As with any type fishing, no one thing works all the time. When I'm jig fishing visual structure, or brush piles that I know precisely how and where the limbs are located, I will swing the jig out, I never cast, I want to know exactly how deep I'm fishing and where the majority of the bites are coming from. To do this, a long pole is required. My favorite length pole is 11 foot, if fishing deeper water, I will start with the line the length of the pole. If no bites, I will pull 3 foot more line out, hold the pole tip high and ease the jig deeper while working it slowly up and down and swimming it left or right. Again, if no takers, more line is pulled from reel and the process starts over until I'm on or near the bottom. On lakes that hold both white and black crappie, the blacks will be caught high on the brush and the whites deeper on the same brush piles. This holds trues during all seasons except winter. If fishing shallow brush, never let more line out than the water is deep. Work the jig with numerous types of jigging and swimming actions, or with no movement at all until you find what works best. Sometimes a simple change on the same brush can equate to a few more fish being caught.

Quote Originally Posted by tader View Post
Inkdabber thanks for all the help. just one more question, do you just repeatedly throw past the structure you are fishing and let the jig fall and then do it all over or do you cast let it fall and the work the jig around the structure. also i see some say they just let the jig sit and some say they just bump it every now and then just curious on how you fish yours. thanks again
tader