Greg Hackney: Why I Don't Miss Jig Bites

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Greg Hackney, one of the best jig fishermen on the planet, details why some anglers miss bass on jigs and how to improve your hooking/landing ratio.

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  • @mosttoothless
    @mosttoothless7 жыл бұрын

    Best jig hook setting lesson ever. Thanks, Greg.

  • @unclejay9205

    @unclejay9205

    5 жыл бұрын

    I was literally about to say the same exact thing until i saw your comment.

  • @TuanNguyen-kj1rz
    @TuanNguyen-kj1rz10 ай бұрын

    Rod/reel combo with fishing kit as an emergency setup kzread.infoUgkxntWMOZsO1Zfv-pdn_XuffEtNkTYAYu4Z recommend but started to use this every day. The rod is thick and seems durable. I keep it neatly tucked into a regular backpack all the time with my fishing gear, and can grab it anytime, put it on my back and go anywhere. I just read in another review that the rod length below the reel is adjustable as well, so I will try that too for even more portability. Probably the best setup I've ever owned. I lost the cap for the eyelets, but no big deal since I still have the black cloth sheath that came for the pole and I use that. Very portable and high quality.

  • @hatt0710
    @hatt07107 жыл бұрын

    Something just clicked in my head after watching this video especially the part where Greg talks about the prey trying to get away in the bass's mouth. And the ass trying to keep it in. My jig fishing is on point now and honesty can say it's because of this video👍Thank you.

  • @texasAUtiger
    @texasAUtiger7 жыл бұрын

    He's really good at explaining what to do and WHY. That will certainly help me remember it in the moment.

  • @countryfriedfishing
    @countryfriedfishing4 жыл бұрын

    Best advice on a jig hookset ever given.

  • @clearforkbassin7485
    @clearforkbassin74857 жыл бұрын

    My favorite pro angler "the king of the jig"

  • @jbjgibbons
    @jbjgibbons7 жыл бұрын

    I just started fishing swim jigs seriously this summer and destroyed the big bass in grass. From the last four months of fishing swim jigs almost daily, I can say everything Hackney just said is 100% right on! I love that these guys will share the secrets of their success to this level. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

  • @Madmok128

    @Madmok128

    3 жыл бұрын

    thanks for the tips. my first summer fishing

  • @TheMrphi1990
    @TheMrphi19903 жыл бұрын

    4 years later and this set's me up for my first big tournament on Jan. 23rd. Appreciate this bit. 🤘

  • @sunwukongmonkeyking5561
    @sunwukongmonkeyking55616 жыл бұрын

    The 137,000 people who stumble upon this video has become a better angler. Edited: The 225k people that stumble upon this video has become a better angler. Edited: The 305k people who stumble upon this has become a better angler.(2023)

  • @SMF89
    @SMF899 ай бұрын

    The Hack is such a smooth operator at this technique. I've been on a crazy Jig bite here in central Alabama. It's September. One thing I wanted him to discuss was which way to swing when the fish has the Jig in his mouth. I noticed if you oppose the fish's direction the jig is less likely to hook the fish. I wanted to hear about his experience on this. Awesome video. Gleans confidence.

  • @2hardbackrub743
    @2hardbackrub7438 жыл бұрын

    I needed this talk, thanks :)

  • @slipknot73745
    @slipknot737453 жыл бұрын

    Fish stay on jigs FOREVER. When I was first learning what a twig and what a bite was, the “bites” I found, would drag my line across ponds for 5-10 seconds LOL!

  • @chadpike7047
    @chadpike70478 жыл бұрын

    I have been looking everywhere on KZread for a video that explained the hook set on jig fishing. I think this will definitely increase my hookup ratio. Thanks, Greg. Love seeing you on MLF pull em out of the grass!!

  • @stevenstovall9668
    @stevenstovall96687 жыл бұрын

    Excellent Tip Mr. Hackney. I'm a huge fan!!!!!! This could really change my fishing game. Thanks

  • @SabbathTheBlack
    @SabbathTheBlack7 жыл бұрын

    Now this guy is true fisherman. Love watching Greg fish on MLF. He is definitely one of my favorites and his confidence makes him one of the best. I learned quite a bit from this video so thank you Mr. Hackney. Good luck to all of you this year on the water

  • @michaelreagan2295
    @michaelreagan22957 жыл бұрын

    Great information; been experiencing this all last week and this week. Thanks for the tips!

  • @danielmcnish6555
    @danielmcnish65552 жыл бұрын

    Best jig tutorial ever by the master. Great knowledge here & dissection.

  • @halohalo2498
    @halohalo24987 жыл бұрын

    who would give this a thumbs down.. yall are crazy.. Greg is trying to explain very knowledgeable information and fishes for living.. trying to help people what they are doing wrong and missing fish.. thumbs up all the way here....

  • @sunwukongmonkeyking5561
    @sunwukongmonkeyking55615 жыл бұрын

    This video has change my life in bass fishing! Listen to every word from Greg Hackney it's so motivated and gives me so much confidence. Learning from this video has land me 90% of bass. 9/10 Bass caught if it was 10 bites. Thank you so much a huge change in my life!!!

  • @SirZim
    @SirZim6 жыл бұрын

    Best informational video I've watched! Hands down. "When i set the hook.. i get all the fish."

  • @brooklynbassfishing1251
    @brooklynbassfishing12516 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the lesson..your my favorite on the bass master elite..

  • @herbertgearing1702
    @herbertgearing17025 жыл бұрын

    I've made that mistake so many times. I learned the lesson with trout after missing a few after seeing them eat a jig. I thought I was just setting it too hard because I was excited, so I slowed down a bit and set it a little more deliberately. I never made the connection to missing bass bites sight fishing. Thank you for the lesson.

  • @woefman9467
    @woefman94672 жыл бұрын

    Hackney is the best, thanks a million. I never fish jigs because no confidence, despite I know Denny Braur and Hackney smash good ones. I'm gonna give this a try.

  • @noahjohns7954
    @noahjohns79543 жыл бұрын

    This explains so much, I’m new to jig fishing as I fish mostly saltwater but never a seedless jig for bass. I’ll get on em this year I hope

  • @traviswells8180
    @traviswells81805 жыл бұрын

    Excellent video. Well worded. Great info. 👍

  • @AnglerMarv
    @AnglerMarv8 жыл бұрын

    Excellent! Thank you for sharing.

  • @grega3023
    @grega30232 жыл бұрын

    You're the best Greg, Thanks so much for the great video.... I really learned a lot from you... thanks be safe and tight lines

  • @havatampajewels5945
    @havatampajewels59453 жыл бұрын

    Best day of fishing I ever had, I didn't catch one bass. Instead I was getting countless nibbles, those little machine gun bites on my lure from perch and that right there taught me what the bite felt like and taught me to pause and not get over anxious when setting the hook. After that day, my bass fishing success on plastics ans jigs went through the roof.

  • @LMB_Nation
    @LMB_Nation6 жыл бұрын

    Awesome tips! 🤜

  • @ZYTHUM13
    @ZYTHUM138 жыл бұрын

    Awesome vid!

  • @Cw81Deut6n4
    @Cw81Deut6n45 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Greg.

  • @GetOutTheHouseGoFish
    @GetOutTheHouseGoFish6 жыл бұрын

    Great advice 👍🎣

  • @chuckborden8532
    @chuckborden85326 жыл бұрын

    Thx...now I know...I love fshig jigs in the trees 1 hour before daylight...been missing a bunch..the same technique you use I do use on a rubber worm..but I over react on a jig..On a worm,,I must feel the fish and then use a hard pull set..that works for me..Appreciate the advice..gone jig fishing tomorrow God willig

  • @hoopsheavenpa
    @hoopsheavenpa4 жыл бұрын

    Greg is the man!

  • @TR-sj3ck
    @TR-sj3ck8 жыл бұрын

    Good stuff!

  • @RealisticFishing
    @RealisticFishing7 жыл бұрын

    Man, I need to remember this!

  • @colethomas5056

    @colethomas5056

    5 жыл бұрын

    When u gonna throw the jig again? Those where my favorite videos!

  • @countryfriedfishing
    @countryfriedfishing5 жыл бұрын

    You know,I started tieing 1 on about 5 years ago. But I KNOW how I fished a Jig vrs how I fish the Jig now. Went from big heavys to 7'3" M/H with a M Fast tip. And the hookset,even the way it feels when they hit the jig is the best feeling in Bass Fishing. My 2 Jig Rods are a 7'3" M/H and a 7'6" H Akylos by Sixgill. A 3/8's Jig on a M Fast tip for a better feel of the fish while I tighten that line and take that Swing. Yeah,ive been throwing a jig all week in this cooler water and LOVEN IT!!!! But for real, This is the best explanation of the Hookset with a Jig. If he never made this video,my jig would suck.

  • @SMF89
    @SMF895 жыл бұрын

    Pretty cool to listen to Greg and his technique. List to G Man talk how he sets hooks on a jig. Completely different mentality between the anglers. Both world class.

  • @SirZim
    @SirZim6 жыл бұрын

    Literally watch this every night before i go out

  • @FishingChanneltv
    @FishingChanneltv8 жыл бұрын

    got the same conclusion after loosing lots of fish, cool tips

  • @torowallace757
    @torowallace7576 жыл бұрын

    Good video

  • @huknlipzfishing
    @huknlipzfishing Жыл бұрын

    I do a combined slack line and pick up the line hookset, I feel the weight drop down take 2 or 3 cranks and snap on him and any fish that's put my jig in their mouth I've hooked some come off because that's the sport but for example, I hooked a double digit bass on a bitsy jig and the jig was stuck in the roof of the mouth remember it's a big fish so it can and did throw the hook bc it straightened had I tied on a ballin out or a archy style head with a 4/0 hook he would be blistered to this day

  • @tucko11
    @tucko117 жыл бұрын

    love the guitar riffs lol

  • @3thingsfishing427
    @3thingsfishing4276 жыл бұрын

    I used to let bass swim around with a Powerworm. Almost every fish would run with it for 20 sec. or more. Some would try to literally eat it. Fisherman set the hook too quickly 90% of the time.

  • @jasonking3096

    @jasonking3096

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ehhh there’s a fine line there. Wait too long and their going to spit it

  • @claudejude-qm6sq
    @claudejude-qm6sq Жыл бұрын

    I never miss many and I did just what you said twice the other day and saw the fish but didn’t catch which I always release

  • @samiclex6816
    @samiclex68162 жыл бұрын

    Will be hard getting over your old habit, great tip

  • @lemesnil1
    @lemesnil17 жыл бұрын

    Solid!

  • @jamesamaro
    @jamesamaro4 жыл бұрын

    Thnx bro

  • @charlesjackson1123
    @charlesjackson11236 жыл бұрын

    so good i know i have lost fish because I didn't know this

  • @jonkelly5562
    @jonkelly55624 жыл бұрын

    The polar opposite technique/theory of Gerald Swindle. Both successful. Interesting.

  • @thereelaccountant9246

    @thereelaccountant9246

    3 жыл бұрын

    my exact thoughts

  • @thehoosierangler6823
    @thehoosierangler68235 жыл бұрын

    I lean into fish too. If I'm fishing a jig and feel a weight and it does swim off, I'll crawl or hop it over the cover, but if he swims off I'll swing to the hills

  • @nickmckee5841
    @nickmckee58417 жыл бұрын

    Awesome Video Greg! Would you recommend setting the hook the same way (removing all slack/ keeping line tight on fish) with all Texas Rigged lures and Shakey heads?

  • @joshuagreene9976
    @joshuagreene99762 жыл бұрын

    I land so many more fish using this method!

  • @randomtube8226
    @randomtube82268 жыл бұрын

    My river were I fish at is so terrible that when you finally do catch a fish. It's almost like hitting a small lottery.

  • @corykent7
    @corykent75 жыл бұрын

    Unless it’s a bite like in the 2017 classic. I fished a tournament on Havasu, and I learned that sometimes, smallmouth will bite down so hard on the jig, that you’ll set the hook, and it won’t imbed in its mouth very well. Simply because they had it clamped down so hard.

  • @robertbrandywine

    @robertbrandywine

    5 жыл бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/g3afprSgccqxYJc.html

  • @hunterrichardson1871
    @hunterrichardson18718 жыл бұрын

    Could this technique be used pitching soft plastics too?

  • @brodrickrobertson3459
    @brodrickrobertson34595 жыл бұрын

    Golden nugget!

  • @andywilliamson7846
    @andywilliamson78466 жыл бұрын

    Style of a jig CAN actually matter. I love the Lunker Lure company, but recently have been missing some largemouth with their Triple Rattleback Flipping Jig. The bass were 2 pounders or better. I really think it is because of the 3 rattles packed together. I since have removed them and am hoping my hooking percentage will go up. Some jigs with a perfectly shaped conical head and fairly short shank hook have also given me problems. (Nichols Mango jig, but Nichols is a GREAT company with many fine products.) Here's a tip: REMOVE the fiber guard on a jig when you do not need it. Your hooking percentage will increase. I realize in most largemouth bass fishing situations, you WILL need the fiber guard, but I've won at least one "major" tournament doing this. Andy Williamson, Lake Andes, SD (If you do remove the fiber weedguard, you will not have to use this delayed hook set that Greg is promoting.)

  • @Prostarter88
    @Prostarter885 жыл бұрын

    It's so hard to have self control. I get super excited when I feel the tap and set the hook.

  • @bobcharlie6711

    @bobcharlie6711

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ricky Frenchjr happens to the best of us

  • @docgillygun9531
    @docgillygun95315 жыл бұрын

    The 41 dislikes are all finesse fisherman.

  • @thomaspaysinger1047
    @thomaspaysinger10477 жыл бұрын

    im not able to set the hooks like this anymore so I use small diameter wire so I don't miss many hooks so stronger I pull them out under docks out of trees never have one to straighten hooks back in the day yea they would but hook company now make a lot better hooks

  • @williamjordan7650
    @williamjordan76502 жыл бұрын

    Is this Turtle point on Wilson lake in Alabama?

  • @jornelindberg5127
    @jornelindberg51277 жыл бұрын

    use a salty trailer. they hold on a lot longer so u get more time to get slack out

  • @earlgarcia6106
    @earlgarcia61063 жыл бұрын

    Yes!! Best advice I also got was pretend your fishing live bait..shit clicked for me

  • @ABRONXTALE9
    @ABRONXTALE97 жыл бұрын

    👍👍👍👍👍👍

  • @TheMagician205
    @TheMagician2057 жыл бұрын

    where's this guys channel

  • @mr.skeptical3071
    @mr.skeptical30714 жыл бұрын

    This is the exact opposite of wat another pro said! I'm going with Greg!

  • @zachjonas6987

    @zachjonas6987

    3 жыл бұрын

    Was it Glenn May from bass resource telling u to pop it really hard?

  • @davidmash1390
    @davidmash13903 жыл бұрын

    “This my flipping stick. My 8 foot flipping stick.”😭😭

  • @cocorkiller2322
    @cocorkiller23225 жыл бұрын

    The questions people ask 😂 watch it folks

  • @jackhuminski3390
    @jackhuminski33904 жыл бұрын

    Haha show this to Gman

  • @odmcoregondudemixedchannel322
    @odmcoregondudemixedchannel3227 жыл бұрын

    when I set the hook I get all the fish lol

  • @telefunkenyou47
    @telefunkenyou477 жыл бұрын

    If a fish can't reason, wouldn't they be nomadic and hit anything they see? And how would they know to prefer your sponsors lures?

  • @todd5198
    @todd51988 жыл бұрын

    Can't catch with a jig, I have been using them for 2 seasons with only one unsucessful bite, this week I used them bank fishing in 3 sessions for a combined total of 27 hrs worth of effort and not a single bite, my cousin was fishing the same spot as me with plastic worms and getting at least 4 bass per session.........I am not giving up because for some reason I just love jigs, even though they don't produce I am convinced it is worth the effort to figure them out. Can you make some suggestions that may help me figure out my problem? I used them with and without craw trailer. I both hop and drag them. I target both weeds and rocks. And I do well in these places with worms. So what can it be? I am getting frustrated, my cousin is hounding me to give up the jigs says they must not work in michigan, either that or the videos are just made to sell jigs and they are somehow rigged.

  • @texasbassin1536

    @texasbassin1536

    8 жыл бұрын

    This was the story of my learning to use a jig to a t. But hang in there try different spots and it will pay off. If you catch one fish on it you will catch 20 that's just how the jig bite is man. Hang in there!

  • @jornelindberg5127

    @jornelindberg5127

    7 жыл бұрын

    detroit hiker use a fluoro carbon leader u may be using line they can see in that clear water up there

  • @jornelindberg5127

    @jornelindberg5127

    7 жыл бұрын

    detroit hiker also try fishing in shallow water and see how the bass react to know what makes them bite. id use a green pumpkin color

  • @3thingsfishing427

    @3thingsfishing427

    6 жыл бұрын

    detroit hiker You’ve gotta use a trailer bud. Try 3” or 4” Berkeley Powercraw or old school Uncle Josh pork trailer. Edit: you are using trailer. I’d suggest jigs in the brown color range. Black/blue so popular, but I don’t know why. Browns much more natural.

  • @ShoahBiz

    @ShoahBiz

    6 жыл бұрын

    Try slowing it down and not making too big of movements with the bait or rod tip. In that clear water, a finesse approach is needed.

  • @thomaspaysinger1047
    @thomaspaysinger10477 жыл бұрын

    just take finger push down near the head you will see weed guard catch the tip sometimes that's all it takes to miss fish

  • @5280Bassin
    @5280Bassin8 жыл бұрын

    I don't even know how to tell I have a jig bite to begin with. I've caught two fish ever on a traditional jig, and one was sight fishing.

  • @williambannister1127

    @williambannister1127

    8 жыл бұрын

    When i get them on a jig, i like to drag it on the bottom like a craw. I usually fell tap tap tap or like a pull. I like to always keep tight line on the jig to feel everything

  • @5280Bassin

    @5280Bassin

    8 жыл бұрын

    Just because of the sheer amount of weeds and muck I don't fish them a whole lot. The one fish I caught not sight fishing, I saw the line jump when the fish thumped it just after it hit the water (flippin' a dock). I know I need to fish them more to get better, but the lake I fish the most is a real muddy bottom. Gotta find the right setup.

  • @williambannister1127

    @williambannister1127

    8 жыл бұрын

    5280 Bassin' I fish a really clear lake with rock and sand bottom. Jigs are really fun to fish

  • @5280Bassin

    @5280Bassin

    8 жыл бұрын

    +William Bannister yeah mine is really clear (6' is the norm, sometimes 15'+ isn't unheard of. Mostly a mud bottom and very thick vegetation. Once the weeds recede some it will probably be better. There is a riprap dam, and a couple sandy areas but not a lot. Some sticks, stumps, etc.

  • @williambannister1127

    @williambannister1127

    8 жыл бұрын

    My lake on a nice sunny calm day i could easily see 20-25 foot down. Mostly rock bottom not alot of thick vegetation some areas are about 15 with think vegetation. I like bomb the jig out far and drag it back or ill flip boat docks or swim platforms in a bay. I got small and large mouth in my lake so i can catch smallies deep and shallow and largemouth i can get around docks

  • @proassassin8473
    @proassassin84734 жыл бұрын

    This is polar opposite on how Gerald Swindel teaches. lol

  • @Wampuscat6970

    @Wampuscat6970

    3 жыл бұрын

    I was lookin for this comment

  • @EliteSniperFMJ
    @EliteSniperFMJ7 жыл бұрын

    audio coming in my left channel only

  • @rogerervin9199
    @rogerervin91993 жыл бұрын

    I must be missing something. I have done this and have missed several

  • @DrHogfan
    @DrHogfan6 жыл бұрын

    Star City ,Ark. The Hack Attack !

  • @thomaspaysinger1047
    @thomaspaysinger10477 жыл бұрын

    greg I watched you miss them a lot with jigs in tournments

  • @robertbrandywine

    @robertbrandywine

    5 жыл бұрын

    The funny thing is he said he makes a "majority" of his hooksets. Not really a strong recommendation.

  • @motionmadnessdecoys1241
    @motionmadnessdecoys12414 жыл бұрын

    Why I don't miss jig bites ? COME ON

  • @sonnymorrison9734
    @sonnymorrison97345 жыл бұрын

    No sound

  • @michianaoutdoorsnews2534

    @michianaoutdoorsnews2534

    5 жыл бұрын

    It must have something to do with your equipment. We've had several views and no one has mentioned a sound problem with this video.

  • @dwmjr2253
    @dwmjr22538 жыл бұрын

    HACKATTACK!!!

  • @stephenbrock7252
    @stephenbrock72525 жыл бұрын

    Hackneys the man, but i thought this was common sense with a jig?

  • @benjaminluebberst168
    @benjaminluebberst1685 жыл бұрын

    Built in commercials...more annoying than regular ads

  • @kappster1
    @kappster12 жыл бұрын

    Wrong, Wrong, Wrong. Denny Brauer is the best jig fisherman. Period.

  • @fishtailz38
    @fishtailz386 жыл бұрын

    Sure buddy lol only if any body watches u in any other vid ur doing exactly what ur tellin people not to do in this 1 lmfao pro fisherman kill me with there so called tips bahahaha!!!

  • @learningtofish7036
    @learningtofish70362 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Greg.

  • @gregc2621

    @gregc2621

    Жыл бұрын

    Anytime

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