When I stroke a jig it's always in the summer time. I let it hit the bottom, make sure all
the line is out, and I like giving it just a couple strokes- a couple real aggressive
hops and let it fall back down. Sometimes I'll just do one but most of the time I'm
doing two or three strokes and getting that jig up and letting those fish react to it.
You always want to let it fall with slack line. Most of the time you'll feel your bites
and you'll see your line just jump. Like I said earlier, I like throwing it on 12 or
15 pound line because most of the time I'm fishing deeper and it gives that bait a more
natural fall when you throw it on lighter line. Make a good long cast out there. I like using
a high speed reel. This is actually the 8:1 that just came out so basically it's that much
better. They just pick up more line and you can get a good hook in them. Let your jig
fall down and when you see him using your electronics, let it fall all the way to the
bottom. Just give it a couple aggressive hops like that. Let it fall with slack line. Keep
on bringing it back to the boat on slack line. Pop it when you're jerking it up. This technique
works well. You hook a lot of the fish but you know you can throw other baits and very
rarely do I always when I'm stroking a jig. You get that same reaction. Be real aggressive
and don't be afraid to jerk hard when you bring that jig up-you'll find it better I
think- that's how I look at it.
An easy mistake to make is letting it fall on slack line because
you want the bait to fall fast, straight down. Keep it on slack line when you do that and
if you keep it tight line the bait is just going to fall back slow and that's not what
you want. You want that fast fall.
In the summer months, you can get those good quality
bites stroking a jig when you can't get them dragging it.
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