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Jig Monster at the Bass Jam ‘09
This past weekend Jig Monster attended the first annual Bass Jam in Cotati, California. The turnout was good and we had a blast. We had incredibly positive feedback on our jigs. We were honored to have some big names stop by our booth and talk with u...
Savage Swim Jig Pics
A few weeks back Chris and I headed up to Clearlake and spent the day fishing the Jig Monster Savage Pro Swim Jig. Here are a couple of Pics: Me using the Savage Pro Swim Jig in Baby Bass. Chris using a Savage Pro Swim Jig in Tilapia....
Two New Sizes of Chaos Pro Football Jigs: 1/4 oz. & 3/8 oz.
We’ve added 2 New sizes to our Jig Monster Chaos Pro Football Head Series: 1/4 oz. and 3/8 oz. Same high quality Gamakatsu hooks and all. Dynamite for low water, clear water, heavily pressured fish, and cold fronts. A little about our Chaos Pro...
Swimbait News at Jig Monster
The Baitsmith 9.5″ Magnum Trout This swimbait is brand new on the market and it’s beautiful. This bait screams BIG FISH CATCHER! With it’s slightly open mouth, red gill slits, and highly detailed fins and paint job, the Baitsmith M...
Jig Monster Spotlight: Maverick Premium Fishing Lures
We would like to give a “hats off” this month to Maverick Premium Fishing Lures. They’ve been on a serious roll this year, launching a number of new innovative baits. Some of these baits have been long-time secret weapons of the master Maverick...
Fishing Report 11/12/08
Kent Lake Fishing is really good right now with a lot of guys reporting fish in the 3-6 lb range on shaky heads, football head jigs I brown with green pumpkin/black flake double tail grub trailers and 6” Senkos. Bon Tempe As I write this, lake Bon ...
New Fall/Winter Jig Colors
We just put up 4 new jig colors for Fall/Winter. Please check them out! Chaos football jigs: http://www.jig-monster.com/jigmochfohej.html Mayhem flipping jigs: http://www.jig-monster.com/jigmomafljig.html Happy Fishing!...
Fishing Report 9/30
Lake Alpine Alpine is still red hot for numbers of bass on the dropshot, the jig, small crankbaits, and rip baits. Big fish have also been caught on swimbaits, bulky jigs, 10+ inch worm, and bit top water baits, but there is only a short window of ti...
Fishing Report 8-11
Nicasio Falling water means it’s easier to get around. But the question is which spots are worth getting to if falling water levels push the fish off the shallow cover. I fished three of the last six days from the island; one day a 1 hour hike into...
Evening Fishing at Lake Nicasio
First, I know we’ve been neglecting our blog, but it’s for the greater good. We finally got our Mayhem Flipping Jigs up and available on Jigmonster.com in 20 colors as well as expanding the color options on the Chaos Football Jigs. They t...
New Glues for an Old Problem
It wasn’t that long ago when I would have to toss (if the fish didn’t toss it for me) $20-$30 worth of Senkos and Beavers on almost every trip to the lakes or Delta. In fact, for a very long time the only solutions for the short life span of soft...
Fishing Report - 6/11/2008
Berryessa Lake A couple of guys came into the shop on Tuesday saying that they had caught 10.4 and 6.9 on jigs and split shotting Robo Worms on the eastern shore on outside grass lines. And one 12 year old kid came in with his mom saying he caught a ...
Short and Sweet: Spring Hitch, Swim Jigs . . .
Howzit fellas – between the shop, lesson schedule, Cal Bass Craft, and Jig Monster, I haven’t had much time to write so this one’s gonna’ be short and sweet (arguably I’ve never done anything short and sweet). You know from a previous post ...
More Jig Monster News
First, we have the Snack Size Swimbaits from JSJ Tackle in stock! We just got our inventory from Josh yesterday and they are awesome. Josh hand makes each and every bait - he’s been developing his design to perfection for 2 years and his work h...
Jig Monster News
Two things….first all swimbaits are on sale right now through May 12th. I don’t know when we’ll do a sale on swimbaits again, and the prices are better than you’ll find anywhere for Baitsmith & Maverick Swimbaits - Clic...
How to Rig Senkos and Other Soft Stick Baits
Soft Stick Baits are probably the most effective saturation bait or non-reaction bait an angler can throw. It’s also in my opinion the single best throw back or follow up bait ever made and works great as a follow up bait in all but the muddiest wa...
Back from Vacation
Howzit - It’s good to be back. A few days off with my fiancé Emily (no phone, no fax, no computer, no clients) is just what I needed to recharge for this busy and exciting time of year ahead of us. Awaiting my return were reports from Gary Ph...
Big Fish
A buddy of mine has a friend who likes to keep his trophy bass exploits under wraps but tells me that after fishing every weekday for a month and a half with big swimbaits only, he had an epic day. Apparently during the little rainy windy front that ...
Another Lesson Learned the Hard Way
Lesson: ALWAYS have a camera at the ready when fishing. I’m still rattled from catching my new personal best Sunday and not having a camera with me. I keep thinking I should have tied it off and left it in the custody of one of the guys that we...
Monster Bass on Sunday
Last Sunday I had a great day fishing a couple of local lakes for numbers and for size throwing the Maverick Float-O in Grape Blue Neon on a Red ODZ Wacky jig and the Maverick 8″ Shaker on the same red wacky jig. Since then, all week long guys ...
Marin County Fishing Report
Lake Soulejule A lot of guys are doing really well up at Soulejule and have been for almost a month. Unfortunately they have also been doing really well at keeping it a secret. Last week pre-spawn fish up to 8 lbs were caught on deep diver cranks in ...
Awesome Weekend Fishing
Howzit. Got a chance to fish for fun on Sunday - I didn’t have to worry about anybody catching fish but myself. Hit a couple of local public waters that have been getting hammered for weeks and now that I finally get a chance to stick some fish...
What’s Coming Up at Jig Monster
Hi everyone, This is Emily taking over Joe’s blog for just one post. If you know Joe, then you may know that I’m his fiance and partner in Jig Monster, CBC, and this blog - I do all of the web stuff. I wanted to just take a moment to upda...
