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Lure selection becomes a much easier task when fishing for wintertime bass. The cold water causes bass to move down the water column to warmer levels so you can eliminate topwater lures from your selection. The cold also slows down a bass’ metabolism so fast-moving baits can be tossed out too. The key to catching wintertime bass then is to think …
Did he just say, “jerkbaits for trout?” Hear me out. When you are looking to upgrade from the typical 12 inch stocker rainbows and catch yourself a trophy trout, your best bet is a jerkbait. Once native trout (and stockers, sometimes) reach a certain size, they move to a strictly baitfish diet. This means your bug imitators or live grasshoppers …
The Googan Squad Scout Jr. is one of the best-suspending jerkbaits for winter fishing. While the standard jerkbait size models crush fish, there are times when downsizing smaller jerkbaits get more bites. In those situations, there is nothing better than the Googan Sqaud Scout Jr. Going Small For Big Bites You might catch a lunker bass on the larger jerkbaits …
Inshore topwater fishing is an exciting and sometimes nerve-wrecking way to fish. A topwater strike is arguably the most exciting split-second in fishing (possibly in life). While it can happen in a flash, an aggressive topside explosion will stay etched in your memory for years to come. There are many ways to illicit a strike on top but we’ve take …
When the weather turns cold, the leadhead jig becomes one of the most appealing lures to lethargic bass. Here’s a few winter jig fishing tips to make you a MASTER of the jig. In warm-water situations, anglers usually narrow their jig fishing techniques to pitching, flipping or casting a live rubber jig with a plastic trailer. But in the winter, …
What is jerkbait fishing, and how do you do it? To start with, jerkbaits are lures carrying most of the basic characteristics common to other bass fishing lures. Jerkbaits one defining characteristic is they are made in a manner that mimics an injured fish. When it comes to fishing with jerkbaits, two common techniques are used: the soft plastic jerkbaits …
Jerkbaits are one of the most interesting categories of bass lures. Almost every angler has at least a couple hiding in their tackle box somewhere, but the number of anglers that consider them “confidence” baits is far fewer than the number of anglers that throw them. There simply aren’t many anglers out there offering up jerkbait tips. For too many, …
There aren’t many baits out there that are better at imitating a baitfish than a jerkbait. They are minnow shaped, have a darting action, and come in a variety of different minnow patterns. There are also two different types, those made of soft plastic and traditional lipped jerkbaits, made from balsa or hard resin. They share some similarities, but also …
