What I WISH Someone Would’ve Told me About JERKBAIT Fishing 

HEY MIKEY! It is your buddy from Kentucky, John! It is an honor to see those champagne Kinkuro jerkbaits putting in work. Thank you for allowing me to send them to you! You have unlocked a secret key to jerk-bait fishing! Thank you for all the wonderful informative videos, keep up the outstanding work!

Rattling rouge, orange belly black back has been my go-to for years. Here in northwest Louisiana, I throw it into places you'd never think to toss that many hooks and catch hell out of them lol

Love the yo zuri jerkbaits. I feel like the are really over looked, least with guys I know. I just grabbed a 6 sense provoke. Haven't tried it yet but looks fire. I like the kvd pro blue . The others jerk different, so I weigh them and the pro blue was always a gram or 2 heavier. Idk but it just works way better for me then the other kvd colors. Landed a 5 pounder on the pro blue 2 days ago was super stoked lol

You almost gave yourself a Prince Albert there my friend by accident with those run away trebles. Those damn treble makers 😂

Great videos for us guys that are not getting older! Tight lines.

In spring, I'll have 200+ smallmouth days on jerkbaits up here. I'll stop because I'll start dropping the rod because my hand doesn't work. Best fishing imaginable.

Rapala xrap with the feather tail is excellent with this technique. Slow retrieve with a twitch pause. Orange and black is money.

I always favored a gold Rapala over silver, back in the day. But my favorite color for sunny days is clown. Those first clown rogues, when there was just a SMALL amount of red on the head, were straight money. These days, down here on Lay, Mitchell, and Jordan, I lean toward the 110+1 Jr. in clown on sunny days and mat shad on darker days. I also like the X-Nanahan+2 but I use a Megabass Destroyer Windbuster 7'2" spinning rod with a Shimano Vanford 2000 for ALL my jerkbaits. 7lb Tatsu works like a charm! 🍀

Love your stuff Mikey just a super chill guy sharing your moments of glory and gems of knowledge! Thanks

I’ve heard that in Japan they fish jerkbaits different. Like sweeping the rod and then pausing as opposed to ripping them. Sounds like it probably accomplishes the same effect as reeling and stopping

I remember one time there was a boat fishing tournament going on that I was not in. And I just happened to drive down to the lake on this day without my boat to check the lake levels. I was on the shore and throwing a jerk bait and had caught two 4 pounders. The guys had just came in from the boat tournament and almost everyone of them blanked. They saw the two 4 pounders that I had called and said what in the world are you throwing. I told them a jerk bait right here in shallow water and they couldn’t believe it😂 They had fished for eight hours all day and not caught a single fish and it was late fall early winter and I was busting them on a jerk bait. One guy said a jerk bait was the only thing that he did not throw all day long😂😊

If you use a spinning rods it's alot easier on your arm and for me it's alot easier to controll I can cast further. Spinning reel also has a better drag.

Best RU-vid fishing coach there is point blank !!

I'll be damned, I tried it, it worked. Great idea, the action is still enticing and the pauses are still what gets em.

I am a poor slob, I've been throwing the bomber long a for decades. It works great here in Florida because it doesn't dive too deep. I fish it just like a zara spook only underwater. It will catch fish on the toughest of Florida cold front days, that and a balsa minnow like husky 13 or ac shiner with enough weight to barely sink under the surface

I've been testing this theory myself great minds they say good stuff!!! Caught one on a cast I thought was blown so I was just reeling to reset and boom !!!

Thanks, I am still learning this technique. Thanks for sharing!

Great tip … thank you.. will give the gold a try in the clear water im fishing right now and try the reel and stop. 👍

Mikey's ballz bout got hooked

I have been doing that very thing for awhile now with various lures. And you are right, it is WAY easier on you that the standard jerk bait retrieve!

Can't wait for the video on the Yo Zuri jerkbait. I utilize the 110 and 110 deep and slay with both of them

Have you ever tried slow trolling a jerk bait at around 2.5 mph and jerking it while you troll? I kill the bass and cover a lot of water this way 😉

Great vid as always! Thanks for sharing the jerkbait insight ✌🏼

Great tip brother, can’t wait to give it a try, like you said some thing they’re not used to seeIng

Great tips! Can’t wait for the ice to melt and give that a try

I had a pattern on Toledo Bend onetime where I would crank a jerk bait about three seconds and pause it and they would hammer it.

Mike, I throw my jerkbaits on a 6'11 medium or medium light spinning set up 2500 or 3000 sized reel with 6lb flouro. The megabass Levante whipsnake is a good rod for it that won't break the bank. I just seem to have the best luck with the lightest line I can get away with

Last musky trip to Canada I fished a 7.5” perch colored jerkbait pretty much the whole trip. Eight hours a day for eight days. I’m 72 and didn’t find it particularly tiresome. I did really, really well.

You almost hooked Mikey ballz ,balls lol 😂 ty for the video and those megabass hooks are sticky you got lucky 🍀

My guy Matt Stefan put me on the Berkley Stunna and I've been just killing it with those. I haven't looked back since. Happy Thanksgiving, all!

#Checkyourcadence 🤙Definitely have tried the reeling instead of the jerk. Gives a tighter action in cold temps. I also just use a M power Fast action and just pull the rod slowly to the side for a slower tighter wobble. Then watch my line. Always trying to be different.

Gold works well in my local big creek for walleye. I catch smallies on it too, but walleye really seem to react to it.

Love the tips my dude. This video was hilarious in so many ways. 🤪 Keep KILLIN IT brother✌🏻👊🏻🤘🏻

Just my experience but the Stunna doesn’t cast as well as the vision 110

Nice job explaining MB!!!!!!

Some underwater footage would be cool to see the action 👌🏼 What happened to your reel bro 😢

Reeling jerkbaits crushes shallow walleye! 31 1/2 is my biggest on a jerk

12lb line is a little heavier than I like. 10lb line is the heaviest I'll go. Otherwise I started to fish with 8lb this past season. Str8 fluro only. Seagur invisx for me.

I hate winter time it’s always so difficult for me to get any catches. I mostly fish ponds and what not though lakes are a different beast.

Guntersville does have perch in it I caught only 2 in 10 years " Great video Mikey!" 😁👍

Nice tip much more simple hehe

Ive had good luck with the Stunna. Yes its called Stunna..lol. it is also a slow sink.

Nice vid Mike. Very informative, love the backdrop. Happy Thanksgiving to you and Ariana!

For years been trying to get handle on my jerkbait game...I always tried kvd style but not much luck, tried Matt Allen style where jerk and reel same time I've done good....now gonna try Mikey balls style thanks. Think this style will be my full in gap when got no bites when feel jerkbait should have played

ill try this. ive got tennis elbow from rippn Clearlake.. so basically fish it like a square bill, real super fast, pause

How come your slx reel has that really faded black paint on the reel handle side?? Never seen that before..

Thats one tough hoodie!

what you are saying reminds me of the rapala ripstop jerk bait and its motion

What are you looking at behind you when you're catching that first fish?

At Guntersville I like to fish the bridge riprap with jerkbaits but right on top of it

Stay FISHING 🎣💯

Watch the nuggets Balzz! Not sure if I learned about fishing or coming of age as a boy lol! Great video though man, I’m still a little intimidated by the jerkbait and I’m not sure why because I know it smashes! Steady rippin Gun!

Good stuff mike.have you Hurd of fishing a jerk Bait in the high 30's with aside sweeping drag and a pause,reel slack and repeat for bass in standing timber?

Do you know of suspending jerkbait that won't go deeper than 2 feet?

Bro that's old Skool reeling in a jerk bait for the bite. That's literally before my time. I remember the old outdoor shows

Bro check out the vision oneten type R +2. my favorite jerkbait by far...

The hookup tackle looks to have a few different gold vision 110 in stock sir!

Believe it or not I started doing this with a spook down here on the coosa River a couple of years ago when there would be those days where they were feeding so heavily that you could not get them to bite anything else except for a spook.. don't get me wrong I can jerk with the best of them.. but I just can't jerk it all day long, no pun intended.. but I kind of accidentally out of frustration put some quick hard half reels in my cadence without twitching my rod, and I've caught some super super big dumb donkey spots down here doing that! By the way you know who this is.. you need to bring your blue ballz and come down here and let me put you on some of these monsters spots! I've only been aggravating the hell out of you for about 2 years now or more on coming down here. 45 minute drive won't hurt you!! 😅🎣💪✌️

Mikey, I see you linked red label for your jerkbait line. Was curious, what line you flip with, and what line you crank with. Going through an end of season evaluation on some of my line...

I like throwing jerk baits on Guntersville. I will give this a try, the next time I am on the lake.

Love jerk bait fishing! Killer bait for late fall through early spring bass fishing.

I’m going to have to try this, I have a lot of confidence in jerkbaits, but I HATE fishing them because of that elbow fatigue.

I've had it happen many times. Sometimes I'm just reeling the jerkbait just to get it to depth and it gets hit.

thanks again for your insight!! Have you thrown the megabass SB OB Shad color?...works ALLLL YEAR here in MA stained water i use regular one clear i use silent one

I've seen other videos telling subscribers to move the bait with small sweeps, maybe 6-12" and, I've also seen one or two telling people to do the few fast reel thing. I have caught bass reeling the jerk bait back in but, never doing fast reels and stop. I have a few questions though. Does reeling the bait down after it lands spook or turn off the fish when you stop reeling it down? Does it look natural to have a bait swimming downward quickly and then stop all at once? If the water is shallow (3-6') can you just "jerk" the bait down to your desired level? Thanks!

Man I hate when that happens!! I’ve blown up 2 Megabass Vision 110s off the the ole trolling motor. $25 a bait and it BLOWS!!!

Love that dead skull as your logo ,,, do you like widespread panic also ??

There are thousands of ways to fish a jerk bait,let the fish tell you how.Sometimes they want it sitting still and other times they want it fast.I see most people working it too fast and sometimes just just a slight movement will trigger a strike

What are ur thoughts on the yo zuri?

What is a "very soft tip" dont all rods have soft tips

Future anglers that wanna use the Vision 110 please change them too Gama G-Finnesse. Thank me later, those stock hooks are very annoying

Same thing no lie soon as it hit the water

Maybe they did tell you, but you did listen to them back then. LOL!!!

Grab a reel jerkbait, strike king series 300 elite. Best ever made

Here on lanier we fish jerkbaits in a slow steady retrieve we call it stupid fishing and the spots wii just crush it

Need that yo zuri jerkbait video, I was going to order a bunch on the tackle warehouse sale are they good!?!?

If you’re not first…your last. - Reese Bobby

So much jerking going on I need a cigarette. Lmao ! Seriously gr8t video. If you're ever in Orlando area would love to burn one with you, How is Bogg The Dawg ?

@ mikeybalzz fishing..I use YoZuri jerkbaits and their twitchbaits..both are nasty good ,in my humble and novice ( how I feel about my skills currently) opinion. I have several YoZuri baits. All of which have produced some fish. YoZuri makes some good stuff. But, again...just my opinion...and like buttholes...we all have one

Tried jerkbait 3 days straight and it was just not fun after the second day. A spinning setup helps a lot.

But my wrist will hurt from reeling fast😂

Daddy said you would go Blind 😂

Not the champaign kinkuro :((((

The berkley price point is a lot better, selling a $25 jerkbait would make me feel like a jerk.

Thats a dope hoodie (~)}

i got an text saying to contact u about a prize but i think it was the scumbag u warned us about

So jerk your bait with rhythm... Got it lol

Dude

*Mikeyballz fails his balls 🤣

Mikey my Mom told me I'd go blind if I JERKED ALL DAY!!

11 min video to say crank your reel handle.

That was a 4 1/2

Hey man did you Do a kayak giveaway and stella giveaway or did someone burn me usually your channel and picture ? I just heard you mention you've had some issues with people doing some shady things. Please get back to me whenever you get a free minutes

You have to realize one thing about jerkbait fishermen.... they're all kind of....jerks.

11 minutes to tell you something that takes 2 minutes. That's what i dislike about all these videos.

I’ll definitely give this technique a shot .

Mikey! Why didn’t you put that fish in the well and give us a peek? Hey Bog!

People you wouldn't believe . One day I use silver black back you zuri minnow cran k bait on one spot on lake which I newer want to go. It was always some kind crowdy. Short after first 5 casts Bum. 4 pounder bass. And so continued for ewery 3-4 cast. 4-5 pounder. People I had 35 pond bas for 1 hour on one minnow crack minnow . I couldn't believe what just happen. Other fisherman's stop fishing and watched show with wide open eyes.

Here in Florida I've noticed the key to success is nothing at all.... 90% of my strikes come when the jerk bait is sitting doing nothing.... I watch my line I'm a line watcher when I jerk bait fish.... It's a killer technique try it....