Nice day yesterday...in the low 50s with no wind...so I took a 1/2 day of vacation and headed back to the river and those spots that were holding largemouth.
The water temperature had dropped from 41 degrees last week to 37 degrees so I wondered if they would still be willing to chase the swing jig. They were! Another 24 bass in the boat in about 3 hours.
I caught the most on the Baby Berry (probably because it was a smaller package) but caught the bigger bass on the Birch Bug which is noticeably larger. The Birch Bug runs really nice on that jig and is a perfect fit for the 3/0 hook I was using.
One thing that I noticed was that sometimes I would get really light taps...nibbles almost...that I thought last week were perch. Turns out they are 12-14" bass (and occasionally a larger fish) and I started catching them by continuing reeling (slowly!) while they were pecking at it. I would eventually see the rod load up and I would set the hook with a lot larger success percentage than setting the hook when I felt the light taps.
Just for the record, I was using 12lb test fluorocarbon line on a 7' St.Croix Mojo baitcasting (Plastics rod).
I'm really big on this jig and it works perfectly with either the Baby Berry, Berry Bug ( the larger size...I only had a couple and they loved them) and the Birch Bug. One of the rigging tips is to leave the hook tip just lay across the top of the bait or just the tip of the hook into the top of the plastic. Biffle recommends this in his videos on how to fish the Biffle Bug on this type of jig head.
As I mentioned in last weeks post, I'm adding the hook after I pour the head by opening up the eye of the hook and then carefully closing it again. I'm working on some holders using alligator clips from Radio Shack to hold the baits in the jig holders I bought from TJ's tackle so I can cure the powder pain without the hooks also.