These Jerkbaits Are Special! Have You Tried Them?
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For situations where you want a smaller jerk bait that runs deep, I really like the Duo Realis 100DR
Who's throwing jerkbaits now ? All my lakes are froze over ?? 😮😮
Thanks for the information. I get where you are going and that’s start with what works. Again thanks
Jackall rearrange
Matt, I have had great multi species luck on x-raps and rogues. Bomber long A has caught many big largemouth for me especially gold/black orange belly.
Make sure you don’t try the OSP Varuna 110 SP. It’ll make you want to throw out everything else. Can be fished on heavier line (14 lb. fluoro). Will hit 8 feet, too, with downward twitches on 10 lb. fluoro
And remember the cheap. Matzuo. Hawk. Murdered. Fish on it. Out of business now. But I bought up everyone I could find when stores were clearing them out.
What about shad shapes. I’ve had really good luck with #5 glass raps. And similar baits that suspend. And good hard pulls let sit. Pulls let sit. I’ve had fish 🐠 smash that in muddy currents in rivers.
Rapala mavrik has been awesome for me, the matte shad has been the best on my home lake with about 6-8 ft of visibility
Xrap is great in saltwater too…trout, snook and reds love them 😎
Glad you mentioned the OG rogue. The perfect 10 rogue is a fish catcher as well. Love the action on the Stunna but the hooks are so delicate they done after a couple fish. Swap them out immediately
Matt I have a question about hook replacement. I damage a hook on a Megabass 110 Jr +1 and would like to stay with the original brand of hooks but don’t know what they are. I replaced it with a #8 Berkley Fusion because the weighed the same. Please give me your thoughts on original hooks.
Nice video Matt. Timeline-wise, I think you confused the popularity of technique with the manufacturers catching up to what the anglers were doing. It's been popular as a winter bait for more than 50 years, anglers just had to weight their baits.
I've still got some Skinny Cutter 110+1s new in box if you're interested. 🤙 Tight lines.
The Yo-Zuri jerkbait had success with
Great video and tips Matt like always bud thank you sir 👍🏻
Anyone have luck on the Yo-zuri jerkbaits. I bought a few in the equivalent size to the V110, and some smaller ones. I’m not liking the 110 ones because when stopped, the weight system puts the nose down so much that the bait looks like it’s at an 85 degree angle. Looks unnatural. I’ve put some suspend strips on the bottom of the tail to try to balance it out a little, but that seems to send it falling backwards sometimes. Any tips on these Yo-zuris other than throwing them away? The smaller ones I like better as they don’t pitch as much.
Highly recommend the Jackall Rerange. Thanks, Matt.
You have to try the Nomad Design Shikari Jerkbait. Affordable option that has an awesome action and great hardware.
LOL, after looking at your background I would have never guessed that you throw a lot of different crankbaits…
I bought one of the Shimano boxes from TW last year and it had their world minnow in it. It actually was in a great color for catching bass. Bottom line I used it quite a lot but only caught a few fish on it. I’d pick up another rod with my Megabass 110 and catch fish. Quite the difference. I thought it was just me. Of course I was fishing it on bright sunny days so I might need to try it on cloudy days where the flash boost may help.
I remember the first big bass that I caught on a jerkbait. It was a 8 1/4 pounder. That was in 1982 on Fayette County Lake in Texas using a 5 5/8” Chrome Red Fin made by Cotton Cordell.
To this day I still like using the two hook jerkbaits.
At some point, I hope it occurs to the critics that you are at a level where you have choices when it comes to companies with whom to work and that you pick Berkley bc of some of the lures they make (and how they make them — scientific research!) rather than promoting a co for $. On the other hand, I suspect most of them just want to criticize. The Nanahan series has worked very well for me. I’ve caught like 2 fish in the world minnow. My fish don’t eat it. X-70, super small, is also good. I don’t have the shad rap history you do.
I throw it more in warmer water but the Rerange is absolutely 🔥🔥🔥
I’ve had some situations that the only jerkbait I could get bit on is a X-80 Trick Darter. It’s one of my favorites.
As always, thanks for the video Matt! Ill be waiting for the next one to come out!!
Hi Matt. New sub here. Quick question are you using braid to leader on your spinning rod set up. Rouges wow, i have boxes of them from the 4 1/2'" floaters to the P-10s. Never have actually used one as a jerk bait! We troll them here on Erie and Ontario for Walleye Salmon and Trout.
Great content. Provoke 97DD???
Matzou Zander minnow first gen
They don't make em anymore. Matzuo got bought out.
X-Rap 💪
The old Lucky Craft Flash Minnow is a good shallow diver (about 2') that suspends
The Shimano Zumverno 95 has been my go to here on lake hartwell for the last three years. It's been out preforming all my other Megabass, Berkley Stunna & Lucky Craft baits of comparable size.
The Lucky Craft Pointer 100SP was huge for a while. Was that before or after the MB Vision 110?
Another excellent video as usual. I use most of the baits you just talked about but I also have had alot of success on the Daiwa T.D. minnow and the Daiwa Double Clutch minnow ( deep diver version ). Keep up the outstanding content I really enjoy it.
I use beastly minnow from renzstein. It is made to be customized. You can fish it out of the pack, you want a shallow you take some plyers and cut the lip shorter, you want it to go down you use the beastly weight system. Im gonna pick up his jerbait rod when it drops and the smallet seize jerkbaits too. Comes with great hooks. I like renz stuff because he is a keen angler/lure builder that creates thf things he want to fish with.
The other one is spaz attack from redeyebaits.
Now this are only sold is sweden as far as I know. But pop them an e-mail and I would not be surprised if they are able to arrange something.
I have to little experience with the big brands to say if they would massively outpreform them but if an amature can go from not really be that keen on jerkbaits too it been some sorh of confidence bait thfn they are doing something right. 🙂
When I started i bought 2 bass pro shops xps jerk bait to learn the technique with. I have never caught as many fish as I did with the perch colour. The gold colour stunna is also excellent.
Great video and I am a Wisconsin boy as well! 👍🏼 I absolutely love fishing Jerkbaits for a variety of species, and the X-Rap is a big favorite of mine. I also fish the old school Rapala Husky Jerk with a lot of success, and the Rapala Original.
Doesn’t matter where I throw those baits, northwoods, southern WI, Green Bay, lakes, rivers, ponds, the bass, pike, walleyes , panfish , Muskies, salmon, and trout eat them up! Jerkbaits are effective almost anywhere year round, and they’re multi species fish catchers!
I’m a Rapala fanatic when it comes to Jerkbaits so most of my box consists of Rapala products. I love using the standard black/silver, olive green/silver, perch patterns personally, can’t go wrong when you match the hatch!
Great video content, and congrats on your tournament win at the Mississippi not too long ago! I look forward to doing some ice fishing this winter, but Spring can’t come soon enough! Can’t wait to throw some Jerkbaits for shallow prespawn Bass! Good luck fishing 🎣
love the stunna. sinking and suspending.
New video idea… xcalibur xr50 or other lipless tricks and tips to spring bass fishing. Its a lure that not many talk about.
Started on rogues and deep billed rebels with ambassadeur 5500 c reel and a boron 6 ft rod. 1981 That bite was great. Fish didnt have them dangled on their nose then.
The rogues are excellent walleye lures also. I fish during the winter & early spring below the dam
where Bull Shoals Lake starts. Have been fishing that spot for 30 years. Have tried multiple different
jerkbaits & the rogue easily out fishes the other brands.
But why does Berkley only make the stunna in sink?? I am around 90% suspend and the rare 10% float when I'm in shallow creeks and rivers.
The stunna has caught me more fish than any lure I have so far. Great lure that catches multiple species.