In western Sebastian County between Hartford and Hackett is a 291-acre Arkansas Game and Fish Commission lake known as Sugar Loaf. It is known for a lot of things, but good fishing isn't one of them.

During the summer when the water heats up and bass slow down their activity a swim jig can be effective for fish feeding on bream or shad in shallow water. (Steve Knight/Tyler Morning Telegraph) Bass ...

There’s something about flipping, pitching, dragging, swimming, and casting a jig that screams bass fishing. And there’s a good chance that even as you’re reading this, you can recall the thump of the ...

If you're like most bass anglers, you've cast jigs, flipped jigs, pitched jigs, hopped jigs, crawled jigs and even jigged jigs, but the only time you ever swam a jig was when you sprinted it back to ...

Swimming jigs, which can trigger bass bites when fished in a vertical or horizontal manner, provide anglers with a 1-2 punch. It’s an ideal approach in the fall, when remaining submergent weeds ...

Like a lot of anglers, I grew up fishing bass jigs traditionally, pounding cover with an endless drop-lift-drop-lift routine. And while I caught fish, I didn’t fully grasp how truly versatile jigs are ...

Swimming jigs, which can trigger bass bites when fished in a vertical and horizontal manner, provide anglers with a one-two punch. It’s an ideal approach in the fall, when remaining submergent weeds ...

Most Alabama anglers are very familiar with the "swim-jig", a bulky bassing mouthful that looks somewhat live a muskrat going through the water. The lures, typically in weights from 3/8 to 3/4 ounce ...

There’s something about flipping, pitching, dragging, swimming, and casting a jig that screams bass fishing. And there’s a good chance that even as you’re reading this, you can recall the thump of the ...

Photos PennazA.jpg The ‘roller coaster’ swim jig technique offers multiple triggering points on every cast — there’s strike potential during the sweep, drop and pause. PennazColB.jpg Grubs and ...