Lots of great advice here today....I fished a 1/2oz SK jig in Green pumpkin/blue with a Berkley Power Claw trailer in GP this past Sunday and smoked them in shallow water at Lake Athens.
I suck at it...so it must be a good combo.
Good luck.

Great color. Throw in a few crappie colored strands with the white/silver to mimic shad and crappie at the same time. My favorite summertime deep cover jig color scheme. Then in the fall, add a few chartreuse strands to mimic bar fish also.

I like jigs and they do catch big fish. However so do many other baits. If a jig is your go to bait so be it. If it's not, don't worry. Many baits will catch big bass and numbers as well. I'll take a 1/4 oz spinner bait most days and wear you out on numbers and occasionally big bass as well. Same with a buzz bait in warm weather. Crank baits in the late spring and all during the fall. Confidence is the key.

Typically less than 5' a white or bluegill 3/8-1/2 oz works good. If pitching to staging fish around the 10-12' range, I think the rate of fall is the most important part. Sometimes a 1/2 oz is great and sometimes that 3/4-1 oz will cause the reaction bite. Any natural color will work. Once you have a day where you get the feel for it and catch a few, you'll always have a couple tied on. For deeper fish a 1/2-1 oz football jig will get em. For the first several years, I pitched a 1/2 oz football jig from 2-20' and caught several. You just gotta get the feel of the jig you're fishing.

5 bites on a Jig will be bigger.

All day.

take only rods rigged with jigs with you for a trip. You won't catch many...but all will be quality. Football and Arkie jigs this time of year