Jerkbait favorites in early spring

[Mean Morone]

Thanks for the info guys. Mhall, you are correct about the Gizz 4. It works great as a jerkbait for late spring bass, especially smallies. I would like to make a jerkbait that suspends and it looks like 55 might be the magic number for a neutral presentation. Col Forbin that is some good info also. Dave Stuart gave me some similar advice so I know you guys know what you are talking about. I will now go back to the shop and see what I can come up with. Sorry for butting in on this thread, but it is great info. THanks.

[mhall]

Thanks for the info guys. Mhall, you are correct about the Gizz 4. It works great as a jerkbait for late spring bass, especially smallies. I would like to make a jerkbait that suspends and it looks like 55 might be the magic number for a neutral presentation. Col Forbin that is some good info also. Dave Stuart gave me some similar advice so I know you guys know what you are talking about. I will now go back to the shop and see what I can come up with. Sorry for butting in on this thread, but it is great info. THanks.

Don't ever think you are butting in, your opinion is as welcome and valuable as anybody elses on this site.

[Col Forbin]

Thanks for the info guys. Mhall, you are correct about the Gizz 4. It works great as a jerkbait for late spring bass, especially smallies. I would like to make a jerkbait that suspends and it looks like 55 might be the magic number for a neutral presentation. Col Forbin that is some good info also. Dave Stuart gave me some similar advice so I know you guys know what you are talking about. I will now go back to the shop and see what I can come up with. Sorry for butting in on this thread, but it is great info. THanks.

I don't know which is worse, thinking you are butting in, or thinking I know what I am talking about.
I do love to fish these jerkbaits. Jerkbaits and T-rigged plastics are by far my favorite - I probably caught 75% of my fish last year on one of those two. I can say I wasn't confident with jerkbaits my first couple years fishing them - now they are my confidence baits - especially in the spring. I really try to visualize that bait constantly - if you get a chance throw one in a pool to see how different actions make the bait react. You will be surprised how little you really have to work these.

[Mean Morone]

Thanks guys, I do appreciate it. I have fished a lure like a jerkbait one time in my life and that was last April on C-land. In two days of fishing I caught several smallies including one that is now my personal best. I didn't weigh it but people have told me that it was somewhere btween 4 and 5 lb. I had no idea what I was doing, but the lure I was using had so much flash I guess the smallies couldn't stand it. That lure floats, but it got me to thinking how good it would have been if the lure would stop and just look right back at those smallies. I don't think they could stand a neutral presentation. So now that is my goal. I will try to take the lure we already have and make it suspend at 55 deg. Any other water temp will make it either rise or sink. It's all good. Thanks again.

[Mean Morone]

Thanks MarkW for bringing up this subject. It has been very informative.

[MarkW]

No problem and you are right, some very good and informative info came out of this. I am happy to see this kind of topic come out so well, and I feel was the original intention of this website.
Thanks to everybody. Since reading these posts, reading on the internet and reading in the latest magazines---I think I am ready. It will be at least two weeks til I hit the water, but hopefully that will be enough time to get the "jerkbait bite" going!