Tiny jig has been killing it at Murray.

[Dannicus]

I've been absolutely killing it at Murray.  Fishing my BFS setup with a 1/16 oz Keitech Mono Spin jig paired with a Z-Man 2.5 inch TRD Crawz.  Both in green pumpkin. I must have caught 20 keeper sized bass in my last 2 trips.  

[Nute]

What lb line you running on your BFS setup?

[Dannicus]

On for this 10lb. Yo-Zuri braid to a 10 lb. flouro leader. On my ultralight I run 6lb PE nanobraid to a 4lb. flouro leader.

[KillinTime]

Nice work! Thanks for sharing!

[VinnyBass]

Nice job! You’re doing better than anyone I’ve talked to there in the last few weeks. Skunks and one fish or two fish is the best I’ve heard. Guessing small baits is the key to success. Thanks for sharing and tight lines.

[Dannicus]

Nice job! You’re doing better than anyone I’ve talked to there in the last few weeks. Skunks and one fish or two fish is the best I’ve heard. Guessing small baits is the key to success. Thanks for sharing and tight lines.

Honestly, I think that's it. That's all that has been working for me that's for certain.

[Mcfish]

Love the little baits! How deep are you getting those fish?

[Dannicus]

Love the little baits! How deep are you getting those fish?

Most are hanging at around 12-15 feet right off of dropoffs into deeper water. Just bouncing the jig over and off the ledge.

[Dannicus]

Nice job! You’re doing better than anyone I’ve talked to there in the last few weeks. Skunks and one fish or two fish is the best I’ve heard. Guessing small baits is the key to success. Thanks for sharing and tight lines.

And I know you're been catching some. You were landing one just as I was leaving last week. Don't try to sandbag me Vinny

[Mcfish]

Nice job! You’re doing better than anyone I’ve talked to there in the last few weeks. Skunks and one fish or two fish is the best I’ve heard. Guessing small baits is the key to success. Thanks for sharing and tight lines.

And I know you're been catching some. You were landing one just as I was leaving last week. Don't try to sandbag me Vinny

'Ol Sandbag Vinny....

[VinnyBass]

Nice job! You’re doing better than anyone I’ve talked to there in the last few weeks. Skunks and one fish or two fish is the best I’ve heard. Guessing small baits is the key to success. Thanks for sharing and tight lines.

And I know you're been catching some. You were landing one just as I was leaving last week. Don't try to sandbag me Vinny

'Ol Sandbag Vinny....

Sticks and stones will break my bones, but words coming from a guy who bites the heads off of Roboworms will never hurt me.

[Gotfish?]

Nice job! You’re doing better than anyone I’ve talked to there in the last few weeks. Skunks and one fish or two fish is the best I’ve heard. Guessing small baits is the key to success. Thanks for sharing and tight lines.

And I know you're been catching some. You were landing one just as I was leaving last week. Don't try to sandbag me Vinny

'Ol Sandbag Vinny....

Sticks and stones will break my bones, but words coming from a guy who bites the heads off of Roboworms will never hurt me.

I am unimpressed, anyone can bite the heads off Roboworms. Show me a man who bites the heads off Gulp! worms.

[Moose]

Fish don’t see baits that tiny very often. They haven’t become educated that those little baits bite back yet. Nice work!

[bendopolo 44+]

The small stuff works but if you want the Big Girls, throw them some meat. The Females will suck down Crawdads to get calcium for their eggs, mostly though, they will eat any meal that is easy to catch. A minimum of effort. They are slowed down by the cool water. If you were to dive down(I have) and watch them, they seem pretty lethargic. Most of the time sitting on the bottom right above the thermocline. You’ve got to get that bait right in front of their nose, while not giving them any reason for caution. You need enough heft to set the hook in their bony mouths. You also need heavy enough gear to keep them away from structure. For me that’s 15 pound Flourocarbon. So you need a big enough bait to use that heavy line. My go to is a 10 inch black worm smothered in Dr. Juice. I stitch that very slow, 5-8 minutes a cast with periods of Deadsticking. I imagine the Bass hovering over my worm, ready to inhale it.
The small stuff is great for numbers. In 60 years I’ve only landed one Bass in excess of ten pounds on light line(6 pound). The rest led to heartbreak. You can get them to bite on light gear but it is tough to land them. The big Girls are different. They are strong and smart. I’m well over a 100 trophy Bass on the 15 pound. Most of these were around rock piles in 12-25 feet of water with good weed beds nearby if you can find spots where the Thermocline intersects the Rockpile. You have found gold! Fish it hard, fish it slow, hit it from different angles. Fish it in the rain. It will produce sooner or later. The rest were on the big Swimbaits, fished by theirs rock piles, but those are a lot of work. If one of my Angling Brothers gets their PB after reading this, my job is complete. I really like everybody to catch Fish. Big Fish.

[Pourboy]

Thanks for the update. I’ll give that a try!

[Ol Dirty Basser]

Killin' em in the dead of winter. I have some very similar jigs that I've been meaning to try out there.

[Moose]

Big fish hunting is a totally different mind set. You have to be willing to go out and not get bites, or maybe only one or two bites in a day. For me, I just have fun catching fish, big or small. I just enjoy figuring out the bite and setting the hook into a fish.

It takes a certain type of fisherman to target big fish, especially successfully. I have been very lucky to have caught 4 fish over 10lbs but I don’t have the mind set to sit and fish for one or two bites. I have too much fun just catching.

[Dannicus]

The small stuff works but if you want the Big Girls, throw them some meat. The Females will suck down Crawdads to get calcium for their eggs, mostly though, they will eat any meal that is easy to catch. A minimum of effort. They are slowed down by the cool water. If you were to dive down(I have) and watch them, they seem pretty lethargic. Most of the time sitting on the bottom right above the thermocline. You’ve got to get that bait right in front of their nose, while not giving them any reason for caution. You need enough heft to set the hook in their bony mouths. You also need heavy enough gear to keep them away from structure. For me that’s 15 pound Flourocarbon. So you need a big enough bait to use that heavy line. My go to is a 10 inch black worm smothered in Dr. Juice. I stitch that very slow, 5-8 minutes a cast with periods of Deadsticking. I imagine the Bass hovering over my worm, ready to inhale it.
The small stuff is great for numbers. In 60 years I’ve only landed one Bass in excess of ten pounds on light line(6 pound). The rest led to heartbreak. You can get them to bite on light gear but it is tough to land them. The big Girls are different. They are strong and smart. I’m well over a 100 trophy Bass on the 15 pound. Most of these were around rock piles in 12-25 feet of water with good weed beds nearby if you can find spots where the Thermocline intersects the Rockpile. You have found gold! Fish it hard, fish it slow, hit it from different angles. Fish it in the rain. It will produce sooner or later. The rest were on the big Swimbaits, fished by theirs rock piles, but those are a lot of work. If one of my Angling Brothers gets their PB after reading this, my job is complete. I really like everybody to catch Fish. Big Fish.

Awesome info, but for me... I'm just in it to have fun. It's my zen activity and BFS has it's place especially when the goal isn't a PB, but just to get on the water in my float tube and have fun.

[Dannicus]

Big fish hunting is a totally different mind set. You have to be willing to go out and not get bites, or maybe only one or two bites in a day. For me, I just have fun catching fish, big or small. I just enjoy figuring out the bite and setting the hook into a fish.

It takes a certain type of fisherman to target big fish, especially successfully. I have been very lucky to have caught 4 fish over 10lbs but I don’t have the mind set to sit and fish for one or two bites. I have too much fun just catching.

Yep agreed!

I've done my share of big fish fishing too. Now I have no goal, nothing to prove, and just enjoy myself no matter what gear or style I decide to use from day to day.

Vinny has seen me do both. Whatever mood strikes me, I go with. Right now I am loving my BFS

[Dannicus]

Got another 4 today. So much fun on light gear.