May16th
Wednesday, May 16th, 2007
I’ve written a little bit about soft jerkbaits in previous posts on my blog. I’ve covered general information about rigging soft jerkbaits and selecting the right bait for the right situation. In this article, I want to cover the most common technique I use when fishing for smallmouth or largemouth bass with this type of bait. I call it the “drift and pop” technique. I can’t say enough about how effective this technique has been for me over the years. I often joke with my fishing buddies. If this doesn’t work we might as well go home and mow the grass!
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Apr18th
Tuesday, April 18th, 2006
Nose hooking your soft jerkbaits can add a whole new arsenal of fish catching presentations to your bag of tricks. It is a versatile rig that allows for some very innovative and subtle presentations. If you are a catch and release angler, the nose hook rig can also help you return more fish to the water unharmed . Lets find out how!
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Apr2nd
Sunday, April 2nd, 2006
Soft jerkbaits are effective fish catchers. In an earlier article, I outlined some basics for selecting soft jerkbaits. In this article, I’ll describe the most popular rigging technique for this bait.
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Mar7th
Tuesday, March 7th, 2006
If I had to list my top five baits for bass, both largemouth and smallmouth, it would be difficult to exclude soft jerkbaits from that list. Year in and year out soft jerkbaits have produced for me in a variety of weather and water conditions. This baits strength lies in its almost innate ability to produce some seriously erratic movements.
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Feb13th
Monday, February 13th, 2006
An old timer once told me “if your not loosing baits then your not fishing in the right place”. It would be difficult to deny that there is a certain amount of logic behind this statement. To catch fish you have to get your bait deep into cover without getting hung up. texposed rigging your bait and skin hooking it can help you accomplish these objective. Many soft plastics can be texposed and skin hooked such as worms, craws, tubes, and soft jerk baits.
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