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Hi,
What size jigheads do you guys use for largemouth bass?
Also, with the plain lead jigheads, what color should I paint them? I was thinking maybe chartreuse or a yellow. What do you guys think? I may fish for largemouth bass when it picks up a little. It is too slow right now.
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The 64,000 dollar question !!! Size will depend on how deep you want to fish, how fast you want the bait to fall, how slow you want it to fall?? Are you using a tube, grub, mop jig, ???? As to color, you will do better most of the time with browns, black, greens, and combinations of those. Chartruse and yellow are good at times, but not the choices for most situations. Good way to learn about this is to read publications like In-Fisherman, BASSMASTER, FLW. Another good idea is to join a club and fish with club members who will share their experience with you !!
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[cool][#0000FF]The size, shape and color of your jigheads should be determined by A. The color of plastics you will be using (bait imitation) B. Depth of water to be fished C. Size of the plastics you will be fishing D. Power of the rod and strength of the line E. Type of bottom or structure you are fishing, etc.
I make, use and sell a wide range of jigheads for fishing plastics. For fishing 3" to 5" plastic grubs you can use anywhere from 1/8 oz to 1/2 oz heads on size 1/0 to 4/0 hooks. For fishing weedless jigs in heavy cover you will want heavy hook models at least 3/0 to 6/0...or even bigger...from 1/4 oz. to as much as 1 oz. in weight. Lots of variables.
Colors? Bass will hit almost any color at one time or another. Plain white or chartreuse can be good in either clear or stained water. Black or purple are almost always good choices. But if you have some good crawdad color plastics try to use browns or greens on the head...with maybe a bit of orange.
Strangely enough, one of the more unusual colors that has been known to catch a lot of bass is bubble gum pink. Go figure.
All that being said, you can catch plenty of bass on plain unpainted lead jigs...with almost any color of plastic attached. Location and presentation are probably more important than color in a lot of cases. You can't catch them where they ain't and bass that have been worked over by a lot of other anglers are too smart to fall for sloppy presentations.
Don't overlook fishing salt-stick baits like Senkos when the bass are moving closer inshore. It takes a keen eye and attention to any twitches on the line to hook the fish sometimes. A whole new way of fishing.
Also, spend some time learning how to rig and fish a "dropshot" rig. There will be times that it will catch bass for you when nothing else will.
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I'm using 4" curly tail grubs. One is white with violet and black speckles. I think the depth is going to be anywhere from 50 to 125 feet. Tuesday,I saw some boats near the earth dam at Quail. That is the deepest part of the lake. Mostly rocky dropoffs. I've only caught trout there but a neighbor told me he likes the largemouth bass there. I have some hunter-green soft tube grubs as well. I may buy some crawdad-color crankbaits as well. I know people like the Rapala DT series at both SandHollow and Quail reservoirs. I have had some success with chartreuse grubs as well so I'm kind of partial to that color as well.
I also forgot you can buy colored jigheads. Maybe I'll try the bubblegum too.
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I don't think fishing 125 ft deep will be affective for bass. The deepest I've caught them was 50 ft at quail.
30-50 ft 3/4 oz
20-30 ft 1/2 oz
10-20 ft 3/8/oz
0-10 ft 1/4 oz
These are my go to jig weights with a booyah jig and zoom chunck.
The fall rate can be increased by using a smaller trailer or slowed with a bigger trailer.
It's hard to go wrong with green anywhere.
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I think Scartinez pretty much nailed it right there on depth. I rarely use painted jig heads because it just doesn't seem to make much difference. You're going to lose them anyway. ( if you're not getting hung up, you're not fishing where the fish are)
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