WesternBass Magazine December 2011, Page 6

WesternBass Magazine December 2011, Page 6

tiMe For JiG-N-PiG

jig-n-pig

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by andy cuccIa

it’s time!

I

t’s a cold, foggy morning here on the California

delta in January. Water temps have bottomed

out at 47 degrees. My client and i, who has

actually become my team partner for the day after convincing me to enter a local team event

ago when we were discussing our plans for today? Unfortunately, in our haste to leave my dock and hurry to the host marina, i forgot mine and have none in the boat.” absolutely Cooch, you told me to and i indeed have a jar of Uncle Josh pork. Handing me his

here, are methodically cruising down a rock levee

jar of pork, i quickly removed my Yamamoto single

bank pitchin & flippin a brown jig-n-grub to the bank tailed grub and replaced it with the pork chunk. to my

and swimming it through the “trough” and into the

amazement, on my very first pitch to the bank, right

grass. it’s been almost a month since i’ve been out

next to a big tree stump, i get hammered by a huge

prior to the holidays of december and we’re chasing

bass, one that is no doubt over 10 pounds.

a bite that was present in this dead end slough back

once safely in the boat and dumped

then. it’s 11:45am and we have yet to have a single

into the livewell, i jump back up front

bite. “How can this be,” i think to myself, “this area

and say, “let’s go, we got work to

was loaded with good fish last month? i know they

do, no time to celebrate, we need

are here, we’re fishing for them wrong.”

5 fish. By the way, don’t wait for

It was at that point it hit me, “dude, it’s time for

me to catch another one, put that

pork, i don’t think they are looking for little fishes

pork chunk on

to eat anymore!” Hey dan, did you bring that

your jig too,

bottle of pork chunks like i told you two nights

right now!”

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