01 / FRESHWATER / WALLEYE
Walleye eat jerkbaits. The Rapala Husky Jerk was practically designed for them, and the Smithwick Rogue has won more walleye tournaments than most people realize. These picks cover trolling, casting, and jigging for walleye in every depth.
RAPALA
$7 of balsa that's been embarrassing bass since 1936. Buy three. You'll lose two.
SMITHWICK
Cold-water religion in a long thin package. March bass tournaments have been won on this one bait.
RAPALA
Dies on the pause — literally rolls on its side like a wounded baitfish. The death-roll action is what separates it from every other jerkbait in the box.
ACME
Six bucks of chrome-plated brass that catches everything with fins. Cast it, jig it, troll it — the Kastmaster doesn't care about your technique, it just flashes and fish show up.
LUHR JENSEN
Wide wobble, heavy flash, casts a mile. The Krocodile has been the go-to casting spoon for salmon, trout, and steelhead since before most anglers were born. Works in salt too.
BILL LEWIS
The #1 selling lipless crankbait in history. The rattle is louder than your drag, bass hear it from thirty feet, and the yo-yo retrieve through grass is tournament 101.
LUCKY CRAFT
The deep-diver in the lineup. Pulls strikes from fish that ignored everything shallower.
FIELD JOURNAL
Jerking 101 — the cadence that catches fishVIEW ALL
Hard Jerks.