BY JERKS. FOR SEAMEN.
Tackle, tactics and tested gear for anglers who jerk their bait — with friends, alone, sometimes both at once. Built for the people who can name every lure in their tackle box from memory and have strong opinions about cadence at 3 a.m. We gave click bait a whole new meaning.
START JERKINGCircle hooks: the one bait on this entire site you are legally not allowed to jerk. Lift and reel, or lose the fish.
READ WHY →The ones the fish actually notice. The internet can have the rest.
SALT
Snook, redfish, slob trout.
SALT
Tuna, AJ, grouper.
FRESHWATER
Bass, musky, panfish. The stillwater grind.
FRESHWATER
Trout and smallmouth in moving water. Current changes the read.
HARD WATER
The lake goes solid. The jerk does not stop.
INDOOR
We know. We reviewed it anyway.
TACKLE
Fast tips. Smooth drags. The gear that does the jerking for you.
How to make a $14 jerkbait outfish a $40 one when the lake is 41° and the fish are stacked on the second ledge. Cadence, line, hook upgrades, and why the Husky Jerk still wins in March.
READ THE GUIDESTART HERE
Three picks worth opening a new tab for. Direct to Amazon — we pay our hosting in pennies per click.
MEGABASS
The yen-priced cult favorite. It'll outfish your tackle box and you'll lose it before you're ready.
SHIMANO
Slow-pitch jig that fishes itself on the drop. Tuna, AJ, anything mean at depth.
NOMAD DESIGN
Trolling-grade twitchbait. Tuna think it's lunch. Wahoo think it's personal.