Cold Water Smallmouth: Finesse Jigs Under Foam Pockets 

Mike is such a good dude.

It’s a special place on earth.

Ryan, that last comment does my heart good. You are a beast of a smallmouth angler! The older content was when I was most committed to drilling down to one type of fishery. But there’s more to learn. I’ve been reinvigorated in being home a little more this winter. Much more winter river smallmouth content to come!

Right on Buddy! I fish all over the country, and you are correct - the Susquehanna is special.

I caught a few on that jig today!

High water pushes them into predictable spots. Susquehanna fish bite well in muddy water. It’s a big river. It stays high and muddy for a long time, so they learn how to find food in that level of turbidity.

That’s awesome Mickey! It makes me happy to know that I am helping.

Thanks Shon! I have a few scheduled releases coming soon.

They have been eating the heck out of it! I have tied up a mess of them.

Hey Philip, I released a video back on 12/22 that shows how I make the jigs. It might help. Also, the Z-Man Shroomz Micro Finesse Jigs also present similarly with that trailer.

@@TheLittleStuff Jeff saw them already Big fan of your work ..love going to the Susquehanna heading out with trolling motor this year. Sorry not the torqeeto got the Newport vessel 180

7’ medium fast.

No, that’s the Rockville Bridge in Marysville, PA

Ohh ok. Your further than I thought. Im from Lancaster pa. Enjoy your videos tho!

I use a St Croix Legend Xtreme spinning rod, 7’ medium fast. The modification to the Do-It Mold was to add a collar to be able to tie a skirt to. I have a video of the modification that was released on 12/22.

It’s a sticky little hook Chuck.

Nope. Z-Man makes a micro finesse jig that is similar. I like the Moccasin Craw color

The head on the jig I tied is so incredibly good at holding fish - keeping them hooked. I think that I’ve caught over 100 fish on them since I started using them. I’ve lost three hooked fish on it so far. For me, that’s a really great hookup to landing percentage. The hook design is just really effective. It will straighten out if you horse a huge fish with it, but in many ways, it’s good because it also straightens out when you snag wood - you don’t break off. You get the jig back, you can bend the hook back and keep fishing it. I am working on finding a wider bodied trailer that wouldn’t snag wood as much. The Palmetto BugZ does a good job not letting the jig roll over, allowing the hook point to bury in wood. I can not say the same for the smaller Bat WingZ trailer. But man do they eat that trailer! I did trim the claws 🦞 on the larger Bat WingZ trailer as the head of the chunk is wider. That may be my answer. Time on the water will tell.

@@TheLittleStuff Do you find you like them more than your dragging heads? Also thanks your cold water videos are super informative

It’s fluorocarbon, 15 lb, about 4 feet. I retie and whittle it down to about 2 feet before I put a new one on.

Here is the video on that tie: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lOsJXtNnXqU.html

Glad it helped!