where (what type of cover) when (fall?? summer?? winter?? spring??) and how (different techniques) to fish it.

I fish stained water so i thought natural colors would work but I'm not sure

thanks for the help

Rock, wood, and grass

All year long

Dirty water darker jigs (black and blue) and clear water natrual colored jigs (green pumpkin and watermelon)

Flip, pitch or cast

Drag, hop or swim

The way you can fish a jig is endless!!

Rock, wood, and grass

All year long

Dirty water darker jigs (black and blue) and clear water natrual colored jigs (green pumpkin and watermelon)

Flip, pitch or cast

Drag, hop or swim

The way you can fish a jig is endless!!

Couldn't said it any better.

Great post CB!!

BB

Here ya go:

http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1189609782

8-)

thanks guys that really helped

Here ya go:

http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1189609782

8-)

post #3 should be printed and framed.

Rock, wood, and grass

All year long

Dirty water darker jigs (black and blue) and clear water natrual colored jigs (green pumpkin and watermelon)

Flip, pitch or cast

Drag, hop or swim

The way you can fish a jig is endless!!

I have a question.

I fish a clear deep lake and almost always rocky points. How far away from the boat would you fish a jig? Not swimming it.

Rock, wood, and grass

All year long

Dirty water darker jigs (black and blue) and clear water natrual colored jigs (green pumpkin and watermelon)

Flip, pitch or cast

Drag, hop or swim

The way you can fish a jig is endless!!

I have a question.

I fish a clear deep lake and almost always rocky points. How far away from the boat would you fish a jig? Not swimming it.

I hop the jig down ledges, or bouncing the rocks back to the boat. In very deep water I will usually not make a very far cast because I can't feel what is going on with my lure. For smallmouth I normally use a brown and black bear hair jig with an Uncle Josh pork frog trailer.

Rock, wood, and grass

All year long

Dirty water darker jigs (black and blue) and clear water natrual colored jigs (green pumpkin and watermelon)

Flip, pitch or cast

Drag, hop or swim

The way you can fish a jig is endless!!

I have a question.

I fish a clear deep lake and almost always rocky points. How far away from the boat would you fish a jig? Not swimming it.

I fished a tournament last year at Lake Amistad. I was fishing a 1/2 and 3/4 football jigs in 40 foot of water. The water was so clear that I could see the bottom. It was like looking into the fish tank at BPS. I was using a 7'0 MH rod with 17lb Floro. I would make the longest cast I could and feed out line till the jig would hit the bottom. I was dragging the jig behind the boat. I caught 27 1/2lb on that spot and my boater only had one 2 1/2lb fish. What I believe was happening was that he was fishing too close to the boat. I think the trolling motor was spooking the fish. They would circle back around behind the boat and inhale my jig. If the water is clear get the bait away from the boat. The trolling motor, electronics, banging rod lockers, ect. can all have a effect on the fish IMO.

I read a artical the other day about casting to docks. The angler said that if your sitting at the dinner table and someone places a nice steak in front of you, you will eat the steak. Now if someone throws a steak though the window and hits the ceilling fan and comes crashing down onto the table you are most likely not doing to eat the steak. It's the same with the way you present a bait to a fish. If the bait is presented in a soft gentle way without a loud clanking manner. The fish is more likely to take the bait.

Hope it hepled!!

CB

Well, if you are sight fishing or targeting very

specific spots in quite water, silent entry is

probably the ticket. However, I think in most

cases, a big splash attracts more fish than are

scared away.

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I agree with roadwarrior!  The only time I'm really concerned with a super soft entry, is when fishing really skinny water.

In really clear water, I do like to make as long of a cast as possible, expesially when fishing points!