Heavy ball jigs and trailer question

[eelman]

Im not so sure that the old pork rinds are the best thing anymore.

I have used big fat 8 inch curltail grubs for sometime now and can say they work fantastic.They are easy to change, dont turn into shoe leather if you forget to take it off your jig,and they are cheap to buy in bulk or to make your own.

My color choices are fairly simple, Black on the dark nights and white on the bright nights,every now and then I will use red or bubblegum color on the dark nights.

As far as backbouncing,Its a term used more for boat fishing.You fish up tide and let your jig bounce along the bottom as you drift down tide.You basically do the same thing from shore when fishing jigs.Always cast up tide and let your jig hit bottom,keep a tought line so you can feel every inch of bottom.Remember if your not Losing jigs on the bottom ocasionally, your not fishing jigs right. They have to be on the bottom to fish right.Becoming very good at jigging in heavy currents takes time and patience.And trust me, it will try your patience.You will setup on many rocks and lose many jigs until you know the diffrence between a bass and a rock.I would suggest when starting to set up when ever that jig "stops"!! Could be a monster.

Next to Live eel fishing, I think that jigging deep inside inlets on moving water,is the best way to catch a true monster bass.

Incidently, I have leaned towards fishing the ball style jig more latley, especially in the channel at gallilie.That style really gets down fast.

One other trick that has been killer for me is to use a live eel as a trailer.I use the little pencil eels as trailers, fantastic results!