Jerkbait use.

[top_dollar]

I often use jerkbaits on the upper big river.  They are my second most effective numbers lure.  I love a size 8 or 10 xrap.  Even a 110 megabass will work well for lots of dinks.  I throw the little jerkbaits on a 5.5 foot dock shooting crappie rod, med light moderate fast.  Full size jerkers get a 5.5 casting rod, med power moderate fast.  I also pull the split ring off the nose and use a duolock snap.  I have, however, had snaps fail.

[Al Agnew]

I use duo-lock snaps.  I've had the smallest size fail, so I use the next couple of sizes up.  But if you look at a place like Tackle Warehouse, you'll see a whole bunch of duo-lock look-alikes that are probably better quality and less likely to fail if you're worried about that.  Basically, I use snaps on pretty much all hard baits except spinnerbaits with the R bend to tie your line to.  Crankbaits, topwaters, jerkbaits, and closed eye spinnerbaits, I use snaps on all of them.  Just have to have the discipline to retie after an hour or two of use--the bad thing about snaps is that you change lures a lot without ever retying...which is also one of the good things about them.

[Gavin]

I’d rather have a fresh knot tied to a $25 jerkbait, but to each their own.  You might go through 2-3 jerkbaits to get bit if is really slow.

[Al Agnew]

22 hours ago, Gavin said:

I’d rather have a fresh knot tied to a $25 jerkbait, but to each their own.  You might go through 2-3 jerkbaits to get bit if is really slow.

Understood.  That's why I'll make myself retie fairly often when using a snap.  But also...I don't use high dollar jerkbaits.  About half that is as expensive as I go with them.

[top_dollar]

Most of mine are predator blank knockoffs.  They work great at 3 bucks if you're willing to paint them.  Mcksticks and rc stx are also good ones for a cheaper price.  

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I got an old wiggle wart last year that had a snap on it and it wouldn't run correctly.  Kept getting wedged sideways on the bill.  Yanked is off. put on a split ring and it's been great.