This is a DEADLY Spring Swim JIG Trick

[@erichthompson1194]

I've honestly starting using almost exclusively elaztech baits on the back of my swim jigs because it slows the fall rate way down and it makes the jig stand up when you kill it. Makes it a killer around holes in the grass and when they're roaming around beds

[@Jschuhfishing]

Hurry and take it down! I know where this is going, gunna give away my secret. 🤣

[@mikeybalzz]

😂

[@Supagremlin126]

Obviously not your secret lmao

[@timmcmaster6435]

AWESOME SEGMENT!!! FLORIDA ❤

[@kevinbeaudean704]

Thanks Mike. Swim jigs are a blast anyway you fish them. I use a toad trailer on a light swim jig, same thing. Works great, I'll give the big swim bait a go.

[@MMACAMVIDEOS]

Very cool video and technique! How would you rig up using a BIG EZ? Just upsize the swim jig a hook size and to a 1/4oz? Impressed how you can attack that thick cover and walk right through it!

[@mikeybalzz]

Yup Lotta guys on the big o do

[@pennysgarage]

Love swim jigs, love the EZ, love grass!! This shit is PERFECT!!

[@mikeybalzz]

it's tough to beat man!

[@pensnut08]

I KNEW that was the Hammonds Herring!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL I get in that store and... POOF, money gone LMAO!

[@mikeybalzz]

i'm the same, and I always stand in the back room and stare at the bait.

[@The_Bass_Stunters]

There is only ONE swim jig son! That’s the Megabass Uoze swim jig and a 4” Spark Shad! Absolutely a giant killer!

[@Snocsnoc]

Homie Homersons 😂

[@dawnparker2014]

Mikey it was great meeting you at the ramp yesterday. My husband and I really enjoyed talking to you and appreciate your time. Great video...well try next time .

[@mikeybalzz]

Dawn had a good time talking to you guys at the ramp as well, looking forward to crossing paths with you and your husband down there again!

[@Jim-Corson]

Hey Mikey, You stated you use a 3/16 oz Gambler G.O.A.T. Swim Jig. I just looked, and they do not make a 3/16 Oz. They make 5/16 oz. Am i missing something? Love your videos.

[@FreedomFishing]

Learned this last year. Very sneaky technique! Important to note that when it gets really hot in the summer, this works early morning before the sun rises. After the sun and temps rise, this bite falls off. Then the wrightless EZ with a slower cadence will get bit. This is full of great info on the cadence, and what to do when a fish misses it the first time! And a great trick for huge bites.

[@mikeybalzz]

yeah it's killer during the shad spawn too on okeechobee and kissimmee

[@FreedomFishing]

@@mikeybalzz great video man! I wonder if they hit this overnight too. It really is a thrilling bite.

[@gageknauff3599]

Most definitely, I've had some "killer" summer mornings fishin the swimjig this way. Throughout heavy wood/grass the technique produces for sure.Tight lines🤙

[@mikeybalzz]

@@FreedomFishing that is one thing i practically never do - night fishing. seems like it would work, especially a big black jig with a round rubber skirt.

[@FreedomFishing]

@@mikeybalzz Dude exactly my thoughts, a black swim jig, skirt, and trailer! Between the wake, and that unique tail plop, its got to be money. I never do it either, but I'm doing some this year on the Jon! I heard night time = huge bites.

[@jasonbeary5771]

You're saying this isn't well known? I'm surprised if that's so. I'm a what-ever fisherman. I've been fishing swim jigs with exactly a Gambler EZ with part of the front bit-off to shorten the bait. The swim bait makes the jig wobble. It's almost like a subtle crankbait action.

[@amorton94]

I can't find a 3/16oz swim jig anywhere, regardless of brand. I'm not even seeing a 3/16oz on Gambler's site.

[@rogerglasco5941]

I know you are using Braid but is there a leader?

[@jeffreyrodgers5835]

I like to cut the first half of the big ez off and use the rear end. More compact and really comes through the pads alot better. Not sure why but i think toho bass go stupid for that technique almost year round in water 4 ft or deeper. They just hammer the jig ez

[@racerxv6valvoline424]

Awesome video Mikey...Next time I am down in Florida I';ll give it a try not much grass on our SC lakes. As always much love to the Bogs....we miss him when he is not with you....

[@budgetbassin407]

unfortunately i only have heaviergoat jigs my lightest is half

[@bakergang89]

I really hate the way they drag the fish along the top of the water i know u dont want them to jump but damn that seems really boring pulling them in like that.

[@tylerfish6206]

Use the river 2 sea soft plastc swimbait as a trailer you’ll thank me

[@krustysurfer]

I ran a smaller version today😉 Bassomatic 🤙aloha

[@Austin_Torres]

Learning from one of the most down to earth Nice people. Been enjoying your content for years bud keep it up.

[@mikeybalzz]

appreciate you hanging with me all that time homie!

[@byronhendrixfishing8393]

Going to toss one around on Seminole when the elites finish I’m going to stay an extra day

[@stephenwilliams6556]

Lol. Why are you so close to the edge of that lake? We don't see you there anymore.

[@vinnylivoti9567]

Good stuff Mikey!

[@paulciesla4774]

Hey Brother, Gambler does not show a 3/16 in the GOAT Swim Jig on their site. Is that a prototype? You probably got it first, cause you da man?

[@mikeybalzz]

My bad it's a 5/16

[@dormie9]

Ok I’m only 2 minutes in.. do you mean 5/16? You keep saying 3/16 … Is there even a 3/16 swim jig on the market with a heavy hook?

[@mikeybalzz]

yup 5/16, too much FL sun on my brain 🤣

[@TheTinHorseMonty]

Good stuff brother!

[@mikeybalzz]

Thanks man!

[@carloscotto937]

Great video Mikey!

[@Jamez_Predictedit]

Thought I was Fam.... Turns out I'm just Homie Homerson. 😔 😂😂

[@mikeybalzz]

🤣

[@chrischrist7982]

Excellent thanks!

[@jimmoore8606]

Mikey, Please respond about the 3/16 size goat. I can NOT find one. Thank You. Love Your channel

[@Huxxadoodle]

Pretty sure he meant the 5/16. May have mixed up 3/8 and 5/16 and just misspoke.

[@mikeybalzz]

yeah that's a mouth type on my part sorry bud, it is a 5/16

[@basssolutionsoutdoors3856]

Love swim jig fishing. Good tips

[@jamesf1505]

Cool setup Dude. I've looked everywhere online and can't find 3/16oz. In this Jig 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@mikeybalzz]

I take full responsibility my mouth was talking faster than my brain. I've been throwing a 3/16 Ned and I got them confused LOL it is a 5/16 swim jig.

[@jamesf1505]

@mikeybalzz fishing Thanks Dude!!!!

[@LowBrowFishing]

In the deep south with shallow lakes choked with veg, a swim jig is our swim bait head! I love taking that skirt of and running it through the thickest slop I can find.

[@BeyondHeadwaters]

Excellent technique; many thanks for sharing

[@notsogood6249]

You gave some good little tips. Can you do you a video on skipping jigs under docks? Only if you want to.

[@mikeybalzz]

when i get back to bama and get on smith i definitley want to do some of that.

[@TheBigrob0422]

Is that a 5/16 Oz swim jig I know you mentioned 3/16 I didn't see them on gambler site on 3/16

[@joebee1459]

Think he meant 5/16, I don't think they come in 3/16.

[@TheBigrob0422]

@@joebee1459 I figured I just wanted to be sure

[@joebee1459]

@@TheBigrob0422 they are some of the better heavy cover swim jigs I've tried.

[@Kctfishn]

5/16 or 3/8

[@calebwozniak4390]

I have a hard time finding swim jigs that are less than 3/16, I really want to find a 1/8 size head. Even with 3/16 there are only a couple companies that make them. Any suggestions on where to get 3/16 or smaller jig heads? I prefer to tie my own if possible.

[@joshbirtchetfishing5196]

I'm digging the Komodo alot on the back of my swimjig.

[@mikeybalzz]

For being a streamlined bait that thing really swims in the water when you reel it

[@joshbirtchetfishing5196]

@@mikeybalzz oh ya it does. I'm still thinking of other ways to fish it.

[@patrickmahoney3479]

I discovered this technique by accident on Lake Guntersville. It works. Thanks for the new details on this method.

[@throwluckfishing5785]

Lets GO! ......... Catch alot of fish on the Gambler EZ Swimmer!

[@catchinwithkyle5567]

All you need is Hammonds herring. Works north to south 💯

[@jasonzimmerman288]

going to give this a go on the Potomac up here in VA for Snake head in the lily pads. Snakes pile up in them and the only way I have found to fish across the pads is with frogs.

[@pennysgarage]

And you're using my new favorite color EZ 😫

[@waynelagarde7956]

I caught my PB last spring on a white Dirty jigs no jack swim jig with a bandito bug on the back.

[@thomascarmichael6760]

Used to use a similar technique in Virginia at Back Bay. We used a Johnson Silver Minnow with a white or chartreuse twister tail. Needed a stout rod as Back Bay is basically 29,000 acres of mostly milfoil. I’ve had fish out there that I could get turned and they would snap the line. I’m talking 15-20 pound test. That’s heart stopping action!!!

[@jeremyduncan9165]

As usual some sound effects spot on!! Great tip.

[@mikeybalzz]

👊

[@makinbigbassmemories6450]

Always great information

[@DavidMccallister65]

I don't understand why manufacturers aren't making all jigs with screw locks. That needs to happen!

[@fishinfrenzy2544]

Nope doesn’t work with z man plastics

[@DavidMccallister65]

@@fishinfrenzy2544 screw z man plastics

[@fishinfrenzy2544]

@@DavidMccallister65 lol you must not of used them very much best plastics out there Ive caught 50-100 fish on the same Ned rig and swimbait before glue it on are you are set for the day.. most plastics you are lucky to catch more than 3 fish with…

[@fishinfrenzy2544]

@@DavidMccallister65 only a few baits that aren’t z man that I throw being the spunk shad, strike king menace and rage craw and Keitechs

[@tims_always_fishing7117]

6th sense makes the best swim jig imo, best colors and hook.

[@dfox7777]

Mikey I absolutely love this technic, I've caught some of my biggest fish doing this!

[@gmooney57]

If all goes well my boat comes out of shop tomorrow and I’ll be working on the tech in a day or so.

[@nickbowenfishing2885]

3/16 or 5/16

[@mikeybalzz]

mouth typo - 5/16

[@ptpatrickusmc]

Never would have thought to rig that soft bait upside down. Excellent video.

[@e.1228]

The hits just keep coming!!😁🤟

[@zachreynolds3727]

This technique got me back into bass fishing only thing I do differently is add a bandito or rage bug to as a trailer that keeps the bait rising through the retrieve but that’s really my only difference

[@created2fish714]

What lake is in this video? Looks great

[@johnbutler307]

Mikey thanks for all the great tips.

[@byronhendrixfishing8393]

I’ll be throwing that Nichols though. I got to check out Brooks operation a few years back when I had a job site at FSU. Super chill dude.

[@mikeybalzz]

that'd be cool - I should go over there and do a walk thru!

[@bigmikefishingchonicles9950]

Thank you for the tip

[@mikeeller557]

Love it , Thanks Mikey

[@Seasterberg]

Mikey, had a tournament yesterday on Hatchineha couldn't get a bite. Then I remembered this video because I saw some heavy matted grass and pads tied on a weedless Big EZ and swam it over the tops of that stuff and they were crushing it and I ended up catching my limit for the tourney and man seeing them destroy it thru that grass was awesome. Wish I would have spent more time finding those grass patches early in the morning. Thanks for the great content man !!!

[@mikeybalzz]

that's awesome! it's such a fun bite too!

[@jeffbarrett4797]

Great Lesson

[@mattjordan9804]

Awesome 411 as usual

[@williamgould2470]

I really like the technique. I especially like the fact that you did something I was taught 40 years ago by Orlando Wilson and that is to spread that weed guard on the jig. I do that on all my jigs with heavy weed guards and it really improves the hook UPS And yet keeps the dait weedless. very few talk about that.

[@mikeybalzz]

it's the simple little things man.

[@williamknight5142]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@jerrydellhaggerton6928]

Great video. How do you like the Lowrance trolling motor now that you have used it a while?

[@mikeybalzz]

i love it, the integration with my electronics is huge. good in most grass situations but does get a little bogged down in super thick mats/hydrilla.

[@Jhossack11]

I wonder how (compared to frog fishing) how that would perform over vast Lilly pad fields here in Michigan?

[@davidstratton9918]

Swim Jig in the pads is deadly.

[@mikeybalzz]

it works, i've done it in wisconsin on those natural lakes down in the metro areas with pad fields and a slight color to the water.

[@jimwarden9617]

Hey Bog!

[@kenmccarthyfishing]

I don’t think I’ve ever fished a swim jig 🤷

[@tims_always_fishing7117]

One of my favorites, always have 1 tied on

[@kenmccarthyfishing]

@@tims_always_fishing7117 Tim I’m going to give it a try,just because you recommend buddy,I’ve been fishing for 47 years and there’s just curtain lures I’ve never favored 👊

[@terrybonsell1561]

Wow , u can even spell

[@mikeybalzz]

barely

[@d3adp94]

What color is that bait?

[@franksettle6515]

Hammonds herring

[@booster4470]

Hammond's Herring

[@d3adp94]

Ty guys!

[@256bassfishing]

You're speaking my language! Love a swimjig, especially when I need to fish it just under the surface of the water above submerged grass up shallow in a gill color or bait fish color with a trailer that gives a huge amount of drag. Got really good at it fishing Neely Henry in Gadsden AL just junk fishing.