It may surprise swearers-by of the classic black-and-blue jig, but bass trained to strike at black or blue targets, in the absence of other scent cues, mix them up constantly
On dead-calm days around healthy grass, when fish have seen a chatterbait thrown at them day after day, a weedless swimbait is something different that still gets bit
The water isnt quite glass calm
For beginners, a medium-sized swimbait around 3-5 inches is usually the best starting point
Ive found when youre right no one remembers, but when youre wrong no one forgets, said the Oklahoma native, who spent a combined total of 42 years in on-air weather duties with CBS-affiliated stations between Lafayette, La
People do fish a hair jig year-round for trophy smallmouth, but I mostly fish it when the water temperature is under 50 degrees to as low as the upper 30s, when smallmouth are in their winter holes, he says