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When jerking your rod is the right thing to do

By Stephen Booth

Ever since the release of the 3” Bass Minnow, jerkbait plastics have held a special place in my fishing arsenal. The way you can make them dart around and drop through the water is irresistible to predators from the fresh right through to the deep ocean reefs.

Ever since the release of the 3” Bass Minnow, jerkbait plastics have held a special place in my fishing arsenal. The way you can make them dart around and drop through the water is irresistible to predators from the fresh right through to the deep ocean reefs.

While the 3” Bass Minnow proved immensely popular with anglers chasing bass and bream, those anglers fishing a little wider of the coast and a little deeper were searching for other options. These other options arrived with the release of the 5” Jerk Shad and the Gulp! range of minnows. The Gulp! range had models from 3” right up to 5” in the minnow patterns and snapper anglers lapped up the bigger, fatter versions of the jerkbait-style plastic. Continue…