When I made another cast to the brush and caught a third bass over two pounds, I was beginning to like the bait. That brushpile didn't produce any more fish so I moved out to one on a hump in deeper water. The first cast to it produced a strike. That bass weighed 6 3/4 pounds on my DeLiar hand-held scales and convinced me a jig and pig really would catch fish. I always have one tied on now, especially from October to April.
I like a 3/8ths ounce Stanley jig and my favorite color is black with chartreuse strands in the skirt. I use a #11 Uncle Josh's pork frog trailer on it. This bait is light enough to fish in brush, around blowdowns and across rocks without getting hung up too much. I like to slide it along the structure like a crawling crawfish. I will hop it every few feet, like a crayfish that has been scared.
When I pull it up on a limb I will let it fall back a couple of times before bringing it over the limb. A jig and pig is also good for flipping around heavy cover. When flipping I go to a heavier jig, usually 5/8 ounce, with the same colors and trailer. It is dropped in the middle of thick brush, down beside dock pilings and around the trunk of a laydown tree. Fishing slowly around cover like this is a good way to catch a quality bass.
Give a jig and pig a try. Let me know how you do or tell me about a past experience with this bait. Send me a about it at and I may use it in the "Fishtales" section where readers stories are displayed.
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