Video: How to Fish for Bass with Vibrating Jigs

While a lot of the basic lures and techniques we use in bass fishing have been around for decades, thevibrating jigis the new kid on the block. Also known as chatterbaits, these bladed lures throw off a lot of flash, pulse, and wiggle—all of which absolutely trigger fish. In this video, we got to watchbig smallmouthcrushing this big, white bait in shallow, clear water on a fast retrieve. Doesn’t get much better than that.

This is a great searching bait for covering water quickly because it performs so well at high speeds. To accomplish that, I like to use a longer rod, in this instance a 7-foot 5-inch medium-heavybaitcast rod. I paired that with a super-fast8:1 gear ratio reelloaded with 50-pound braid to a 20-poundfluorocarbonleader. Not only does that speedy reel allow me to move the bait quickly, but it also helps with my hookup ratio. With a fast retrieve like this, wind fast when you feel a strike instead of swinging the rod and introducing slack into the line. This has the secondary effect of giving fish another chance to eat the bait if they miss the fish time.

Like many great jighead-style baits, these vibrating jigs leave a lot of room for creativity with your trailer. I used a 4-inchswimbaitin this video, but you can use a number of other options so long as they don’t spin under tension. It always helps to add a little dab of super glue to the hook shank when you thread on that plastic to keep it in place longer when thosebig basstry to rip it off.

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