Best Swim Jig Rod

Michael Rekas reported catching Largemouth Bass using the Swim Jigs technique and St. Croix Mojo Bass Casting Rods on Bde Maka Ska. Additional comments from this report: "In the last 2-3 weeks two main factors have seemed to push bigger fish (3-4.5lbers) into slightly shallower water (4-8ft).These two factors have been cooler nighttime/morning temps, and dropping barometric pressure. I have found on days with either cooler morning temps (high 50s & low 60s) or falling barometric pressure due to approaching storms, the swim jig has produced significantly bigger bites in shallower grass. Fish the swim jig normally on a straight retrieve, allowing it to come into contact with the grass. Make sure to keep an eye on the weather to catch this bite. Good luck! "

Had a Wednesday night tourney on Goose and caught around 25 Largemouth and another 10 Northern in the span of 3 1/2hours. I spent half of my time skipping wacky rigged Junebug colored Yum Dingers under docks on the Daiwa Rebellion ML spinning rod. What an amazing rod for the money, I'd put it up against much higher priced rods, maybe my favorite spinning rod in my lineup. The other half of the time I was throwing a 6th sense divine swim jig, bluegill color with either a Keitech swimbait or a Strike King Rage Craw as a trailer. I would throw the swim jigs into the reeds and then parallel to the lillypads between the docks before I got back into dock skipping range. The 6th sense swim jig is fantastic at coming through vegetation clean and has a really stout hook to rip through as well. I fish it straight braid when going through the reeds but will add in a fluro leader if fishing open water.

Had a great pattern going on the outside edge of reed beds throwing swim jigs. The bass were not in the weeds, but just outside the edges especially near hard bottom. The real hot spots were near deeper drop offs. Throwing a swim jig/paddletail combo in bluegill color parallel to the reed beds was money!

Mitch Bradshaw reported catching Largemouth Bass using the Swim Jigs technique and Shimano Zodias Casting Rods on Otter Lake. Additional comments from this report: "I checked out a new lake for me on my kayak. The shallows were littered with gills and I think the Bass had already spawned. The lake is shallow and hard to find an outside weedline but I tried to stay away from the bank while slowly swimming a jig through pads. I caught a lot of smaller buck bass and even a few on a topwater frog."

Ben Demo reported catching Largemouth Bass using the Swim Jigs technique and Shimano Zodias Casting Rods on Lake Minnetonka. Additional comments from this report: "(6/12/2022 water temp low 70s) Rough tourney day on tonka got like a 12 pound bag found most of my fish 10-15 foot cabbage weedlines on main lake, I was Alabama shaking a swim jig that’s what got all my bites."

Kevin Delzell reported catching Largemouth Bass using the Swim Jigs technique and Shimano Zodias Casting Rods on Bangs Lake. Additional comments from this report: "2-9, my largest this season. "

Jason Kushlan reported catching Largemouth Bass using the Swim Jigs technique and Daiwa Tatula Series Casting Rods on Rush Lake. Additional comments from this report: "5/26/2022 water temp 64-66. Fish we’re shallow 1-3’ relating to hard cover there was a mix of pre spawn fish that had just pulled up spawners and post spawn fish. Found a few fish around docks in a small shallow cove adjacent to the main lake, however then most productive bite was in the sporadic lily pads that were beginning to emerge targeting the large heavy roots. By far the most effective technique for me was slow rolling a 6th sense bluegill color swim jig with a 3.8” kitech fat impact swing in bluegill flash. "

Joe Titus reported catching Largemouth Bass using the Swim Jigs technique and Daiwa Tatula Series Casting Rods on Leech Lake. Additional comments from this report: "The picture says it all! The bass are still up in the thick rice and reeds. Most of the largemouth are post spawn with water temps in the upper 60’s. Finding the pre-spawners was a definite key to success. "

Bass Pundit reported catching Largemouth Bass using the Swim Jigs technique and Daiwa Tatula Series Casting Rods on Platte Lake. Additional comments from this report: "Started out the evening catching fish up to 2lbs on an All-Terrain skipping jig (brown/back) with Z-Man Goat (green pumpkin) and a Zoom Super Fluke (albino). Also got a few bonus bass between docks out of slop and pads on a Bobby’s Perfect Frog and a 3lber on a craw tube (black/blue) after it missed the frog. I went back and picked up my brother Steve and headed to the north end of the lake. He got a total beast of a 17.5-incher right away in the reeds on a Bobby’s Perfect (sparrow).. I got a couple 2lber on Z-Man Billy Goat (green pumpkin) as well as Steve on the Bobby’s Perfect. As the sunset I took us to a reed island where Steve got a couple 2lber and I got the night’s big bass (4.18) all on a Bobby’s Perfect. We missed doubling up twice; I messed it up the first time and Steve the second."