Hopping VS swimming a jig

What method do you think is more productive... hopping a jig slowly on the bottom or slowly swimming it ?

I’m a slow swimming kind of guy. Which came from the “Pitch and Glide” that I started with. Pitch to a given place and let it pendulum down. I catch a lot of fish on the fall of the jig when I stall for a half turn of the reel, so I can see where a hop would have merit. When I want to give a twitch to a retrieve, I usually don’t lift the jig but I drop the rod tip an inch or so while continuing the retrieve.

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Originally Posted by skeetbum

I’m a slow swimming kind of guy. Which came from the “Pitch and Glide” that I started with. Pitch to a given place and let it pendulum down. I catch a lot of fish on the fall of the jig when I stall for a half turn of the reel, so I can see where a hop would have merit. When I want to give a twitch to a retrieve, I usually don’t lift the jig but I drop the rod tip an inch or so while continuing the retrieve.

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I see a lot of people on youtube just swimming their jig back, but they twitch it a lot, do you think that entices the fish more than just a steady retrieve?

All I do is twitch. Twitch it deep...suspended.....twitch it shallow. It works for me. If you watch this video at the 3:22 mark just look at the rod and how I constantly twitch it. My 1.5 gram jig head was in 21 feet of water. For 12 years now that is the only way I fish. I’ve done it so much I have ruined my hands. Had steroid shots in both thumbs this last Tuesday so I can get back to fishing in anticipation of my doctor giving me the all clear after hip replacement....which he did today. I don’t think you can say one method works better over the other. It works for me while others catch a ton of fish swimming it or hopping it....or using other methods.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fOB...ature=youtu.be

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Originally Posted by Alphahawk

All I do is twitch. Twitch it deep...suspended.....twitch it shallow. It works for me. If you watch this video at the 3:22 mark just look at the rod and how I constantly twitch it. My 1.5 gram jig head was in 21 feet of water. For 12 years now that is the only way I fish. I’ve done it so much I have ruined my hands. Had steroid shots in both thumbs this last Tuesday so I can get back to fishing in anticipation of my doctor giving me the all clear after hip replacement....which he did today. I don’t think you can say one method works better over the other. It works for me while others catch a ton of fish swimming it or hopping it....or using other methods.

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Well, being lazy like I am, if I knew I would catch just as many fish by just slow rolling it, I would...Lol

I'm a swimmer.

I do both... twitch for trout for sure... used to slow swim for crappie but did twitch a trout magnet some last year for crappie with good success... I don’t think there is a right or wrong

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Originally Posted by deathb4disco

I'm a swimmer.

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Yeah... I like the hit you get with swimming, a lot of times when hopping, I don't even feel anything, I just get a heavy feeling on my rod.

Maybe Alphahawk and I can do our very own "Hee Haw" routine: "I'm a Twitchin", and I'm a Swimmin' ".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_A4bjJZKFM

Hee Haw!

Swimming for me also. Will try twitch and pause if swimming isn't working though.