Jerk Baits

[Guest]

I saw Jason Christie's old rogue in chrome/blue/orange, it was ghetto fabulous

I kinda flashed back to the early days of my life

thats when I first learned to fish a rogue back in the 80's before they had suspending baits

Back then, we took really small split shot and pinched them on the line about 18-24" up from the floating rogue.

This advice was given to us by another fisherman in the tackle shop, before a trip to Lake DeGray.

I thought it was stupid to weight down the bait but I tried when all else failed.

The bass were hanging out around small islands near the dam in 80-90' FOW.

We salvaged a rough tournament by catching a limit of line burners right before weigh in.

Those guys earned their keep in sub freezing temps and slow moving baits.

I would like to see a few of those 30lb bags that Grand churns out consistently.

This years Classic was awesome, because I learned my rogues are undersized and so is my rod and reel setup to fish them properly.

[Gavin]

Rogues and Husky Jerks still work....Better than the high dollar candy sometimes...High dollar candy works too...Best to have an assortment.

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I saw Jason Christie's old rogue in chrome/blue/orange, it was ghetto fabulous

I kinda flashed back to the early days of my life

thats when I first learned to fish a rogue back in the 80's before they had suspending baits

Back then, we took really small split shot and pinched them on the line about 18-24" up from the floating rogue.

This advice was given to us by another fisherman in the tackle shop, before a trip to Lake DeGray.

I thought it was stupid to weight down the bait but I tried when all else failed.

The bass were hanging out around small islands near the dam in 80-90' FOW.

We salvaged a rough tournament by catching a limit of line burners right before weigh in.

Those guys earned their keep in sub freezing temps and slow moving baits.

I would like to see a few of those 30lb bags that Grand churns out consistently.

This years Classic was awesome, because I learned my rogues are undersized and so is my rod and reel setup to fish them properly.

I would agree the one I saw him using didn't look to be a custom paint job and I have a couple like that I bought at a Walmart clearance sale a few years back that need to be thrown sometime.

I saw the new one( on the web site)with the big lip that dives to 10 feet but my personal experience with deep diving pointers and husky jerks is I don't catch fish off those deep diving jerk baits. I have had much better luck adding a little weight and getting the 4ft divers to sink to 10-20 feet when I need to get down there.

Thanks for the memories, I might have talked to the same guy at the same bait shop back in the 80s because I remember fishing them the same way, long before suspend dots. lol

[Sore Thumbs]

I watched the War Room during the tournament and they were saying that Grand is one of the few lakes in the country where a Rogue is supreme. By the way top 5 in the Bassmaster where using something besides a Rogue. It was Megabass,lucky craft,spro,jackall and Rapala. I think they all were working. Crazy.

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I watched the War Room during the tournament and they were saying that Grand is one of the few lakes in the country where a Rogue is supreme. By the way top 5 in the Bassmaster where using something besides a Rogue. It was Megabass,lucky craft,spro,jackall and Rapala. I think they all were working. Crazy.

Not too strange when you consider bass have an IQ of 4 and don't read bass fishing magazines. IMO catching fish has not gotten harder in 20 years just choosing lures has.

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Not too strange when you consider bass have an IQ of 4 and don't read bass fishing magazines. IMO catching fish has not gotten harder in 20 years just choosing lures has.

aint that the truth.

I stick to 3-4 patterns this time of year depending on weather.

blue bird + wind = jerkbait bait

cloudy= crankbait & jig bite

I try to keep it simple and grind through lots of creek channel swings.