When and where to use? What time of year? Shallow or deep water?
When and where to use? What time of year? Shallow or deep water?
For me it's very early spring and in the winter, anywhere from 4-15ft, and I always opt for a suspending bait. I like em near steep drops with some forn of cover for the fish to suspend on.
Others prolly have much more insight than myself as I don't use these baits this often even though I just bought 28 from Pete
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Why not summer or fall?
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Why not summer or fall?</TD></TR></TABLE>
Others prolly have much more insight than myself as I don't use these baits often .
i like the susspending ones to you can cover just about any depth you want most say spring or late fall into winter but i have used at other times in 2-5 range just dont be consitant withe the retrieve as the name implys slash it jerk it stop it crank it there are no limits i like the ones with feather hook but others will work i just don't rely upon it that much but when all else fails hey see it they want it. jsut remember it is a reaction type of bait you are trying to get them to hit it for spite
Fishkicker throws a jerkbait all the time. Hopefully we will chime in with some comments...
I have some painted jerkbaits but really dont fish them that often...
I like to use them a little pre-spawn at the lake, but I don't depend on them allot. I'll throw them shallow and work them out trying to find suspended fish that are just starting to come up and feed. If I don't get any intrest after 20 or so casts they go back in the box for the rest of the day.
Pre-spawn works best for me. I use both deeper diving and shallow divers...suspending ones...I experiment with both till I find which one they want...
I like both the Team Daiwa ones and the Rapala X-raps....
I would reply, but i am just a grasshopper. Still learning the basics. I guess jerk baits work. I caught a nice 5lber once. It was in the spring. red and bronze rogue.
Still learning myself, never hurts to ask as I often do. I always learn something new from the folks here. Even OTW!
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Still skiing in February.
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Mwahahahahaha quiet down crazy man quiet down ........ absolutely do NOT try it at Gaston in February
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I dunno but I think it involves pink grubs
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I dunno but I think it involves pink grubs
Late fall, after the water temp falls below 55*,and all winter........long points on sunny days and bluff walls.
One of my favorite baits. I specifically like the Pointer 78's, there is a ghost shad color and a blue back shad color. One is obvious, the other I am thinking about is a light light yellow/transparent color. I like the blue black color better, because it mimics the shad in High Rock.
I use it year round. It works better, IMO, in clearer water. The only thing I change between 45 degree water and 85 degree water is how hard/often I pop it. In the cold I let it sit sometimes for a minute, usually pop it gently. In the warm I sometimes crank it slowly jut like a crankbait, let it just barely swim along, sometimes I pop it about 2-3 times a second (more aggressively in the summer).
It is imperative to have it suspend. So that's why I like Pointers. They are right when you open the box. The others tend to float up, or sink, usually at a very unnatural attitude. You use lots of lead tape with cheaper lures.
I use a moderatley flexible 6'6" baitcaster, nice reel, 20# braid with a 12# florocarbon leader. I fish it normally in 6 feet or less. When you come by in December (I'm booked till then) I will give you first hand experience with it.
Richard
ChampioN/Mercury
High Rock Lake NC
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