So I went to a friends pond, it's a pond in his appartment complex...most of the bass were already off the beds, in Jacksonville,FL.

Condition was rainy and chilly, anyways I got my first bass of the year of a jig and my first ever jig-bass...had on a female approx 5lbs she did manage to surface throwing my jig out of her mouth....poor hook set. I'm still lesrning how to set the hook when a female on a bed bites...I have always rememberd on bass shows or tournements when the pro watches the line and that was my mistake, I was waiting on a thump.

Send that warm weather my way! If our weather keeps up I should be able to land a bass in the boat by the end of March or no later than April 10th which is early for up here. Just need the ice to melt

It will be patient and it will def. pay off.

I hear you. That is the hardest part for me when using a Jig. After the tick, I have to make a concerted effort to lower the rod tip to reel in any slack in the line, then give it the old heave-ho hook set. I used to lose fish once and a while because I was so excited I had one, I wouldn't reel in the slack before setting the hook. It still happens once and a while.