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Old 03-17-06, 09:14 PM   #1
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Post jerkbaits when and where to use them

i am just wondering when do you fish a jerk bait and in what depths or weater condition i havent had much luck with them in the passed so i thaught i would ask all you guys
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Old 03-17-06, 09:48 PM   #2
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jerkbaits tend to work for us when the water temp is 50-60, pre spawn , but they can work all summer long too...I like to fish them along riprap, or under bridge cause ways, or really any where there is a depth of 5-7 feet that is hold fish..however fish at any depth will hit a jerk bait if provoked.
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what are the best jerk baits in your opion
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Old 03-17-06, 11:28 PM   #4
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xraps, and rattlin rogues
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What JB said.

What Futurepro said and Lucky Craft Pointers.
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Old 03-18-06, 04:37 PM   #6
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The pointers are so exspencive though.

I just got a floating rattling super rouge.
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Old 03-18-06, 08:18 PM   #7
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get an x-rap. imo jerk baits don't have to dive very deep to work..it is a timing thing lenth of pause, lenth of jerk,light twitches to fire breathing slashin yanks.get the right count and rythum and you can wear them out..
not really as hard as it sounds.i only use them winter and pre spawn..


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Does that include soft jerkbaits? Cause I can use those almost any time and catch fish on them year round.
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Does that include soft jerkbaits? Cause I can use those almost any time and catch fish on them year round.

What is your favorite? Thanks
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Old 03-18-06, 11:42 PM   #10
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I know I'm in the minority here on this one, but I believe jerkbaits work year around. zooker hit the nail on the head, cadence is the key. Flukes I use the same way almost, and I catch fish year around on them also. In hotter months I work them faster than the colder months.

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Old 03-18-06, 11:54 PM   #11
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thanks for your help i will try to fish them alot more and get better at using them
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Old 03-19-06, 12:44 PM   #12
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H2O, I like just about all soft jerkbaits, bassassassin, zoom, mann's, the all work fine, I just buy whatevers cheapest.
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Old 03-19-06, 01:09 PM   #13
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I too agree with Zooker....I fish rip baits most of the year. I fish them in all 4 seasons. In dead of winter(temps48-55) in clear water can be deadly if you are willing to wait 30-45 seconds during each pause...Spring(55-65)I puase betewwn 5-15 seconds in Spring I use te twitch twitch pause...twitch pause...twitch twitch pause. Summer (65 and higher) Alot of times I will sweep it long ways and let it sit. Otherwise its a fast twitch and pause for 2-3 seconds. Ripbaits are alot of fun. The key it to let the fish tell you how they want it. If you are fishing to fast and missing fish slow down. If your fishing slow and not getting anything speed up. I primarily use Xraps and Lucky Crafts. Yeah LC's are expensive but time and time again they work when nothing else will. Just starting out with rip baits I would reccomend you get some Husky Jerks and some Xraps.Have a great time learning this bait. Its very effective and can produce big fish(has for me)
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Old 03-19-06, 01:19 PM   #14
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thanks i do have a couple husky jerks and i plan to get some X raps

i geuss i should try a wide variety of retrives until i catch some fish
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Old 03-19-06, 01:36 PM   #15
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Since the husky jerk performs a tad dif. than the rogue, you may want to target bass that will come up to 2-3 ft. depth to feed. Usually a husky jerk will go about 2-3 ft deep, and a common retrieve often involves casting, and instead of starting with jerks, do two or three long pulls with the rod to move the bait, pause for a couple of seconds and dead stick it, then begin your cadence of jerk, jerk, pause, jerk....often times stopping the bait can provoke a strike...its agonizingly slow , but works.


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Old 03-19-06, 01:51 PM   #16
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thanks i have the two top ones one the left side and a clear one in a perch colour

thanks for the technique on using the husky jerks
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Old 03-20-06, 12:44 PM   #17
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I used an X-Rap for the first time Saturday and caught a few. It was cold and windy and the water temps were 54-57. This is my favorite time to use a jerkbait and almost always use a suspending one. They are great in clear water. I'll use a deep diving Husky Jerk if the fish are suspended in 10-12' of water. It's killer! The fish I caught Sat. were on a flat with stumps in 4-6' of water. I caught a couple in the back of a cove as well. This time of year a usually sweep it and stop it for about 5 sec. and keep doing the same all the way in. I'll change it up if they quit hitting it.
I also like a Rogue and a Strike King jerkbait.

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Old 03-20-06, 03:32 PM   #18
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This weekend jerkbaits saved us...I was fishin a tourney on beaver it was cold and overcast all day (cold front moved through the night before) and jerkbaits were to the only thing we could get bit on. Came in 7th (no $ but got a few all important points). Used xrap (silver) and my partner threw a lucky craft (ghost minnow i think) definately a great bait when nothing else is workin
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Jerkbaits are great when the bass fry are schooling, if you cast one outside a school of fingerlings, you often score.
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thanks for all the help guys
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