Jigs
Jigs are versatile lures that can imitate crawfish, bluegill, or baitfish depending on how they’re rigged. They come in styles like flipping, football, or swim jigs, each designed for different conditions. Known for producing big bass, jigs are effective year-round and can be fished in both shallow and deep water.
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Top 5 Pre-Spawn Bass Fishing Baits & Tips - Patrick Walters
Bassmaster Elite Series tournament bass fishing pro Patrick Walters joins The Bass University to share 2 sets of top 5's. Firstly, he shares his top 5 prespawn bass fishing tips, then his top 5 lures for fishing in the prespawn. Watch and learn as Patrick Walters breaks down the types and colors ...
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Landing Big Bass - Carl Jocumsen : Remastered
Carl Jocumsen didn't become an Elite angler because of blind luck. He had to put fish in the boat. In this class Carl shares his best tips for landing fish, a topic that is rarely talked about but vital to fishing success. Much is talked about getting fish to bite, but Carl's advice on getting th...
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Offshore is More Than Ledge Fishing - Drew Benton
Bassmaster Elite Series tournament bass fishing angler Drew Benton wants you to know that offshore fishing is not just for fishing ledges. Using new electronics like side scan and forward-facing sonar, you can effectively fish road beds, bream beds and brush piles for loads of giant bass and pote...
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Summer Trout Stream Bass Fishing Pattern - Pete Gluszek
On hot summer days, just like us, sometimes bass are just looking for a place to cool down. In this on the water bass fishing class video, Pete Gluszek goes out in search of cooler creeks and streams, away from the steamy main lake water. Pete lists some things to look for when searching for prod...
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How to Fish Docks for Bass - Pete Gluszek
In this on the water bass fishing class video, Pete Gluszek is on the water with a handful of techniques to break down docks and identify what the bass are biting in an attempt to establish a pattern. Pete starts off by breaking down the tools that he uses to pick apart docks and why you need a v...
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Seasonal Swing Head Jigs - Harvey Horne
Harvey Horne attrinutes a lot of his bass fishing tournament success to fishing a swing head jig or hard head football jighead. In this bass fishing class seminar, Harvey takes a seasonal approach to baits and tackle for this technique, and ends his seminar by answering student questions about: t...
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Fishing Swim Jigs : The Ultimate Search Bait - Roumbanis : Remastered
Fred Roumbanis likes to put his trolling motor on 60-80% and just go all day. Covering water is key and he likes to fish fast. Lots of guys cover water with search baits like crankbaits. Fred believes that a swim jig offers a fast-moving bait with a single hook that allows you to wench them right...
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Fishing a Swim Jig All Year - Hank Cherry
2020 Bassmaster Classic champion Hank Cherry joins The Bass University to talk about a dynamite technique that catches a lot of big fish, swimming a jig. In this 41-minute bass fishing class seminar, Hank shares tackle, tips and tricks for fishing a swim jig throughout all 4 seasons. You'll learn...
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Football Jig Bass Fishing Techniques - Mike Iaconelli : Remastered
In this remastered Bass University bass fishing class seminar, Mike Iaconelli talks about different ways to fish a football jig. Ike caught his biggest tournament bass on Lake Amistad using a football jig, and he recounts the amazing story of catching the bass and losing his breakfast in this vid...
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Fluctuating Muddy Water with Bill Lowen - March 2021
The Bassmaster Elite Series bass fishing tournament on Pickwick started late due to heavy winds & flood-level flow. Once the event got started a few brave souls ventured to the Wilson Dam to try their luck fishing current breaks in the rushing tailraces. Others, like winner Bill Lowen stuck to hi...
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Finesse Fishing Micro Football Jigs - Bryan Thrift
Bryan Thrift is out fishing on Lake Norman to demonstrate a great clear water finesse fishing technique. When the conditions aren't great to get bit on a regular-sized football jig, but you know the fish are there, sometimes downsizing your presentation with a finesse football micro jig will get ...
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Simple Jig Fishing - Gerald Swindle
In this remastered bass fishing instructional class video seminar, Gerald Swindle, aka G-Man, is sharing with The Bass University students how the simple way of how to fish a jig. Gerald shares his approach to color selection, sizes, trailer selection, rod selection, reel speed, line choice, skir...
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Swim Jigs with BASS AOY Scott Canterbury
2019 Bassmaster Elite Series Angler of the Year Scott Canterbury was in Gadsden, AL in the winter to share his tips and tactics for fishing a swim jig. In this bass fishing instructional training seminar, Scott will help you learn how to fish a swim jig with confidence and help you get big bass b...
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Marabou Hair Jigs for Smallmouth Bass - Jeff Gustafson
Jeff Gustafson (aka Gussy) is a Bassmaster Elite Series tournament with a couple of unique characteristics: he fishes from a Lund aluminum bass boat and he's from Ontario, Canada. Jeff fished in the Bassmaster Classic back in March on Lake Guntersville, and recently finished 12th at the St. Lawre...
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Dock Fishing - Shane Lineberger
Bassmaster Elite Series Shane Lineberger sits down for an interview with Pete Gluszek and Pat Renwick in this video from the 2020 Bassmaster Classic. Shane is from Lake Norman, NC, which is a lake known for dock fishing. Watch as Shane share some tips for fishing a jig around docks for bass.
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Flipping & Pitching Jigs for Big Bass - Hudnall
Derek Hudnall is fishing his sophomore season on The Bassmaster Elite Series. Derek did well in the 2019 season, but, due to a disqualification, he did not qualify for the 2020 Bassmaster Classic.
0:45 Pete Gluszek introduced Derek Hudnall and talks about how his 2019 DQ caused him to miss qu...
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Jig Fishing Tricks - Bryan Thrift
Major League Fishing Bass Pro Tour rookie and $3m FLW winner Bryan Thrift joined The Bass University in Kokomo, IN in the winter of 2020. Previously, Bryan conducted a seminar on Skipping Baits. In this video, Thrift wants to share some other tricks for fishing a jig.
0:23 Versatility of a jig...
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Best Tips & Techniques for Bluff Bank Fishing - Dunkin
Luke Dunkin joins The Bass University on the Tennessee River in this bass fishing video to talk about fishing bluff banks. Luke believes that bluffs are a great spot to fish for bass throughout the entire year and he's here to share all the secret tips from his years of fishing the Tennessee Rive...
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How to Fish a Swim Jig - Cox
In this bass fishing video, FLW bass fishing pro John Cox is sharing some secrets for success when fishing a swim jig. He shares what he thinks are: the best jig for swimming, the best trailer for swim jigs, the best 3 colors of jigs (and the trailer colors to go with them). After discussing swim...
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Guide to Fishing Docks - Scott Canterbury
Scott Canterbury is a long-time FLW $1m+ winner, who joined the Bassmaster Elite Series in 2019. Scott had a great rookie year by finishing 2nd at Winyah Bay on his way to being named the 2019 Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year 2019 Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year Championship tournament o...
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Stroking Jigs - Matt Arey
FLW veteran and Bassmaster Elite Series 2019 rookie Matt Arey sits down with The Bass University to talk about his near-win on Guntersville earlier in the season, and his 2 wins on the FLW tour.
0:15 Matt Arey's professional bass fishing career and how when it's your turn to win, it's your tur...
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Fishing Jigs Under & Around Docks - Bryan Thrift
Bryan Thrift grew up skipping jigs under docks in North Carolina and took what he learned to launch his FLW career with a 2nd place finish in Texas, using those techniques. In this video, Bryan Thrift will teach you how to skip docks to catch more and bigger bass. Learn what equipment Bryan uses,...
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Micro Jig Fishing - Iaconelli
Fresh off the Bassmaster Open win on the James River, we're releasing Mike Iaconelli's seminar from January 2019 on fishing micro jigs, like the Missile Jigs Ike's Micro Jig. Micro jigs are ultra finesse jigs that are usually fished on spinning tackle, and they catch a lot of fish!
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Different Types of Jigs & How to Fish Them - Herren
Matt Herren is a veteran of 126 BASS fishing tournaments. He's made 7 Bassmaster Classic appearances and finished in the money in 84 of his BASS tournaments. A lot of the money he's won in tournaments has come from fishing a jig. He joined The Bass University in Gadsden, AL to conduct a bass fish...