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My favorite techniques:
I personally fish a jig and pig as a crayfish imitator only therefore I think to
myself what the traits of a crayfish are. They crawl on the bottom and burrow
under rocks or debris on the bottom of the lake.
When I make a cast I let the bait sink, you must always watch your line, a lot
of times they will hit it on the initial fall and your line will either twitch,
stop before it should, or start going sideways, when this happens reel up the
slack and set the hook. If the bait makes it to the bottom I will wait about 3
or 4 seconds and then drag it about 6-8 inches (Right now he’s just cruising on
the bottom), then pause, after 3-4 seconds drag again, and repeat this. Once I
feel any obstruction, I pause then shake without dragging, I feel this simulates
the crayfish trying to burrow under whatever obstacle it just bumped into. Then
I give it 2 quick very short snaps, this would simulate the crayfish fleeing
from a predator, then let it hit bottom and repeat the whole process. A lot of
times right after the pause when you go to drag again it will feel heavy, set
the hook. Hook sets are free, If you haven’t fished a jig a lot , it takes time
before you can get a really good handle on determining fish bites from
obstructions. Practice makes perfect and when in doubt set the hook.
That's for mostly open water hump style fishing and beating a bank. In cover I
like to throw it in the nastiest stuff possible and shake it around then repeat
casting to it (pretty much pick it to pieces.)
Don't ever think there is such a thing as to shallow, I use to cast to about a
foot off shore till a guy on the back of my boat beat me bad, the fish were in
that spot right on the bank, now I cast to were I'm pretty much hitting the
shoreline.
Those are just a few of the ways I fish a jig that have been very successful for
me. It’s always good to try new techniques whether you use any of the above or
create your own, it’s good to experiment.
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