| Jigger-Poling | | | | bass to attack the lure. |
| Remember Jigger-Poling? It became popular for a | | | | The long pole enables the tip and the lure to be |
| while in the 1960's. this is a technique where you | | | | dipped into small pockets in weed beds and timber |
| use a 14-foot pole with a stout 30 pound line | | | | to entice any "lunkers" that may be there. |
| attached at the handle and tied at intervals along | | | | Moving slowly along a shore line or a weed bed, |
| the pole to the tip. A two foot length is left | | | | an angler can reach and explore every hole and |
| hanging off the tip of the pole and a big top | | | | nook. This technique allows the angler to keep the |
| water lure is attached with a swivel. | | | | bait in the fish's strike zone longer than with |
| The technique is gyrating the handle of the pole is | | | | conventional cast and retrieve methods. It also |
| such a manner that the tip of the pole wiggles in | | | | allows access to tight pockets that are impossible |
| the water and the big bait is also activated in a | | | | to access with a cast. |
| thrashing manner . The effect from underwater is | | | | The strikes triggered by this technique are |
| that the disturbance caused by the tip of the pole | | | | reaction strikes and often a bass that is not in a |
| in the water resembles a smaller bait fish | | | | feeding mood will go ahead and take advantage |
| swimming and skipping for its life from a larger | | | | of an easy meal passing through his living room. |
| fish - the lure. This chase scenario often excites | | | | |