jerk -- jerk-jerk -- jerk -- let sit -- jerk ----- jerk -- R-I-I-I-I-P-P -- jerk -- jerk-jerk...

I hope you get the point. I do kind of a random jerk-pause-double-jerk-rip-jerk-let-sit motion. Leave longer pauses in-between jerks if nothing else is working -- or just keep jerk-jerk-jerking it nonstop, fast & furious. Do remember, though, to snap your rod back to the bait after your jerks to put the slack back into the line; otherwise you're not letting it pause and hover, the way it often works best. You just never know one day to the next which pattern is going to work. I've dead-sticked 'em for 30 seconds or more before & got *HAMMERED* (no, not like THAT -- I don't even drink!). :+

Anyways, you could try just about any pattern of jerks & pauses, & you'll eventually get bit -- and like the guy said above, you can really have some big-number days when the timing is right (and the prespawn can be one of the best times to use 'em, right up into summertime).

Also, sometimes they hit it as soon as you jerk it; sometimes they pick it up on the pause. You may feel the strike or not; other times you might just see your line jump. Sometimes they're just 'there' when you go to jerk again! I think that's what's so exciting, that you never know at what point in the retrieve you're gonna get bit.

Lately, the Staysee has been my favorite, with its deeper penetration beneath the surface, but I've always got my Pointers handy too, especially for the shallower stuff.


Let 'er RRRRIP -- & tell us how you do!

- jeff

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