As someone who recently got into Jerk baits, everything you're saying lines up with my experiences. I just got into walleye fishing about a year ago after almost strictly fishing for trout and Bass in Colorado. Ever since i hooked my first big walleye, i've been obsessed with catching them on the jerkbait, my go to's have been the Rapala Shadow rap in purpledescent, and a suprisingly cheap jerkbait, the Smithwick Rattling Rogue, honorable mention to Dyanmic lures HD Trout for finesse.

I just found my new fishing instructor… thanks for explaining everything so simple … easy to understand gave me all the info I wanted .. nothing less or extra .awesome . Thanks 🙏🏼

I'm a braid guy also. The first advice I got when I moved into North Dakota was to use steel leaders to avoid getting bitten off by pike. But the problem with that in my mind was that if I did that, pike would be all I would ever catch because everything else would run away from my leader. So I did some digging, and my go-to leader now is 17 lb flouro. I can still catch the more skittish fish, and I have never gotten bitten off, as long as I re-tie after about the fourth or fifth pike.

I love these educational videos you put out! Thanks for sharing. Please keep them coming.

Great tips!! Thanks, Caleb!!!

Thank you Caleb, I appreciate the lessons.

Finally subscribed. Great info!

Thank you for this excellent video.

The Pink and Orange Rapala X raps are the best lures for Walleye. I caught almost all my walleyes on them since they first came out. I would recommend jerking but also trolling. They are definitely the king of Walleye lures.

Killer vid! On my trips I've tried to explore a variety of lures, but have only recently tried jerks! Tricky figuring which of my baits sink rise and how deep, but ALWAYS fun!

I recently started experimenting with jerk baits when fishing for walleyes and small mouth bass, this video was honestly great and very educational. Thanks a ton!

Great information ! Great results hooking smalls and rock bass , but unfortunately have had large pike swallow them.

Thanks!

great in-depth video about jerk baits, you seem like a big Rapala guy which I am as well.....

I lead core line these in 33 feet of water mid summer on most local lakes with good success. I keep it around 3 feet to 5 feet off the bottom on clear lakes. Watching the line is great but with lead core that isnt very obvious. Still a great way to trigger fish.

Any recommendations for a neutral (or other) buoyant jerk-baits for musky? Going to be in the Wisconsin Northwoods quite a bit this summer.

Do you use a swivel with these or tie direct to lure? Thanks for the info. Great info

Not sure if this was asked yet but how would a steel leader effect the action of the jersey bait. Asking because I see a lot of anglers using them for pike and walleye up here in the north Canada area

Funny that you say medium light because I actually prefer my jerbaits on a medium heavy purely because when I cast I feel like I can actually use the weight of the lure

Do you just twitch it the whole way back or do you dive it down at first or perhaps swim it a little bit in between twitching and pausing

Ive been looking all over KZfaq for just this info thank you

So what category does a suspending bait fall under ?

flouro makes baits lose neutrality - braid requires a leader - I use mono for forgiveness re treble hooks and a baitcasting medium fast action - use only spinning gear if it is windy or smaller baits - I tend to fish for largemouth with Japanese finesse on spinning and bigger or any deeper diving jerkbaits (Smithwick Rattling Rogue or Rapala ) on baitcasting - colder the water the more subtle the approach - and this Big Tip "on a rising bait up size the front belly hook to get better casting, depth and action plus not lose as many fish!!" skin hooking a bigger fish and taking the time to land it or heavier bigger round gap hooks can be more forgiving. Jerbaits, I see most guys throw in open water but I try to glance off cover or tear out of early weed growth like a Crankbait with a snap and longer pauses. these two tips up size hooks with testing for proper buoyancy then trigger fish near cover have me catch fish even in pressured waters.

Have you used spybaits at all?

So, I've never had success with these baits, but after watching your video, I'm realizing that I have been using them wrong. The other possibility I see is the amount of detail you go into with each name brand lure's attributes. In your opinion, once I correct my technique, how much or little success will I have with my cheap ten-dollar-a-dozen lures?

extra fast is not good with braid, use regular fast it makes lure work

Wow this fisherman has such experience and awesome knowledge will put this I. My library. He paid the price to get where he is. I bet lots of trials and errors.

They're summer baits.

So you've just started, but you're an expert?