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