| Jigs are one of the oldest artificial
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| | a host of other shapes and actions are
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| baits used in angling. The earliest
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| | also available. Stick to these two common
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| examples used a weighted hooks with
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| | types and you will no trouble attracting
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| animal hairs or bird feathers tied to
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| | those lunker bass.
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| them. The jigs used today are still just
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| | One light style is the tube jig, its a
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| that simple, but come in a wide variety
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| | split-skirted plastic sheath that covers
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| of styles. By adding an assortment of
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| | the jig head. You can use standard heads
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| jigs to your tackle box will make you a
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| | with them, but the newer elongated
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| much more versatile and consistently
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| | styles, developed for tubes specifically
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| productive bass angler.
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| | are of course best. When using a tube you
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| Jigs can be broken down into two general
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| | can also use fish scents to help attract
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| catagories; those that are designed for
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| | more bass. Heres a great bass fishing
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| light-line use, for smallmouth and finese
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| | tip, put a few small chunks of
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| largemouth bass fishing; and those
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| | alkaseltser in your tubes the bubbles
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| designed for the heavier line and
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| | created will drive the bass crazy. The
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| largemouth bass in and around cover.
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| | bubbles will also attract bass from a
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| The light-line jigs are a lot less bulky
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| | longer distance.
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| than their larger cousins. The hooks are
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| | Be sure to use light jigs for largemouth
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| also a lot smaller. Relatively snag-free
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| | and smallmouth bass in open-water
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| conditions are fished with these jigs,
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| | situations. When you are fishing in heavy
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| allowing the use of spinning outfits with
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| | cover, switch to bulkier flipping jigs
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| 6 to 10 pound (2.7 to 4.5 kg) lines.
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| | with weed guards to help keep them from
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| Jig heads come in a large number of
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| | fouling or snagging. These baits usually
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| varieties, but a few basic styles are all
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| | have rubber or plastic skirts and large
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| you really need to get yourself started.
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| | hooks. They work great with a pork rind,
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| The standard ball-head is a great choice
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| | plastic or one of the newer trailers.
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| to begin with. However, the banna shaped
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| | They also add bulk and action and help
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| head will snag a lot less vegetation in
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| | slow down the jigs fall to better imitate
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| the weedy situations you get into. Other
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| | a crayfish or other creature. Use
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| styles, like the arrowheads, can be used
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| | flipping jigs when fishing short-range
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| in both situations. Add to them a new
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| | targets, such as docks, submerged stumps,
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| array of sliders, rockers and wobblers
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| | or holes in heavy vegetations and
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| are used mainly by walleye anglers, but
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| | weedbeds. To pull large bass out of this
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| horizontally flattened sliders are useful
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| | heavy stuff, use strong baitcasting
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| for fishing over and around shallow bass
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| | equipment.
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| cover.
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| | Jigs come in an assortment of colours.
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| One of the oldest jig dressings is buck
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| | Try to match the forage of the water body
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| tail. When worked properly, the deer
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| | you are fishing. Blacks, browns, and
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| hairs pulsate as the jig is pumped
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| | orange are the standard. When they fail
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| through the water to resemble a darting
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| | to fool the bass, experiment with the
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| minnow or baitfish. There is no built in
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| | brighter colours, such as yellow,
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| action to jigs. The plastic rails are the
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| | chartreuse, orange, red, or blue. For
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| easiest jigs to use. Their actions
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| | clear-water smallmouth bass the smoke
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| attract bass and can be worked
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| | bodies are effective. Just experiment and
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| effectively even by the novice angler.
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| | get out there and go fishing.
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| Twister tails, shad tails, twin tails and
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