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| I have a question for you people and hope you can give me a few tips or pointers. I am trying to get proficient at throwing a weagle, Suick, and Reef Hawg. I have watched some of the best on Mille Lacs snap there line in a downward rhythmic motion and to be honest I am dumbfounded by it. As hard as I try to keep my timing right I find I get out of sync. Can anyone offer any hints as to how to get this technique down. Thanks to any and all responses.
WS
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Location: north west wisconsin | watch the bait and learn how it reacts to each movment you make the mistake i see people making is that they jerk to hard. you don't have to move the rod three feet to get the bait working right alot of times you only have to move your rod tip three to four inchs
hope this helps and the only other thing would be to keep throwing them there is no wrong way to work a jerkbait besides reeling it straight in |
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Location: Illinois | It is a combination of action from the reel handle and the downward jerks. I learned by counting to myself while working the bait 1 2 1 2 1 2 each number the lure would go from side to side. Then eventually it is habit. |
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Location: Yahara River Chain | Whopper Stopper, I hope you are using your dominate hand to work the rod. This one thing will by far allow you to work those swing baits to perfection. If someone tells you they can do it better with their non dominate hand they are either an old pro or a liar. |
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| WS, good advice from floydss regarding short rod tip movements. Although you are seeing guides working the bait with a definite rhythm, remember that you need slack line to allow the bait to glide. The key is watching how you bait reacts to a single short jerk, then slack, then jerk. The slack line needs to be "controlled slack" though, and you can keep your reel handle turning, in between jerks, to control it. It does take practice and patience when you are just starting out. Start by just trying to work the bait slowly: jerk, controlled slack, jerk. Your first jerk gets the bait moving forward, the second jerk should send it in one direction and the third jerk in the opposite direction. Once you get the hang of it working slowly, start speeding up.
Hope this makes some sense and is helpful....
Edited by Matt DeVos 7/22/2008 5:45 PM
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| Thanks for the help. I appreciate it. |
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Location: Oregon | Matt's description is perfect.
Jed V. |
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| I love using jerkbaits and walk the dog topwaters, but it took me a long time to figure out how to get the jackpots to go back and forth in rhythm. Try using short (4-8 inch) rod snaps on topwaters and glide baits and slightly larger snaps on chop baits. the key is to have an almost tight line at the start of every snap and to only snap as far as you can reel in the time it takes to get your rod reset. with chop baits like the suick, try doing sets of 5 snaps and then a second pause while the lure rises back up and turns a little, this creates a more erratic action, and fish love the pause. |
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