Swim Jig Basics for Bass Fishing

The swim jig is a very popular way to catch bass and cover water. Check out John Crews explaining the basics of swim jig fishing.

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[jamesbritt]

Some of the best advice I've heard on swim jigs..

[garywest]

in La Crosse, there's two ways to swim a jig: the right way and the alabama shake/coosa river way

[jd]

Very good video! All the essential basics explained very well.

[cjbasarab]

Lay is where I learned how to swim a jig a very long time ago! 🤣 🐟🐟

[beaubellamy]

I’m glad you made this video! I had a similar experience. I was ready to throw my whole set up over the hill until I physically watched the swim jig fly out of a fishes mouth. I loosened the drag a little on the set up I had and wore em out. I fish a swim jig like you would a small swim bait and haven’t had any trouble since! Thanks man!

[eddieboswell]

Great tip from one VA man to another, I will try this next time out!

[brianwilson]

Thanks for the lesson. Ive fished my entire life and never fished a bass jig to speak of. I just recently realized that there are different types of jigs. I caught 5 decent sized bass in about an hour using a swim jig this morning. It's great to have an entirely new method to use. I love the fact that you can keep the thing off the bottom so you dont get hung up every other cast.

[romaloboda]

Thanks for your tips.
I hope one day I will try to catch bass with the swim jig.
Have a great day.

[bigskip]

Thanks for the insight! Great job presenting and teaching, Mr. Crews!

[davidkavetsky]

Have been absolutely tearing them up on one lake in central Florida past 2 weeks... love it..Big bass

[nateriley]

Just came around to this video, you got a new subscriber out of it! Loved what you had to say! I’ll still fish my 30lb braid in Florida (I think with the tannic water I can get away with it), but I’lll fish my swim jigs on my Medium Heavy Poison Adrena from now on. Love Missile Baits by the way, always have a D-Bomb on the end of my flipping jigs! Thanks, John!

[rodcashman]

Great explanation on these. Thanks for sharing 🎣 👍

[jonnygrizzle]

I have been loving the Missile Jigs Mini Swim Jig, this year. I fish it in a combination of the northern and the Alabama retrieve, about the same way you explained how you fish it. I use it on a 7' to 7'2" medium heavy, on braid to leader... sometimes mono, sometimes fluoro. I've been catching them prespawn, spawn, and now post spawn on them.

I'll have to send you the video of one I lost a few weeks ago on a pearl white one. Easily VA citation size, but it went around the trolling motor on my kayak (twice) and eventually broke my line. I can't remember exactly what trailer I had on at the time, but most likely it was a Berkley "The Deal" or a Keitech. Looking forward to catching more giants with them!

[phillamoore]

What an excellent video, John. Some excellent tips here.

[bobbyhogan]

Thanks John 👊 I was one of your Marshals at Dardenelle a couple years ago. I really enjoyed the day with you. I have never seen a guy your size lift a bassboat like you did that day 😳 I am just getting into swimjigs and your teaching here was very helpful 😎

[farrzmd]

I agree about the rod. I was throwing a swim jig on MH/F or a H/F with heavier line. It wasn’t until I started throwing a chatterbait on a moderate / moderate fast rod that I noticed my hookup ratio was better and made the switch for swim jigs as well.

[williamanderson]

I enjoy all your videos. Thanks for all your tips and advise. Bill from Batavia, NY.

[robadams]

I have the same rod and reel setup and it is my absolute favorite. Cashion med-heavy with a Shimano DC.

[eddiemook]

Great info. Absolutely right can’t knock the daylight out of them. I use a very quick short hook set, usually just snap my hands to my chest maybe 6”. I think hook speed is better than what many think is a big powerful hook set. It’s also the years of missing and loosing fish that brought my thinking around. Appreciate the video peace and God Bless

[aaronbrady]

Great video! I just started fishing a swim jig a couple of weeks ago and I love it. Also, thanks for breaking down the equipment the way that you did. So many pros break down a technique line and reel, but then say they use their signature series rod for the technique. Most of the time I don’t know what their rod is and probably can’t afford it. Lol. Thanks for breaking it down.