jig.  Swimming it through the water like a spinnerbait is a GOOD, GOOD post-spawn technique, but try some bottem-contact presentations as well to figure them out.

Stick with a 1/4, 3/8, and 1/2oz weights depending on depths and amount of cover.  Heavier weights obviously will crash through vegitation better.  Sometimes it is better to sit on top of it though, so keep that in mind.

If the water is clear, watermelons and green pumpkins are probably your best bet, but other people will have other opinions.  That's just what works for me.

Find where the fish are located using baits that produce for you, then switch to a jig and figure out if they want it or not.  Sometimes it takes people a long, long time to get their first jig strike, but keep with it.  The more you fish it, the better you'll get.  Eventually you'll probably have one tied on at all times ;)

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Alright this is good keep it coming

I plan on using *** chunks beavers *** etc

A jig really bailed me out of a bad finish at a tourny earlier this year- I got a good fish on the jig, great bait.  Shakey head is big up here so I thought I'd give the fish a little different look, I fished a 5/16oz eakins jig/smallie beaver trailer (shortened the beaver first three ribs removed) with rattle. I casted it into open water 10-20ft with the line tight I would shake it just by the line not moving the bait with the rod tip. I repeat only with the line by twitching (I have access to a swimming pool so I know just how to do it without moving it but rather making the bait vibrate in place (with rod in hand its kind of like shaking the ice in a coctail drink, not much movement and don't move that bait with the rod tip- this has proved to be quite effective for open water jigging- try it

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