SMDave
Well-known member
Hey TinBoaters!
Just wanted to see if there were any anglers out there who use bucktail jigs for largemouth or smallmouth bass. I've used Spro bucktails with a dropper loop and a hook about 12" up from the bucktail (both tipped with 4" Gulp Swimming Mullets)to catch fluke for just about as long as I can remember, but it recently dawned on me that I've never thrown a bucktail in freshwater, even though I've had great success with them in the salt with the aforementioned fluke (summer flounder), as well as stripers, blues, sea trout/weakies, etc., and for the life of me, I don't know why that is! They have incredible action, are pretty widely available in a variety of manufacturers, colors, weights, shapes, etc., but I don't think I've met or even heard another bass angler use bucktails for freshwater bass.
I know swim jigs are a pretty popular lure, especially in the last few years, but I've never been a fan -- I've always preferred a spinnerbait or a soft plastic jerk or swimbait rather than throwing a silicon/rubber-skirted swim jig. However, I'm more than intrigued at the prospect of throwing some lighter (3/8 oz. - 3/4 oz.) Spro bucktails in the sweetwater for bass, pickerel/pike, etc. The only application I've really heard of being used consistently for hair jigs was a float n' fly for finesse wintertime crappie/bass fishing. I have not heard much in the way of using them as a swim jig rather aggressively in the fall or spring, but can't think of a reason that they wouldn't absolutely slay bass! Anybody do just this and use bucktail/feather jigs for freshwater presentations?
-- SMDave
Just wanted to see if there were any anglers out there who use bucktail jigs for largemouth or smallmouth bass. I've used Spro bucktails with a dropper loop and a hook about 12" up from the bucktail (both tipped with 4" Gulp Swimming Mullets)to catch fluke for just about as long as I can remember, but it recently dawned on me that I've never thrown a bucktail in freshwater, even though I've had great success with them in the salt with the aforementioned fluke (summer flounder), as well as stripers, blues, sea trout/weakies, etc., and for the life of me, I don't know why that is! They have incredible action, are pretty widely available in a variety of manufacturers, colors, weights, shapes, etc., but I don't think I've met or even heard another bass angler use bucktails for freshwater bass.
I know swim jigs are a pretty popular lure, especially in the last few years, but I've never been a fan -- I've always preferred a spinnerbait or a soft plastic jerk or swimbait rather than throwing a silicon/rubber-skirted swim jig. However, I'm more than intrigued at the prospect of throwing some lighter (3/8 oz. - 3/4 oz.) Spro bucktails in the sweetwater for bass, pickerel/pike, etc. The only application I've really heard of being used consistently for hair jigs was a float n' fly for finesse wintertime crappie/bass fishing. I have not heard much in the way of using them as a swim jig rather aggressively in the fall or spring, but can't think of a reason that they wouldn't absolutely slay bass! Anybody do just this and use bucktail/feather jigs for freshwater presentations?
-- SMDave