Rapala Husky Jerk

[dreamertino]

Im new to jerkbaits I picked up a few of these to try out im going to throw them on spinning tackle. I was wondering if anyone had experience with them, did they perform well, did you have teak them if so what did you do?

[Comfortably Numb]

Good bait for the money. They dont always run true or suspend perfectly, but will still catch plenty of fish.

[dreamertino]

Did you have to modify it?

[Comfortably Numb]

Floated slightly but a couple suspend dots fixed that. But they are all different so try it first. Also depends on water temp.

[dreamertino]

Ok

[Bluebasser86]

They work fairly well, probably have to mess with the hooks, or add a suspend dot or two to get them to suspend right. For that money I much prefer the Smithwick Rogue over the Husky Jerk. 

[dreamertino]

Thanks for that i will look into that and the suspend dots how do you guys store your jerkbaits

[MacP]

I pretty much only throw Rattling Rogues now.  Although, trout around here love blue/chrome/orange  Husky Jerks. 

 

I don't ever mess with the Husky Jerks or Rattling Rogues.  The swift current at tailwaters messes with the action anyway. 

 

Smithwick's tend to suspend better out of the box than most anything I've tried.  They are good enough, they are nearly the only jerkbait I use. 

[Comfortably Numb]

Discontinued Shimano box.

 

[EvanT123]

I've been fishing a husky jerk since before I knew what a jerk bait was supposed to do lol. Trolling them and casting and retrieving. I have caught quite a few fish with them. Don't think you can go wrong with a couple in your box.

[Bluebasser86]

  On 12/1/2013 at 4:30 PM, dreamertino said:

Thanks for that i will look into that and the suspend dots how do you guys store your jerkbaits

I store mine is a Plano 3740 waterproof box.

[Hyrule Bass]

i got a rapala husky jerk i bought about 5 years ago. it was the most useless lure i had until i tried it in cold water one february afternoon. i managed a 4lber and a 1.5lber on back to back casts that day. this was in a pond that yielded me nothing in cold weather on any other bait. i managed fish on other cold weather days with the husky jerk too. the fish in the pond im talking about dont really get active until may...

[bassin is addicting]

i own a couple...for the money..a pretty good bait.

i haven't had to "tune" any of them....yet. 

i store all my jekbaits like the rest of my cranks....in a plano...one with just jerkbaits in it..

[dreamertino]

I was looking for those Shimano boxes no wonder I couldn't find them lol and how many can you fit in a Plano 3740 box

[Comfortably Numb]

Ya, they are like $30-40 on fleaday

[dreamertino]

I think ill pass lol

[Bluebasser86]

  On 12/3/2013 at 9:37 PM, dreamertino said:

I was looking for those Shimano boxes no wonder I couldn't find them lol and how many can you fit in a Plano 3740 box

Depends what size bait you're putting in them. I store all my jerkbaits in one from LC 65 pointers to Perfect 10 Rogues and probably have around 50-60 baits in it.