Hey all....

Was bed fishing yesterday when the wind kicked up big time. Out of sheer laziness, and an attempt for a little better control of my bait, I started throwing a jig to the beds...the bass did not like this at all!!! I got some killer reactions and caught some nice fish. When I think of site fishing, I don't usually think of jig fishing but?????????

well I've never done any bed fishing but if it worked for ya keep doing it just let the fish go as soon as you take a pic of it so you know the bed will be safe from other fish

I use a white jig for the beds.

If you fish the beds and you throw a jig that potentially posses a threat to the bass like a perch colored bait they will annihilate it !!!

So yes I will jig a fish bed but very slowly if you keep throwing a bait that is fished too fast the fish will not see it as a threat.

BUT I ALWAYS catch and release bedded fish !!!!!

On the rare occasions I bed fish a Jig is my #1 weapon of choice...uh well maybe 2nd to a lizard

standard operating procedure.

Jigs, tubes, and lizards . . . . oh yeah. 

Bass will attack any egg eaters that get near their eggs. Crawdads, minnows, bluegill, salamanders, carp  are egg eaters.

White/chartreuse jigs have been a standard bed lure for decades.

WRB

Jigs are often very effective. This year I've been bed fishing a white chaterbait with a lake fork magic shad trailer and the bass absolutelly crush it! Slowly reel it up to their bed and then drop it in the bed lift it once to get that chatter going and let it drop back in they're bed and just watch them inhale the lure set hook hard and have fun

Hey all....

Was bed fishing yesterday when the wind kicked up big time. Out of sheer laziness, and an attempt for a little better control of my bait, I started throwing a jig to the beds...the bass did not like this at all!!! I got some killer reactions and caught some nice fish. When I think of site fishing, I don't usually think of jig fishing but?????????

Of course,you can use jigs anywhere anytime.

Thanks guys....

I'll join the club then!!!

I always IMMEDIATELY release bed fish.ASAP.

Alan (bassnajr)

Thanks guys....

I'll join the club then!!!

I always IMMEDIATELY release bed fish.ASAP.

Alan (bassnajr)

Why were you serving sushi at your house last night then?

;D

I use a white hair jig for bed fishing. It works well and a bed fish does not like a jig in its bed. It will tick them off quicker than anything.

Thanks guys....

I'll join the club then!!!

I always IMMEDIATELY release bed fish.ASAP.

Alan (bassnajr)

Why were you serving sushi at your house last night then?

Shhhhh!!!! I told everyone it was tuna..(and the pickerel was octopus)!!!!

;D

Tried a new jig today...blue gill color....UNBELIEVEABLE!!!

They didn't want that thing anywhere near the bed!!!

Gotta grab a few white jigs though........

Ran into two guys today who said they caught 25 bass, all on a jig in the shallows.