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Nik Autrey
2015-03-02 09:14:18

Swim Jig Fishing


I want to talk about a little bit about my first two tournaments of the year and how I"m going to approach them. Here in Washington we have had a very mild winter and spring has come a little early. Most of the lakes already have thawed out! This never happens this early in the year up here! Both of the lakes that we are going to for the tournaments are shallow lakes and they have a lot of vegetation in them. Although right now all the grass is dead, it wont be long before it starts to grow again once the lakes warm up. The fish in these lakes (largemouth bass) will get vary shallow once the ice melts. I'm talking in less then a foot of water! I caught fish in one of these lakes last March in less then a foot of water and the water temperature was 40 degrees! They really like to get shallow around whatever vegetation they can find. One of my favorite ways to target these shallow largemouth is with a V&M Pacemaker Pulse Swim Jig. They flat out eat this bait early in the spring! I like to fish it around grass or lily pad stems. Even though the water is cold the pad stems have already started to grow and are about six to twelve inches off of the bottom. All of the other types of grasses in these lakes are dead. The pads start to grow before anything else. The largemouth will use these pad stems as cover to ambush bluegill and perch that are in the pads as well. That's why the Pulse Swim Jig is so effective this time of year. It mimics the exact forage that the bass are eating. I like to use a V&M Thunder Shad Jr. as a trailer with the jig because it has a great swimming action and when matched with the jig, the combination looks just like a bluegill. I like to fish the Pulse swim jig with a slow to medium retrieve, fast enough to keep the jig swimming right at the top of the pad stems that are only six to twelve inches off the bottom. The bass will go crazy! I use at least 16 lbs fluorocarbon with the swim jig. I don't use anything lighter then 16 lbs because the fish do have cover that they can get me hung up in. This is a great way to catch early season bass! The V&M Pulse swim jig with a V&M Thunder Shad Jr. is a deadly combination early in the spring time! Next time you are out fishing a lake in the spring that has shallow vegetation give the Pulse Swim jig and Thunder Shad Jr. a try, you wont be disappointed! "Do Whatever It Takes" Nik Autrey
2 anglers like this post
Mar 07, 2015 07/03/15
Brad Paradis
Love to toss the swim jig...good info Nik. Now we just need the weather here in the great white north to change so we can start throwing swim jigs!
Mar 04, 2015 04/03/15
Mike Bowler
Thanks for sharing, good luck in your events this year.
Mar 02, 2015 02/03/15
Paul Hall
Sounds like a good combination
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