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Best Jig for Ponds
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07/01/17 07:03 PM
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Ibock
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I want to work a jig like a worm in ponds. The problem is all the moss and vegetation. Is there a jig that can work the bottom without catching moss and vegetation every cast?
Ibock
PB between 8-9 pounds.
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Re: Best Jig for Ponds
[Re: Ibock]
#12319867
07/01/17 07:56 PM
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Jswanz58
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Not really but a weightless trick worm works great!
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Re: Best Jig for Ponds
[Re: Ibock]
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07/01/17 08:06 PM
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GIG'EM AGGIES
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If you're fishing out of a boat you can drop it or pitch it through the holes but if your fishing from the bank and the moss/vegetation is that thick you're pretty much stuck with a fluke or weightless worm and staying on top.
I am a Senager. (Senior teenager) I have everything that I wanted as a teenager, only 50 years later. I get an allowance every month. I have PU truck and a bass boat, I am blessed. Conscience never acquits, it either accuses or excuses.
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Re: Best Jig for Ponds
[Re: Ibock]
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07/01/17 09:22 PM
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MagFluker
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The ponds I have on my property all have algae and moss at the bottom, I can only fish weightless baits or topwater for the most part. I think you like throwing them already but throw a white or white chartreuse swim jig and keep it moving, it'll work.
Kyle in NC
PB 11.1
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Re: Best Jig for Ponds
[Re: Ibock]
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07/01/17 10:06 PM
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PlanoTom
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Weightless plastics, top waters, and spinnerbait's burned just under the surface are good options. Another option I've used is a dropshot. The weight gets in the algae but the bait usually stays above it, especially on shorter casts and in deeper water. It depends on the type of weeds or algae you're dealing with but you'll figure it out pretty quick.
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Re: Best Jig for Ponds
[Re: Ibock]
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07/02/17 02:10 AM
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Sunbae
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A jig is destined to get buried and drag up all that gunk on the bottom with how bulky they are. Stick to weedless presentations like weightless senkos/flukes, weedless swimbaits, and the like. Maybe a light t-rig if you really want to work the bottom.
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Re: Best Jig for Ponds
[Re: Ibock]
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07/02/17 02:21 AM
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catslayer
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You can go with am 1/8th ounce jig... it will help. But it comes with the territory
"I'll never mess with bee's or wasp anymore, and I'll never gig another beaver..." Words from a man who learned things the hard way
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Re: Best Jig for Ponds
[Re: Ibock]
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07/02/17 01:24 PM
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i-Fish
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Micro jigs. The lighter the weight the less they'll get buried in the slime.
If you can't find em wind em.
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Re: Best Jig for Ponds
[Re: Ibock]
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07/02/17 04:53 PM
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reeltexan
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You might try a real light split shot, a skirt, worm hook and whatever trailer you like. I've used this rig in the past for a real slow fall.
"..The pleasantist angling is to see the fish Cut with her golden oars the silver stream, And greedily devour the treacherous bait. Bill Shakespeare
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Re: Best Jig for Ponds
[Re: Ibock]
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07/02/17 05:19 PM
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MagFluker
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Kyle in NC
PB 11.1
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