Suspending Jerkbaits In The Summer?

[LittleRedFisherman]

There's a lot of articles and posts on fishing jerkbaits in the cooler water of winter, fall and early spring. I was wondering how many of you use one this time of year. When I went fishing the other day, I was catching some fish on several different things I was trying, I joked to my buddy that I had a 30 dollar lure in my tackle bag, I might as well try it a few times, so I pulled out my Megabass. I caught some smallmouth pretty consistently on it, be it around woody cover, or the steep shady banks which they seemed to like that day. I seems to me there a use for these in the summer as well? Just wondered how many of you guys use these baits in the summer and not just in cold water?

[RSBreth]

I use suspending jerkbaits year-round. Sometimes it's a faster retrieve and sometimes letting it sit like you do in cold water works really well around isolated vertical cover like a lone tree on a steep drop off or a bridge support. Right after the topwater bite dies you can sometimes getting them on jerkbait a little deeper, too.

[Al Agnew]

Yeah, they work. I don't fish them in the summer because other things work just as well or better, while in the cool to cold water seasons they are often the only thing that works, so that's when I use them.