I haven't really fished jigs since last summer. I'd rather use a T-rigged weightless plastic where other people would use a (casting) jig. With the water quite cold, the recent front and everything, and the price of senkos as they are, I decided to try my hand at jigs the last three days at my local lake (fishing from the shore).

Setup: 3/8 oz Stanley finesse jig, came pre-rigged with a craw trailer, Powell Max 7'3" MXF spinning, Shimano Sonora, 6/30 Daiwa Samurai mainline with 10 lb Stren Fluorocast leader.

Caught about 10 fish on this combo over the last three days, including a 3 pounder. Nothing big, but then I was fishing from the shore. I'd guess a lot of the big ones are deeper now. I fished the jig almost like a T-Rigged plastic; cast it out, let it sink, let it sit for 10+ seconds, give it one twitch or a gentle pull, and let it sit some more, repeat. That simple technique caught most of the fish. I got them on the deeper side of a creek-channel drop in a cove. A couple of the fish were caught while swimming the jig. Actually I was fishing it like a spinnerbait really. Yo-yoing, or jerking the jig, and letting it sink.

I also caught a little 12" guy on a 1/2 oz Booyah Boo jig with a Yamamoto flapping hog trailer. And I thought jigs caught bigger fish only

Nice job, and those are some seriously skinny bass

Jigs are an awesome tool! One of my favorites. Congrats on the fish those things are skinny!

I catch little ones here too but a little fish is better than no fish. Good Job with the jigs!

This is my local lake, so I fish it a lot. IMO this lake has a severe problem of overpopulation and stunting. There are a lot of bluegill/ crappie fishermen, and I've seen them carry away HUGE stringers. I've never caught any bass out of this lake that can be remotely called fat, and only a few that I'd call healthy. Out of the several hundred bass I caught out of this lake last year, there was only one 8 pounder, and a couple of 3+. All three were quite skinny. That, I believe, says something. If the bigger fish can't find much to eat, I can guess that the smaller ones are starving.

I tried a variation of jigging this weekend, I was using deep water sling jigs, butterfly and diamond jigs. You gotta be young with a strong back, just wore me out, but it's very productive, we caught some aj's & kings.