Husky jerk

[snowplow]

I somewhat impulsively bought a couple husky jerks. Then on the way home I wondered if there was really any reason to anymore. Other stuff like the rip stop which I love and many other newer suspending jerk baits are pretty much the same cost. Anybody still use these things? Is there any reason to buy them over the others?

[Team9nine]

They catch an awful lot of bass for me for the price, especially on smaller waters. Well worth the money IMO 

[Dwight Hottle]

I had a lot of success with husky jerk deep divers in size HJ14 for smallmouth. The glass perch color caught a lot of 5 & 6lbers on Erie. They would get down 18-20 feet on 10lb braid with 180-220 line out. 

[rgasr63]

The Husky Jerk is a good bait and will catch fish. Something has to be said for a bait that has been around as long as it has. But it is always about what the person holding the rod is comfortable with. I have several that have had a lot of hookups.

[MIbassyaker]

Husky Jerk is a proven fish-catcher, and still good value for the price.

 

Besides, jerkbaits are all a little different in action, profile and bouyancy -- you want to have a variety of brands and models.  

[TnRiver46]

Husky jerk is my fav 

 

[snowplow]

Thanks guys, do you fish these things any different than any other sus jerk baits? I been throwing a lot of rip stops lately. Some X Raps too but never do as good with them. 

[The Bassman]

I've caught a good number of bass including some big ones with an 08 HJ in ponds. Have since moved on to Duo Realis Rozante 77's primarily for their castability.

[TnRiver46]

3 hours ago, snowplow said:

Thanks guys, do you fish these things any different than any other sus jerk baits? I been throwing a lot of rip stops lately. Some X Raps too but never do as good with them. 

I just get it down to depth and twitch it, I never do the crazy ripping with any jerkbait. Well I’ve tried it just never caught anything hHa

[rgasr63]

3 hours ago, snowplow said:

Thanks guys, do you fish these things any different than any other sus jerk baits? I been throwing a lot of rip stops lately. Some X Raps too but never do as good with them. 

The X-rap needs a hard jerk when I fish with them. Husky Jerk needs a much lighter jerk to attract fish.

[Pat Brown]

There are twitch and rip style Jerkbaits.

 

The husky is a twitcher and it catches the snot out of shallow fish.

 

I love all of rapalas Jerkbaits though!  The ripstop and x rap both work great but are more for ripping harder to get action.

 

I agree with most that especially this time of year my Jerkbait isn't doing a whole lot on the way in. Regardless  of variant.  I really like the twitch style in colder water. 😉

[Dwight Hottle]

9 minutes ago, Pat Brown said:

There are twitch and rip style Jerkbaits.

 

The husky is a twitcher and it catches the snot out of shallow fish.

 

I love all of rapalas Jerkbaits though!  The ripstop and x rap both work great but are more for ripping harder to get action.

 

I agree with most that especially this time of year my Jerkbait isn't doing a whole lot on the way in. Regardless  of variant.  I really like the twitch style in colder water. 😉

@Pat Brown pretty well summed it up. The only thing I would add is that the HJ deep diver catches the snot out of deep & suspended fish. Very slight twitches with longer pauses & short pulls works well in colder water. 

[waymont]

Excellent bait. They don't have much hype these days, but I still catch tons LMB, SMB, and Pike on them every year. Lots of really nice fish too.

[thunderblack]

I know guys that fish these exclusively even though they have 10 tackle boxes of lures. I've caught some nice bass on them as well. Great river bait. 

[Bdnoble84]

I fish both x-rap and husky jerk. I base my selection on fish mood and water temp. The x-rap produces in the summer when the bass are more active. The husky jerk is a cold water bait for me. The tighter action coupled with suspension is why i like it. I will say not all husky jerks suspend like the are supposed to. Even with a fluero leader. A small piece of suspen-dot will remedy this without affecting action though. This is my only complaint on them.

[Bankbeater]

Husky Jerks remind me of Rogues.  Both have been around for a while and both catch bass.

[PaulVE64]

I fish xraps and RIP stops in my river for big smallies. 

I grab a husky jerk for deeper pools. But pike grab them too. Lost my favorite husky a few years ago to a pike. It happens.