A jig is a great tool for catching bass from thick cover and is pretty simple to fish. In shallow water use flipping jigs in 1/4 to 1/2 oz sizes. Flip and cast these jigs around cover such as laydowns, standing timber, and boat docks in 1-10 ft. As a general rule, the dirtier the water color, the closer bass will hang to cover so in muddy to stained water flipping a jig tight to cover can catch some nice bass. Most of your bites will occur on the fall or right after your jig hits bottom next to its target. In deeper water cast football head jigs from 1/2 to 3/4 oz on structure such as main lake points, creek bends, and humps. I like 15-25ft depths for my deep water football jig fishing. Slowly drag and hop the jig back to the boat. The key to working these football jigs right is to try and feel the lake bottom the entire way back to the boat. Whenever you feel your jig bump into a stump, rock, or brush make sure and lift and drop the jig a few times before continuing your retrieve. Most of the time in deeper water this is when you will get your bites. You can also shake the lure in place to coax a strike from the bass that is using that cover. Make sure to use a stout 7'-7'6" medium heavy to heavy rod with great sensitivity for jig fishing. Your rod will help you to not only feel the isolated cover that bass relate to but will also help you to have a strong hookset and the leverage to pull bass out of heavy cover. Usually the bite will feel like a light thump or tick when a bass eats your jig, when you feel this set the hook quickly. Always be ready when fishing a jig, the bites will be light and bass will not hang on to the lure very long. Use 15-20 line depending on what type of cover you are fishing. Here at Lake Fork, I use 20lb fluorocarbon line for most all of my jig fishing. Color selection can be kept pretty basic as black and blue or any shade of green and brown seem to work well under most conditions. I hope this helps, good luck fishing.

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