Swim jigs are great baits anytime of the year, especially in the spring when the bass move into the shallows.
Pairing and rigging the right trailer with an appropriate swim jig will greatly increase the number of bass you attract and catch when fishing swim jigs.
Take a few moments and see how pairing different swim jigs and trailers can increase your catching success
No I am not suggesting that you "Jimmy Houston" each bass that crosses the gunwale during the spawn. 🤣
But I do agree with bass pro Stetson Blaylock that at times we make bass fishing more complicated than it needs to be!
Take a moment as Mr. Blaylock gives his thoughts on why it's best to Keep It Simple Stupid when fishing for spawning bass...
All anglers realize the benefit a good pair of polarized sunglasses provides in both eye protection and in spotting objects beneath the surface.
Beyond the different frame styles, the next obvious difference in the world of sunglasses is the coloration or tint of the lenses. There's grey, green, brown, amber, copper, blue and the list goes on...
The question is ... are all those different lens tints just for aesthetics or is there a special characteristic/use for each tint?
Well it seems there is...
Take a moment to look over the following graphic and see I mean!
Source: Fix.com Blog
In the spirit of sharing useful insight from other bass anglers, here is a great summary article by Ron Kurucz recently posted on Ezine Articles:
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10 Tips For Spring Bass
By Ron Kurucz
Spring may be the best time of the year to catch largemouth bass, but lots of fishermen don’t make the most of it. Far too many of us tend to fish the same way day after day, randomly casting along shorelines in a hit or miss fashion. If the bass don’t cooperate, we figure they just aren’t feeding and let it go at that. Sure, we manage to catch a few bass, but that’s because even a blind hog will find an acorn occasionally. If this sounds familiar, it’s time to make some changes. This means giving more thought to things like weather, water temperature and the changing patterns bass adapt to as they go through their long spawning cycles.
The following tactics can get you started on the right track. Use them and you’ll not only catch more bass this spring, but you’ll also have a much better shot at hooking into a lunker.
1. Get Started Early:
One thing that bass have in common with us is that they think about spawning a long time before they get around to it. That means largemouths – and especially the biggest females – often begin making forays into shallows to check out spawning areas weeks, even months, before the first leaves appear on the trees. During this prespawn period, it’s not unusual to make outstanding catches in March and April, even February or earlier from the mid-Atlantic states on south. One key is to fish during warm spells in the early spring, especially if these periods last several days. It doesn’t take a heat wave to launch big bass on a feeding spree. Often daytime highs in the upper 50s will do it. Look for two distinct patterns. If it’s still early in the spring, fish points and deeper shorelines in water four to eight feet deep using spinnerbaits, rattling minnow lures, jig n pigs or diving crankbaits. Bass use these mid-depths as transitional staging areas before they move shallow into the shallows. Don’t neglect the shallows, however. Even early, big bass often move inshore, but a cold snap will quickly force them back to deeper water. When you find bass in shallow areas, they’ll be hungry. Try them with spinnerbaits, rattling lures or shallow diving minnow imitations.
2. Fish the Weather Fronts:
Those warm periods in the spring are frequently followed by bitter, fast moving cold fronts. Knowledgeable bass fishermen learn to look for these patterns because the best fishing is likely to occur on the last warm day before that sharp cold front passes through. Sometimes fishing peaks as the wind begins to rise and the weather deteriorates. Ideally, you’d like to start fishing in your shirt sleeves and finish in a goose down jacket. Slow moving fronts that don’t create sharp and rapid drops in temperature aren’t usually as reliable, but they may still provide decent fishing. After a cold front passes you’ll almost invariably have very poor fishing the first couple of cold, clear days.
3. Keep Track of the Water Temperature:
Ask a dozen anglers what their favorite baits are for any situation and you're likely to get 13 answers 🤣
And when it comes to favorite search baits, it's no different!
Watch and see what bass pro Alex Davis lists as his three favorite search baits...
Chatterbait .... check ... though to me it's a toss-up with the spinnerbait
Swim jig .... maybe ... but my choice is a soft swim bait or swimming grub
Drop shot .... not so sure about that one 😁 ... some sort of crankbait or topwater depending on season for me
How about you?
