Jerkbaits On Table Rock -- Feathered Treble, Or Plain Treble?

[motoman]

An old guy on our dock never would fish a jerkbait because he said "it's too much like work"!

He'd say, "If I wanted a workout, I'd go to the friggin gym"

He would take the magnum size wiggle wart and weight it down with those adhesive metal strips golfers use to weight their clubs. He'd put the strips on the belly and get it to where it was almost "neutral" at rest, with just a very slight upward rise.

He'd cast it out, reel hard to get it down and then use his reel handle to give it the jerks and pauses.

Don't know the name of the color, but it had a silver bill and body, with a bright green back and a red or orange belly.

He would use a red magic marker to color up the metal strips.

It was goofy lookin, but he caught fish like a son-of-a-gun with it.

Another one of his contraptions was a big silver/black floating Rapala. He removed the back treble and tied about 2 or 3 feet of line to the split ring with a white "doll fly" on the end. (for you younger guys, a doll fly is basically a crappie jig made with hair or feathers)

If he saw surface action, he would cast that rig into it and almost always got hooked up.

I saw him catch a Kentucky on the Rapala, with a white bass hooked up on the doll fly at the same time!

Unfotunately, he passed away last Fall, but he always believed that you "gotta show em sumpin different".

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Dang gitnby, I forgot to reply to this. I chuckled at this post, picturing those contraptions. Sounds like a few of the unholy, frankenstein lures I've concocted over the years. (with limited succes :-( But, that old guy on your dock was right. Gotta give 'em something they have'nt seen.

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Not to conjure up an old thread, but this is an interesting topic.

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Anybody use the deep diving jerkbaits out there with any success?

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It would seem if the fish were in 20-30 foot of water, getting a jerkbait down closer to their face, vs. several feet above would be more productive?