Yo-Zuri Crystal Minnow Jerkbaits

[kayaking_kev]

I just got a bunch of these recently for just over $3 each and was wondering if anyone has used them before and would like to tell me how they compare with other jerkbaits and how their experience with them has been. Thanks!

[Fishes in trees]

A number of years ago, I got a set of these baits because they had cool finishes, just like the Lucky Craft baits, but they were much less expensive.  I found out that there is a reason they are less expensive.  They don't have an action anywhere close to what the Lucky Craft have.  Mine came with galvanized hooks - maybe they were supposed to be an inshore thing.   I don't doubt that if you happened to be throwing into a school of active fish, those baits would get bit.  Nearly any bait will get bit in those circumstances.  I can't think of any jerk bait that these compare favorably to - action wise.

Now, years later, I've just chalked that jerk bait purchase, along with some other crank bait purchases that have happened from time to time, as just a bad buy.    They are kinda pretty in the Plano box that I got for them.

[Bluebasser86]

They work, but they're not worth normal asking price. I'd buy them for what you paid no doubt. They're a good bait but more of a minnowbait than a jerkbait.

[kayaking_kev]

  On 3/11/2020 at 3:59 AM, Bluebasser86 said:

They work, but they're not worth normal asking price. I'd buy them for what you paid no doubt. They're a good bait but more of a minnowbait than a jerkbait.

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Thanks! What would be the best retrieve for a minnow style bait? The first baits and really only baits I fished with for the first half season that I started fishing was the cheap ozark trail 1/5 oz minnow style baits that looks like jerkbaits, but I didn't know what a jerkbait even was then (2018), so I just straight retrieved them or even trolled them behind my kayak and used a zebco 202 combo. I caught a lot of fish on them, but the smallies in the river I fished had little to no pressure and would really bite anything.

 

I have all different sizes from the smallest 1/4 oz to the biggest Deep Divers 7/8 oz, if that makes any difference in the retrieve.

[Bluebasser86]

More of a straight retrieve, like a crankbait. They do make a suspsending model, they just don't fish great as a jerkbait IMO.

[kayaking_kev]

  On 3/11/2020 at 5:24 AM, Bluebasser86 said:

More of a straight retrieve, like a crankbait. They do make a suspsending model, they just don't fish great as a jerkbait IMO.

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Thanks! I got 2 suspending, 2 sinking , 2 deep divers and 7 floating.

[Maxximus Redneckus]

  On 3/11/2020 at 3:38 AM, Fishes in trees said:

A number of years ago, I got a set of these baits because they had cool finishes, just like the Lucky Craft baits, but they were much less expensive.  I found out that there is a reason they are less expensive.  They don't have an action anywhere close to what the Lucky Craft have.  Mine came with galvanized hooks - maybe they were supposed to be an inshore thing.   I don't doubt that if you happened to be throwing into a school of active fish, those baits would get bit.  Nearly any bait will get bit in those circumstances.  I can't think of any jerk bait that these compare favorably to - action wise.

Now, years later, I've just chalked that jerk bait purchase, along with some other crank bait purchases that have happened from time to time, as just a bad buy.    They are kinda pretty in the Plano box that I got for them.

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Action with hardbaits is all in the hand of the beholder ..i can make the cheapest Chinese hardbait dance the macorana,line dance , all with a pistol grip med action rod alll day ..