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Finesse jigs for smallmouth

Feider targets the tops of sandbars, where pea gravel and scattered limbs create a current break.

Smallmouth are a finicky fish. So often, they’re either ravenously hungry and inhaling your bait or they won’t even give it a look. To make them bite when they’re in that lazy mood, you need to find the middle ground where power meets finesse — and the answer is often a skirted finesse jig.