BlADE jIGS
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In most situations a steady retrieve might be all that is needed, just enough movement to impart the clicking of the blade on the jig head. Hopping the bait off the bottom can be a useful retrieve as hopping it off the bottom once again kicks the blade in to gear and the quick vibration could trigger that strike you were waiting for. Of course don’t be afraid to simple crawl it across the bottom or dead stick it, so long as the bottom is fairly free of obstructions and heavy weeds. There is also a retrieve were you will cast it out let it sink and just before it hits the bottom you pick up the rod tip sharply and reel in then pause. After a short pause started the same pattern up again, rod tip, reel, pause, rod tip, reel, pause. This mimic’s pray that is fleeing from a predictor and can cause that reaction strikes.
So Next when is the best time to fish blade jigs, in my research most pros will tell you that these are year round baits. I will agree that these lures can be fished almost year round, but I am sure most people will agree there are better times to fish them. The best time to be throwing a blade jig is in the spring time. Everything is beginning to wake up including the fish. As the water warms hunger will set in and these lethargic bass are now on the chew. The blade jigs are meant to mimic a swimming baits fish or could be seen as a crawfish kick along the bottom.