Favorite Cold Water/suspending Jerkbait??

[illinifan4152]

As the title states, what's your favorite cold water, suspending jerkbait for early spring?

Thanks!

[aavery2]

I am going to throw the Spro McRip85 this spring, suspends in colder water at about 8-10 feet.

[roadwarrior]

Lucky Craft Pointer, Megabass Ito Vision 110, Spro McStick, Smithwick Perfect 10

and Ima Fit.  After the water warms up a bit and the fish are more active the Rapala

X-Rap comes into play.

 

 

 

[scaleface]

This is not a technique that I am skilled at. I have caught a few fish in cold water  on a suspending Bomber Long A . The one with the clear sides and mirror insert .

[A-Jay]

Tough to beat a LC Pointer.

 

A-Jay

[smalljaw67]

That is a hard question as I've had success with a lot of different baits but there are 2 that work really well on the pause. The LC Pointer 100 and this will make a lot of people laugh but the Storm Twitch Stick 10, those two are great baits when fish are reacting to the pause. Some may ask what a $5 dollar bait has in common with a $15 dollar bait, well it is a triggering property that both share. The Pointer 100 and Twitch Stick 10 each stop dead and wobble in place, I'm not sure if there is a free floating ball in the lures that cause them to do this but the suspending quality and that wobble or vibration thing is what got me to pay the high price for Pointers. The Twitch Stick doesn't have the same level of detail the Pointer has but it does have decent hooks and that same wobble or vibration, the downside to that bait is the suspending qualities, for me the size 10 has always suspended well out of the box, the smaller size 8 needs help but other than that, these are what I would go with.

[Crestliner2008]

As I said in a previous thread, it is hard to beat a Pointer. However....after listening to and reading about the Lindner's approach to spring jerkbaiting, I actually bought one of the "Hot Head" X-Raps to try this season! Raucously audacious color pattern to be sure. But they (the Lindners) seem to believe it works with clear water smallmouth in the spring. We'll see.

[Senko lover]

I tend to hear Smithwick Rogues come up the most, but I don't fish jerks that much.

[smallieking]

when water is super cold and the fish are alittle deeper a lucky craft staysee jerkbait

when the water starts to warm up its hard to beat megabass vision 110

[Catt]

Smithwich Rattlin' Rogue; gold, back back, orange belly!

[smalljaw67]

As I said in a previous thread, it is hard to beat a Pointer. However....after listening to and reading about the Lindner's approach to spring jerkbaiting, I actually bought one of the "Hot Head" X-Raps to try this season! Raucously audacious color pattern to be sure. But they (the Lindners) seem to believe it works with clear water smallmouth in the spring. We'll see.

 

Hot head and Clown are both good when smallmouths are present. I amaze my one buddy every year with that clown color X-Rap, he just has no confidence in that color when the water is clear even while watching me do well with it. I can also say I never caught a largemouth on Hot head or clown color X-Rap but a Smithwick Rattlin' Rogue, their clown pattern is a largemouth killer and it seems to get big bites.

[speed craw]

ima flit , lucky craft pointer , megabass vision 

[RB 77]

LC Pointer.

[fisherrw]

LC Pointer.

x2

[Fishes in trees]

A Lucky Craft Pointer in the Table Rock Shad color is my first choice.  In the Ozarks, the recent tournament record over the last few years of the Megabass Vision 110 and the Lucky Strike knock off is impressive.

[illinifan4152]

Thanks guys, really looking forward to picking up a few jerkbaits this spring and trying it out

[primetime]

Bomber Timmy Horton Long A Pro 15,Smithwick Rogue and Perfect Ten, Sebile Slender Eel, Xcalibur Evers E shad, Ima Flit, Pointer 78 and Max raps, also like a suspending rapala xrap shads, xraps, subwalks, 

Deep- I rarely go below 6-8' but If I do I would use the spoon bill rogue and all smithwicks are usually good for getting deep quickly compared to others in class, all depends on what model and size....usually using a glass shad rap or jointed suspending shad rap for deep, I like the spoonbills especially in dirty water the older metal lips are awesome for bouncing bottom like a jig which some days works really well, otherwise I am weak in the deep suspending game.....

 

I love working suspended and shallow 6"-8' suspending when I do, but also love floaters all year even in winter, a good slow floater like the old Lews and now they are the bass pro 2.99 xps minnows in broke back and regular, 4 sizes, nice arch for action, rise super slow...new favorite "find" add a suspend dot and it is a suspender, best minnow lure for 2.99 in my opinion pound for pound, still would fish a bomber or bagleys in summer though.....

[Bluebasser86]

For really cold water I like the Xcaliber Erratic shad. I like the Luck E Strike RC Stix, Duo Realis, H2O, Pointer and slender pointer, Mcstick and Mcrip too.