Although they are still popular the jig is not as dominant on the professional bass fishing circuit, as was once the case. With the advent of pitching and flipping, the jig was a natural lure. According to BASS pro-angler Kelly Jordan most anglers today are flipping and pitching tube baits. He maintains they catch more fish.
A while back we sat down on the deck of his Skeeter bass boat to discuss this issue.
Jordan prefers soft plastics most of the time. He likes the Lake Fork Craw Tube as it has produced a lot of his income in tournaments. The many bites he gets with this tube have made it his go to lure.
The bass angler uses a salt and garlic impregnated tube for dragging matted grass, in timber and rocks. He does report that his friends use it to catch smallmouth bass in the Great Lakes.
“A jig has its place,” says Kelly, “but the reason I like to flip a tube over a jig is that the tube falls better.” He finds that in cold water the jig gets better action.
Throwing a tube, however, is a little more weedless. Sometimes you can get them through the thicker stuff. Using a Texas-rig, you can use a larger hook. Jordan puts a really big hook in them to increase his landing rate on really big fish.
Speaking of landing big fish, Jordan has an interesting theory on bass bites.
Anglers usually set the hook instantly when they feel the thump. When a fish picks up a lure and begins to move with it, you see line movement. The fish has already had it for a second or two in order to get a full grip on it.
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