Berkley Stunna

[FishTank]

7 hours ago, ChrisD46 said:

*What is your current Berkley Stunna set up ?

Megabass Levante Jerkbait Special and a Lews BB1 Pro. I really like this set up for jerkbaits.

[Koz]

I picked up a Berkley Stunna Jerkbait 112 Northern Lights. Looks nice. Haven't fished it yet. Maybe I'll try it out tomorrow.

[softwateronly]

9 hours ago, OkobojiEagle said:

I'd like to see results of study that compares sinking jerkbait success in lakes with a shad forage base to a lake with a perch/minnow forage base but no shad.

Slow sink is my preference in water without shad. Does that align with or against your research. 
 

scott

[OkobojiEagle]

15 hours ago, softwateronly said:

 Does that align with or against your research. 
 

scott

Reponse became cyber dust, sorry.  Short version, no research just curious. 

[Tatulatard]

On 2/1/2023 at 9:02 AM, OkobojiEagle said:

I'd like to see results of study that compares sinking jerkbait success in lakes with a shad forage base to a lake with a perch/minnow forage base but no shad.

I've had great success in the emerson bay and it's back bay with rapala shadow raps a number of years ago.  I now fish a shad based lake in nebraska with similar water clarity to west o and have not had the sinking jerkbait success I used to enjoy at okoboji.  I'm more of a vision 110 max lbo guy now.  Also that berkeley hit stick catches every walleye in my lake.  I did not know that was a walleye bait and went jerkbait bass fishing only to catch walleyes. 

[WIGuide]

On 2/1/2023 at 9:02 AM, OkobojiEagle said:

I'd like to see results of study that compares sinking jerkbait success in lakes with a shad forage base to a lake with a perch/minnow forage base but no shad.

My study shows they work equally well on both shad based fisheries and non. There are only a few bodies of water up here that are shad based fisheries, the rest are all bluegill, perch, or minnow based. I've had really good success in all of them with the slow sink jerkbaits. I think it just triggers a reaction regardless of the forage base because it looks like an easy meal. 

[Bluebasser86]

1 hour ago, WIGuide said:

My study shows they work equally well on both shad based fisheries and non. There are only a few bodies of water up here that are shad based fisheries, the rest are all bluegill, perch, or minnow based. I've had really good success in all of them with the slow sink jerkbaits. I think it just triggers a reaction regardless of the forage base because it looks like an easy meal. 

I agree with this. Dying fish tend to slowly sink, regardless of what flavor they are. 

 

We have lots of lakes with, and lots of lakes without shad, and the Stunna has worked well in both cases. 

[softwateronly]

5 hours ago, OkobojiEagle said:

Reponse became cyber dust, sorry.  Short version, no research just curious. 

 I tend to do better with slow sink in water below 50 in lakes without shad. Just seeing what I might be missing. Thanks

 

scott

[Scott804]

I think the stunna has taken the place of favorite jerkbait for me. For me it has worked excellently as a power fishing jerkbait, lots of ripping and hitting it with decent jerks repeatedly at different paces/patterns. I am sure it has a place used traditionally as a jerkbait as other users have posted, but for me it has really taken the cake for the warmer water parts of the year & for the power fishing heavy part of the fall. Forcing 110s into power fishing did work well, but they were not built for it and you could tell. Bills would break, hooks would bend out, and you would still catch fish well, but it just kinda sucked. The Stunna feels super at home being used this way to me with the slow sink rate and reinforced bill. I recommend picking up some 1+s too if you plan to try using the bait this way. The Stunna 1+ used in shallow water works well with the faster aggressive sink rate can dig it into the strike zone a good bit quicker and the big bill will bounce off of obstacles and the bottom better. If you get into a shallow-shallow stretch you can still keep it up by ripping the bait upward like stroking a jig almost.  With it being designed by Hank Cherry, I am not surprised it is such an excellent jerkbait. Both of his classic wins had jerkbait bites involved and I wouldn't be surprised if atleast one of them wasn't a stunna prototype. 

 

I really like the Blaze color in the spring. Talk to a lot of megabass guys and some of them will tell you one of the best spring 110 colors is Viper Tiger, a limited run color which is basically identical to blaze. Not a whole lot of full red jerkbaits on the market. 

 

The other main color I throw is Silva Dolla. Just seems to get bit the most no matter the condition for me, so that is what I throw.