dead-sticking a jerkbait
 

"fishtale" wrote in message
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I was at the fishing show this past weekend. Buddy was giving a demo on
suspending hardbait. It was possible to get a good sideview of the lure
action in the tank. Three tips that I want to use: keep rod tip down,
vary retrieve, have some slack in line at point of jerking. It was
possible to see the injured minnow motion followed by a suspend moment.
Looked like the right recipe for a strike. IMHO a very effective lure
and a joy to use.

I have a good friend whom I consider one of the best Bass fishermen I have
ever met. I have been trying to get a hold of him for a couple of days.
This evening he finally returned my call. I asked him if he had ever heard
of this dead-stick Jerk bait fishing. He said, "James, I have been doing it
for 5 years now and it works." He told me that most all Pro Bass fishermen
do it. He told me that I needed to forget about this 2 minute suspending
thing though. He said this tactic is for cold water fishing when the water
is below 60 degrees. He said that when water is that cold a bass's
metabolism slows way down and they will not expend a lot of energy chasing
after a bait. He said to put the lure where the Bass can see it and then
have it go almost motionless for a few seconds. He said a suspending lure
will hold for about 5 seconds before it starts to slowly rise or sink and
that is all you need. He said this will drive a Bass crazy and it will go
after the Lure. He told me he would take me with him and show me how. So
maybe I didn't waste money on the Lures after all. James