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In the early part of the year, from the pre-spawn through the spawn, they are especially deadly – as they allow anglers to rapidly and efficiently cover water to find groups of actively feeding fish.
Here are 7 top jerkbaits you may want to add to your arsenal this spring:
1. Lucky Craft Staysee
Although the
Lucky Craft Staysee is just one of several quality jerkbaits produced by Japan’s Lucky Craft, they are unique in that they feature a much deeper dive curve than most other models, allowing them to be worked into the 8-10 foot zone – which can be the difference between minimal success and an all-out whack fest. The Staysee is 3 ½ inches long, weighs 7/16 ounces, and features an internal weighting system that allows it to cast extremely well, even into the wind.
2. Gary Yamamoto Tenkuu
The word Tenkuu means “sky” in Japanese, and it was chosen to reflect the ease by which this jerkbait erratically darts back and forth. The
Yamamoto Tenkuu is tuned out of the box to suspend perfectly, features unique holographic foiled finishes, and comes with top quality hooks and hardware. This bait is truly ready to fish right out of the box, and it’s already made an impact in the tough hard bait industry.
3. Ima Flit
Although most modern jerkbaits feature an internal weighting system to create longer casts, the engineers at Ima Japan purposely didn’t include that feature when designing the
Ima Flit. The reason for the omission – internal weights have a tendency to deaden the action of a jerkbait on the retrieve, something the Flit has in spades. With a narrow profile and super realistic finishes, the Flit acts unlike any other jerkbait in the water. When jerked, it reacts instantaneously and no two retrieves will result in the same look, which really appeals to finicky bass.
4. Biovex Amp Stay 80
Designed specifically to catch bass on clear, pressured fisheries, the
Biovex Amp Stay 80 is built more as a finesse jerkbait than anything else. On the twitch, it has a subtle darting motion and side-to-side wobble that looks more natural than many other jerkbaits on the marketplace. It also suspends perfectly and comes in 8 deadly finishes.
5. LIVETARGET Baitball Series Glass Minnow
LIVETARGET unveiled the “Baitball” concept a couple years back, and if the host of awards it’s won since are any indication; it’s going to be around for a while. Instead of mimicking a single baitfish, the
Baitball Series Glass Minnow is designed to mimic a small school of tinier baitfish, swimming and twitching in a tight ball. This is something really natural to predatory fish, particularly in the springtime when baitfish are at their smallest.
6. Lunkerhunt Floating Jerkbait
Although most of the jerkbaits on this list suspend on the pause, the
Lunkerhunt Floating Jerkbaitdoes the opposite – it floats. In reality, it’s less of a float and more of a slow rise, which sets it apart from the rest and provides a look that they haven’t seen before. Equipped with sticky-sharp hooks, the Lunkerhunt Floating Jerkbait weighs ½ ounce, and can be worked down to 6 feet with a steady cadence, then allowed to slowly rise into the strike zone.
7. Yo-Zuri 3DB Jerkbait
Yo-Zuri has long been making top-quality hard baits, and the
3DB Jerkbait is another excellent addition to that list. The thing that makes the 3DB Jerkbait unique is that it’s one of the only suspending jerkbaits that features flat sides, which create a completely different vibration pattern, and make it much more responsive on the twitch. Instead of “digging” into the water, it has more of a glide – which bass in clear water just can’t stand. It’s especially deadly on stop and go retrieves.
