The main reason people don’t get bit on a jig is because they don’t fish it long enough to get bit. They hear it’s something they can use all year around and it catches bigger fish and can always get bit. They throw it for 10 minutes and don’t get a bite they take it off and go with one of their confidence baits.

Randy, there’s some old VHS footage making it’s way around the internet where you flooded your boat at Kerr to fit under a bridge. BALLS.

Hi Randy. You say at the beginning of every video, "thanks for taking time to tune in to the video". I want to say thank you for taking time out of your day to make these videos. I am always looking for tips and tricks to improve my skills. I have learned a lot from your videos. Keep them coming.

The simple little hook with lead is deceptively advanced. There is an old saying, “the height of sophistication is simplicity”, it definitely applies here. Great vid.

Love that quote "The Big Fish Hop" 100% true IMO - as always, Great Content Randy, excited for the indepth videos.

Hey Randy, please consider creating a generalized jig aid chart which includes which weight, color, size jig to use. I would definitely buy a few. Thank you for your time.

Wow thanks Randy! That was the best foundational jig fishing primer I have ever heard. TMI? No way! The beauty of KZfaq is replay and more replay as needed. I’m saving this one for future reference. I am happy to report I was nodding in agreement on colors, sizes, and water clarity because you have taught me much about these concepts. I’m starting to catch on without a bunch of notes! Thank you again for sharing all your great knowledge and experience. I definitely will keep jigs rigged and ready at all times!

Thank you for this video! I love fishing a jig but definitely don’t get bit as much as I would like!

Great info! Thanks Randy.

A great aid to understanding what you are describing would be to show an example. I’m new to bass fishing.

Good stuff! Very clear and concise! Thanks a bunch!

Some great tips. Wow. Can't wait for more jig topics. Thanks

After reading a good bit of the comments here my best advice. Buy some economical jigs in a 3/8 oz. size in Black and Blue color only! Trim the fiber weed guard on the jig equal with the barb of the jig hook . Trim the jig skirt to approx. 1/4 inch below the bend of the jig hook. Buy a couple bags of Zoom Salty Chunks (Black ) The plastic equivalent of the old #11 pork chunk. Grab a fast action rod you feel comfortable using, rig up your jig…..you can either thread on the Salty Chunk trailer or just put the hook through the meaty portion of the chunk… here is “ The Juice” as Randy likes to say…..Take only your 6 or 8 jigs and your two bags of trailers with you to the lake, leave everything else but, your fishing license and sunscreen at the house!! Concentrate on fishing in water 10 feet or less until you get comfortable with the jig. Randy gave some great tips on how to work the jig. Remember the key = No other Tackle until you catch a few fish on the jig…..Challenge yourself! It will be worth the effort once you get the hang of it. Good Fish’n Rob

Thanks Randy. Good luck with your new venture.

Thanks I’ll definitely be watching this again in spring. It’s not often I’ll use a jig but I’ve just got back into fishing last year. Thanks for all the tips.

And excellent video Randy. Lots of good, specific info.

Great video! Thanks for sharing your info

Outstanding information Randy!! More jig videos please. Always tried fishing jigs with little success. Because I didn't know what I should be doing. Thanks again and keep the videos coming.

Great content as always. Thank you

Totally right on the jig!The hopping reaction bite of a jig crawdad combo rules in certain places,at certain times!🤙

Randy Thank you awesome information on jig fishing.. I fish from shore and can't wait to try and improve my jig fishing..... Again Thank you

I used to struggle with jigs back in the day but it was a confidence deal for me. Now it's my favorite way to fish for bass!

Great content! I agree that main reason people say they dont get bit, or dont have any confidence in the jig and / or their ability to catch fish on a jig is lack of time fishing a jig. They have to spend some time with them and once they have had a few bites on them, they will develope confidence and continue to make the jig part of their bass fishing arsenal. I know this was a a problem I had.

Great stuff Randy. I’ve struggled with Jigs for years!

Thanks for sharing 👍

Can’t wait to try your new jig! Got some ordered

Love it! That's my most confident fishing bait.. thanks for the knowledge on specific always giving us the juice!!!!

Dude you always have the best advice so much knowledge u have..I can tell u have a Tru passion for fishing and learning about all bass species's...lots of guys do it for likes, I feel like u are genuine and truly want to help hard core anglers catch more fish..thank u for your time u give u..I for one appreciate what u have to say..take care God bless

Great video. Look forward to more on fishing jigs

Thank you so much for this info👍👍

That’s pure gold on the content!

Best jig video in a long time. I learned jig fishing on TB. You've enhanced that. I've done it one time, caught 3.5 pound bass on third strike in 15 minutes, broke my darn rod! I'll be back!

Thanks for all your videos Randy much appreciated here in Kentucky

Awesome video Randy. I’ll definitely put these tips to use. I find myself struggling when using a jig, however downsizing to a finesse jig has produced more bites. Haven’t landed any hogs but definitely have caught more fish.

Awesome video! Thanks Randy. I will defnitely fish jigs more.

Thanks for the video. I can't wait to put those new jigs to work. I'm excited to see how the black and chartreuse do in my area. 😎

Thanks for this. I stink at jig fishing. Absolutely abysmal. Part of it is not understanding some of the ideas you spoke about and then most likely giving up to soon. Looks like this year is a jig year. Need to put the time, effort and education to work. I appreciate the valuable instruction.

This topic is definitely for me. I see guys talk about how they'd choose a jig over everything and I've caught exactly one bass in my life on a jig....anxious to hear this.

Keep it up love your videos

Thank you, Randy,

I do agree that hopping a jig can generate reaction bites and some big bass. It has been my own personal experience that most of my bigger bass that I have caught have come from slowly dragging a jig through some piece of cover or as that jig clears the piece of cover. I also catch big bass slowly dragging a jig over rocks on the bottom. I believe both method can generate big bass bites. The most important thing I can stress is the same thing that Randy said and that is to keep fishing the jig. Don’t put the jig rod down too soon simply because you have not gotten a bite in 10 or 15 of even 20 minutes. I can’t tell you how many times I have caught big bass with a jig using repeated casts to some piece of cover. And when I do finally get that bite, trust me, it is usually a bigger bass

So much info on jigs!😵there is always something to learn from Randy

Thanks Randy!

Great information as always Trying to be a better jig angler. You definitely help me improve my success. thanks Randy

I also had white or white/chartreuse 😉 especially when fishing behind someone. Fluke/bass assassin trailer in stained river system with emergent grass. Another great video 👆

Great job spot on even though I know this from learning and on water all time I always learn something to help thanks Randy buddy great info

Sometimes I'll take a mini twist micro still bit, it's small size like an ink pen... and drill tiny holes in pork trailer.. tiny air bubbles.. soft plastic trailer I will use a syringe..8 or 10 holes, takes only seconds to do, thanks randy, keep videos rolling!

Really enjoyed this one. I have 0 confidence in throwing a jig and normally give up and throw a ned or a shakey head after 30 minutes. I catch a lot of fish but probably miss out on good fish by doing that. This video and your on the water one where you caught one while just trying to explain how to work it over a laydown have encouraged me to give them more time on the water.

Thanks Randy for the tips enjoyed the video’s

thanks Randy. I fished for other species for years and have just really gotten into bass over the past couple years (since i retired) Great info for someone like me who is learning jig fishing and just starting to feel a little comfortable with it but really need some improved foundational underpinnings to take it to a higher level.

Great vid Randy!

Excellent

Great info for us beginners at jig fishing

Lot of good solid advice!!! Totally agree it took me actually only bringing a box of jigs and fish it all day a couple times before I gained confidence in it .

Good deal. I don't throw a jig like most do. Can't build up any confidence in them cause can't get em to eat it. Definitely needed this video

Great content !

Awesome video.

Yes! Spot on info. I fish jigs every day and seldom get skunked! 😁

I love the all of the videos, I am a fan of the old school techniques, I'm a 36 year old guy that swears by it, I crush my buddies out on the lake with the old Charlie Brewer slider techniques, I just ordered six of your jigs,me being on the fineness side,i ordered the 1/4 size and can't wait to take the Nitro out and try them.

A jig hands down is one of the best lures. You can fish it anywhere and anytime of year. Great vid!!!

Interesting thoughts for sure. I agree

Loving the hat!!!😁good topic and I'll give it a try🤓come on 75k!!!

I have been fishing a jig now for a year and a half and I have learned that a jig is some you have to spend a lot of time with you are not gonna get a lot of bites but the ones that you do get you to have to be ready for its almost like fish for a trophy bass you are not gonna get a lot of bits but the ones that you get you to have to be ready when fishing a jig you have to have a different mindset

Everything you said is true. I have to say that there have been times when the only way I could get bit on a jig was to fish it painstakingly slow with a slow drag. One of my favorite jig combos foe dirty water is a Black and Chartreuse with a black and blue trailer. Sounds crazy I know but it works. I have also had really good success with a green pumpkin Chartreuse in dirty water as well. Good stuff as usual dude!

I went out experimenting with jig presentations last week. All same color, same trailer just different weights. 5/16-3/8-1/2. Shallow dirty water about 10 inches visibility, water temps 85ish. Fishing mainly transition banks with laydowns in 2-7' of water. Absolutely smoked them on the 5/16ths, caught a few on the 3/8ths, didn't get a bite on the 1/2oz. Just one experiment but the only thing i can figure is that 5/16ths was hanging around just a bit longer in the zone than the other two and for sure had a more swimming gliding action when slipping it over limbs. All black/blue ball heads with a Zoom super chunk black/blue threaded trailer.

I think people get overwhelmed, too. Jig fishing does NOT have to be a complicated facet of your fishing if you don’t want it to be. Jigs are in my top 3 confidence baits so I have all types of stuff but I started out with two patterns…bluegill swimjig and a black/blue pitching jig. To this day, with dozens (possibly hundreds) of jigs, I really only use three trailer types. If you’re new to jigs, just get a nice swimjig/paddle and a pitching jig/trailer that instills confidence. If you dedicate just one or two outings to jig fishing, you’ll probably have a new confidence bait by the end. I promise, it’s not a mysterious/advanced/unknowable form of bass fishing AT ALL.

Jigs!…That’s where the fun is. 🎣 Randy, I’m sure it would be helpful for rookies and old timers (like myself) to hear your thoughts on the difference between a jig bite and other strikes on plastic baits etc.

Very good info, Thanks. Maybe you could talk about stained water and spring fishing using jigs in the Northern waters.

Randy, I appreciate you sharing the time for finesse jigs when you’re not in heavy cover. I think of finesse jigs only when fish are finicky and pressured or cold water. Sounds like I need to keep a finesse jigs tied up more often and try it first on stump edges, lay down isolated logs, dock pilings, and save the bigger jig for heavier cover. Hoping this helps improve my number if bites.

Thanks Randy! I really need to figure out the jig game. Fishing Tablerock I've just relying on 1/2 oz football jig in PB&J or black and blue with a rage tail trailer. I don't see the success that everybody talks about. I've caught a couple but not what I should be catching. If you put some more jig videos out I'll keep watching them.

Awesome Randy just awesome I never seen so many dynamite 🧨 jig videos in one week hey I remember when I first started watching intuitive angleing and I said to you come on let's make a Randy blauket jig and here it is a year later THE OLD SCHOOL JIG Randy I was hoping sales would be good right away congratulations Randy . All right Randy now I want to see THE OLD SCHOOL SWIM JIG . Thanks bro what better of a teacher could you possibly get and Randy intuitive angleing is the NUMBER ONE U TUBE Channel period nobody gives this great information . GOD bless you and your family your pal fisherman Mike.

Learned to fish a jig by only carrying them. Made myself learn the “do’s” and don’ts”,,,, now wouldn’t go without one tied on!!!

I feel the main reason people don’t get but is bc they aren’t fishing it long enough because the typical jig is uncomfortable without the right rod setup.

Good video

I appreciate you sharing your secrets and knowledge everyday! I listen and learn as a co angler. I have been successful using several of your bait modifications.. I am somewhat O C D so attention to detail is everything and I can control that! Keep posting to make me an even better angler! #RippinLipsInc on You Tube !

Daaaaaddy!!!! LOL....I feel your pain brother!

Randy it sure would be neat to see videos of guided trips you do and the techniques you use while on the water.

I love fishing a jig it's my favorite.

Some stuff I haven’t heard before. I finally started catching some on jigs a couple of years ago.

I fish a couple lakes with buddies and NONE of us do well with jigs in weeds. Just about any bait is better than a jig. We've done ok (not great mind you) with jigs in rivers and by rocks or hard bottoms but never by or in vegetation. My theory is we all know bass will NOT hit baits that are fouled with weeds and maybe the skirts on jigs simply look like weeds to them. What in real life forage looks like a jig with a skirt? Sure, the skirt has unique action but not like anything a bass eats regularly. Randy speaks a lot about Bass being smarter than people think, thousands of years of instinct, etc. and this theory fits perfectly with that.

Hey Randy: You explained well what makes for a slow fall, but I didn't understand if/when the GOAL is to get a slow fall vs a fast fall.

I drag it on the bottom in the winter similar to a Carolina rig

Good info-thanks for providing. Last year was the first year I made an effort to fish with jigs more often. I must say...all the different jig styles and applications can be a bit daunting sometimes. My question for you is what considerations do you make with jigs in heavy current? Fishing in the Detroit up here....there are times when getting to the bottom with any bait is a real task. Thanks for your work!!!

Jigs catch bigger fish, so by nature you get fewer bites. Have to be patient, experiment with size/color/weight/retrieve until the fish tell you what they want. Do it enough times and you start to put the patterns together (takes less time to get bit). The learning curve is frustrating at first, but when you finally get a feel for it, you will never NOT have one tied on.

East TN here. For me it’s mostly structure jigs and football jigs 1/2-3/4

Randy thank you for all you do. Absolutely phenomenal content! My home lake is Clark’s hill and is predominantly spotted bass. Would you throw some stuff out there on that particular species? I’m struggling

Randy, I would like to introduce perhaps another scenario. As a graphic designer, I use the three primary screen colors of R, G, B red, green and blue. I have found by using only three jig colors I am able to have success regardless of water color or sky conditions. They can see one of these three colors.

I not a good jig fisherman. I just go to a worm instead. I do have couple green pumpkin football head jigs & never had bite on either. I've never caught a jig fish. I will definitely b trying these techniques this season. Your absolutely right it's just not enough time out on water with them... & Not fishing them with best of technics.

Now this is the “juice”!

I had a hard time using jigs also but i figured out it was just a matter of casting it in the right area.

It’s easy to get stuck on a confidence bait. I used to throw nothing but spinnerbait and crankbait. Couldn’t catch anything on a chatterbait or jig. Now I use the heck out of them both. Like you said, you gotta give them a chance. Spend some time building confidence. If I had to throw away every lure I owned and could only keep one. Likely be a jig.

I think the reason many people don’t get bit on jigs is because their so versatile and therefore so many variables come into play when deciding how to fish them

Last year I had a mediocre year tournament fishing and caught 40% of my fish I weighed on a jig. My best seasons it’s generally 75-80%. I think people have trouble gaining confidence is that they don’t get to constant panfish messing with it like a worm. You only feel sometimes when it counts.

I've NEVER caught a bass on blue n black jig. I get far better results on a PnJ and a green pumpkin/purple with Orange in Northeast Missouri lakes. I use a 1/4-3/4oz jig. My go to jig is a Mann's stone jig.

For the people that are struggling getting bit on a jig and have no confidence in the bait I would recommend trying them in the summer time. If you can build confidence when the bite is better it will definitely help you when the bite is tougher

Not sure if it is regional or not, but brown always worked well for me late in the season when the grass first starts to die off.

Pumpkin green 3/8 crawfish plastic on it is killer on chickamauga

Do a show on guys who think having all the top gear makes them so much better.

So I have 2 primary water clarity’s here in Indiana. Let me know if this sounds right. Clear water - compact profile, heavy, natural color, trailer with minimal resistance to aid in quick fall so they cannot get a good look at it. Stained water -1 ft or less, big profile, light for its size, dark color, trailer with high resistance so they can see it in the stained water. Sounds like a good baseline to me.

Randy maybe you can help me remember a jig back in the 70’s? Don’t know who made it but it was called Buck n Rubber. Deer hair and living rubber.