Try Swim Jigs Around Wood for Fall Bass

When most bass anglers think of lures for fall bass fishing their attention usually targets spinnerbaits, buzzbaits, jerkbaits and shallow-running crankbaits. 

What's one bait that is often overlooked? A swim jig especially when fishing around shallow wood in the backs of creeks or on points!

Cobining it's extremely snagless design, the range of weights available and the ability to use a variety of different trailers, a swim jig, the swim jig can be the perfect choice for a presentation to work through woody cover that many fall bass never see!

Take a moment and watch the following short video discussing the use of swim jigs for fall bassin'

Though the video discusses one company's swim jig, the same principle can be applied to your favorite swim jig brand as well!

Check out Omnia Fishing's great selection of swim jig gear by clicking on the following link!

Omnia's Swim Jig Gear

Fishing the Swim Jig

Fishing a bass jig with a craw-type trailer almost seems natural to most bass anglers but there is one jig-fishing technique (namely the swim jig) that is a mystery to many.

Unlike conventional jig fishing techniques such as bottom-hopping, pitching or flipping, the swim jig method uses an actual swimming retrieve rather than the standard drop, hop or dragging presentations.

Though a straight swimming approach is preferred by many, experimenting with different retrieves such as stop and go, imparting a rise and fall action during the retrieve, or imparting a pulsing effect can be pure dynamite …

Working Laydowns with Swim Jigs

Shoreline laydowns offed fish of all types not only a place of refuge but also points of ambush especially for gamefish like bass.

Though many lures can be used to fish laydowns, a swim jig can be a highly effective tool since it imitates different types of forage, is extremely snag-proof and can be fished with a variety of retrieves including dead-sticking when necessary.

Want to learn more about fishing a swim jig in laydowns?

Watch this video from the W2F folks and learn why swim jigs are such effective tools when fishing laydowns

Swim Jigs for Spring Bass

It's springtime, the bass are moving across the shallows gearing up to spawn and the water is clean.

Reaction baits can be the ticket to connect with bass roaming the edges or holding around shallow cover  but noisy blade baits like spinnerbaits and chatterbaits can turn bass off.

If blade baits are to much, a swim jig and trailer can be the subtle alternative to trigger strikes from shallow bass!

One of the better swim jig anglers around is bass pro Bill Lowen. 

Take a few moments to watch Lowen crush bass on a 1/4 oz swim jig and trailer combo as well as provide some great tips to advance your swim jig fishing skills...

Tricking Out Your Swim Jig

Some of the best tips are those providing a simple approach for creating innovative solutions to problems...

This video on "tricking out your swim jig" shows a very interesting method to modify a standard swim jig using the same technique we do when adding trailer hooks to spinnerbaits and buzzbaits but...

Rather than just adding a hook however, a blade and swivel is added letting you create your own spin jig from materials you have in your box...

Now that you have seen how to make your own swim jig spinner rig, you can adapt it to any jig or even a spinnerbait or chatterbait for that matter ;)

Fishing Transition Areas Using Swim Jigs

Anytime bass are moving from deep water to the shallows, they will stop at key transition areas like secondary points, rock piles or any type of wood along their path to feed…

Since these transitional bass are actively feeding during

Swim Jig Fishing Tips

Flippin', pitchin', hoppin' and draggin'...

That's what jig fishing is all about right?

If you are thinking ... yup, give a listen to what Omega Tackle Pro, Casey Martin has to say about it :)