Hey guys,
I know there is a jerkbait thread but this is kind of general plastic...although I am most curious about it In relation to fishing a fluke.
When you cast it out and start working it doing a jerk jerk pause technique, it seems 9/10 hits come on the pause when the bait is sinking. My question is this:
When do you reel in your slack after your twitches/jerks? You have to keep some slack in the line in order to get the right motion, but I feel like I'm missing fish because by the time I reel in most of my slack the fish is ready to spit the fluke.
Should I be doing a jerk-jerk-reel in most slack-pause? Because then I feel like by reeling in most of the slack that the fluke cant drop down and "die" on the pause.
I have been doing a jerk-jerk-pause-reel in slack. When I reel in the slack then I feel the tap and then its gone...
Hopefully this makes sense, I typed it up on my phone. I really want to master fishing flukes but after missing one today I want to make sure my technique is spot on.
Please break it down as simple as you can.
Thanks guys