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| Dreaming about upcoming Canada trip. Went out to the strip mines to test out a custom weighted Suick (ended up slow sinking, but that is another story).
Anyway, I tied on a 7" Straight Believer that I have barely used just to see how it looked. By some accident I snapped it on the shallow setting and started working it like I work a Suick - rod tip down, kinda alternating pumping and reeling a bit fast.
I was really amazed by the action. It took on a completely new life from straight cranking. It was doing random 8" to 10" swings to each side of center, almost a walk the dog side to side but more random, depending on where the wobble had it pointed at the time of your jerk would send it off on a tangent. Of course it had the normal tail waggle on the pull. I also noticed a bit of a wobble on the pause/rise (BB's still bouncing around in there from the pull?). I guess the best way to describe it would be a 10" unweighted Suick, but slightly deeper, with tail waggle, and more side to side swings. I have worked cranks/twitch baits with a pull/pause before but this was a whole new thing to me. Anyway it was screaming EAT ME the way I saw it.
So now I'm wondering has anyone out there tried this tactic on the fish? And I wonder if the 10" version would do the same routine, but be a better size for Canada in September? |
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Location: Probably Minnesota that time... | Yes!
The 10"er is the one I use, I usually crank it pretty fast then give it a good timeley rip to send it sideways. It has been t-boned a number of times. It is one of the small bb -models, I also have a 1/2 0z. bell sinker hanging off the front hook hanger. NOT the best for casting INTO the wind, but have found it to be an effective tool on windy days in the fall when you want to cover water. This is an old favorite.
-Chris |
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| I use crankbaits as jerkbaits all the time. In fact, i prefer it 10x more than actually running a jerk bait. I can mimmik a dying or injured fish with a crank better than a jerkbait. Try using a grandma, or storm thunderstick as a jerk bait. |
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| Well, I'm convinced enough that I ordered an 8" and a 10" small bb from Drifter today.
Jackson, I guess I have never tried doing it jerkbait style a grandma or thunderstick, maybe I have been missing something. The times I have worked cranks I have just never seen them have a tendancy to do the random sideways dart/glide that I was seeing with that Believer. I guess I will have to go back out sometime soon and try the same technique with some other cranks and see.
Thanks for the encouragement guys. |
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Location: Madtown, WI | 10" does look pretty sweet when jerked and ripped around and I've got a few fish doing exactly that. Good for shallow water applications too, jerking it then letting it rise to the surface before jerking again. Only problem is it has a tendency of blowing out, I haven't tried it with the 8" version though. |
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Location: S.W. WI | You guys prefer the 10" Straight over the jointed for jerking, correct?
-Jon |
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Location: Minneapolis | My 10" jointed flips upside down a lot when using that technique because the wobble is so wide. And that big lure is really buoyant. I bet it would be good w/ some weight added to it for a slower rise. |
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Believer - Worked as a Jerkbait?