{"id":5392,"date":"2024-07-21T07:26:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-21T12:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakeforkmonsters.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/21\/how-to-fish-jigs-for-big-bass-with-roland-martin\/"},"modified":"2025-04-06T11:22:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T16:22:17","slug":"how-to-fish-jigs-for-big-bass-with-roland-martin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videos.lakeforkmonsters.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/21\/how-to-fish-jigs-for-big-bass-with-roland-martin\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Fish Jigs for Big Bass with Roland Martin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"630\" height=\"354\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T3PGKvGUyJs?autoplay=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Legends of fishing. The likes of Roland Martin (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wired2.fish\/RolandMartinOutdoors)\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/wired2.fish\/RolandMartinOutdoors)<\/a> and the late Ron Lindner (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wired2fish.com\/news\/fishing-icon-ron-lindner-passes-at-86\/)\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.wired2fish.com\/news\/fishing-icon-ron-lindner-passes-at-86\/)<\/a>  put thoughtful smiles on our faces from their indelible contributions to the sport we love and their larger-than-life personalities. Lifelong fishing educators have seen it all, giving them the ability to transcend generations to deliver useful content for anglers of all skill levels. Wired2Fish caught up with Roland Martin at famed Lake Baccarac Lodge (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/wired2.fish\/BaccaracLodge)\u200b\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/wired2.fish\/BaccaracLodge)\u200b<\/a> for a lesson in structure fishing heavy jigs for magnum-sized bass.<\/p>\n<p>FEATURED PRODUCT<br \/>\n\u2022 Yamamoto Cowboy, color: Bruised Shin: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/wired2.fish\/YamamotoCowboy\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/wired2.fish\/YamamotoCowboy<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Gambler Double Weedguard Jigs (1-ounce), color: Black Blue Purple (out of stock): <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wired2.fish\/GamblerWeedguardJig\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/wired2.fish\/GamblerWeedguardJig<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Favorite Emperor Casting Rod, 7&#8217;3&#8243; Med Hvy: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wired2.fish\/EmporerCastingRod\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/wired2.fish\/EmporerCastingRod<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Favorite Fishing Soleus Casting Reel, 7.3:1: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wired2.fish\/SoleusCastingReel\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/wired2.fish\/SoleusCastingReel<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Cush-It Elite Bass Rod Floats: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wired2.fish\/CushItRodFloat\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/wired2.fish\/CushItRodFloat<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Braided Mainline, 65lb<br \/>\n\u2022 Leader, 25lb Fluorocarbon<\/p>\n<p>Martin shares an excellent tutorial on using &#8220;the counting method&#8221; to approximate depth and the location of structure without a fish finder &#8212; useful information if you&#8217;re a bank or boat fisherman without electronics. He explains the differences between bite detection and setting the hook with jigs vs. worm fishing. Lastly, Martin discusses when he prefers using braid with a fluorocarbon leader over straight fluorocarbon or monofilament fishing line. <\/p>\n<p>\u25ba SUBSCRIBE for more AWESOME FISHING TIPS: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/wired2.fish\/YTSub\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/wired2.fish\/YTSub<\/a><br \/>\n\u25ba SHOP WIRED2FISH GEAR HERE:  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wired2fishgear.com\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.wired2fishgear.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>FOLLOW US HERE AS WELL:<br \/>\n\u25ba <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wired2fish.com\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.wired2fish.com<\/a><br \/>\n\u25ba <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wired2fish_official\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wired2fish_official<\/a><br \/>\n\u25ba <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wired2fish\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wired2fish<\/a><br \/>\n\u25ba <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/wired2fish\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/wired2fish<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legends of fishing. The likes of Roland Martin (https:\/\/wired2.fish\/RolandMartinOutdoors) and the late Ron Lindner (https:\/\/www.wired2fish.com\/news\/fishing-icon-ron-lindner-passes-at-86\/) put thoughtful smiles on our faces from their indelible contributions to the sport we love and their larger-than-life personalities. Lifelong fishing educators have seen it all, giving them the ability to transcend generations to deliver useful content for anglers of &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365],"tags":[4715,4714,2651,4651,4712,4711,4713],"class_list":["post-5392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hot-tips","tag-how-to-bass-fish-with-a-jig","tag-how-to-jig-for-bass","tag-jig-fishing-for-bass","tag-lake-baccarac-bass-fishing","tag-lake-baccarac-lodge","tag-roland-martin-jig-fishing","tag-yamamoto-cowboy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/videos.lakeforkmonsters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/videos.lakeforkmonsters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/videos.lakeforkmonsters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/videos.lakeforkmonsters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/videos.lakeforkmonsters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5392"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/videos.lakeforkmonsters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7551,"href":"https:\/\/videos.lakeforkmonsters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5392\/revisions\/7551"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/videos.lakeforkmonsters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/videos.lakeforkmonsters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/videos.lakeforkmonsters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/videos.lakeforkmonsters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}