Vertical Jerks.

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Vertical Jerks.

Heavy iron for sulking fish. Slow-pitch, speed jigging, diamond jigs. When the school is stacked on a ledge and topwater is a joke.

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SHIMANO
Butterfly Flat Fall 200g
Shimano Butterfly Flat Fall 200g
HEAVY METALLURES

SHIMANO

Butterfly Flat Fall 200g

Slow-pitch jig that fishes itself on the drop. Tuna, AJ, anything mean at depth.

$26.99GO JERK →
SHIMANO
Butterfly Wing-Fall 200g
Shimano Butterfly Wing-Fall 200g
LURES

SHIMANO

Butterfly Wing-Fall 200g

Speed-jigging staple. Long, lean, falls fast, climbs faster. AJ tax.

$17.99GO JERK →
WILLIAMSON
Vortex Speed Jig 250g
Williamson Vortex Speed Jig 250g
BEST VALUELURES

WILLIAMSON

Vortex Speed Jig 250g

Less famous than Shimano, half the price, all the bites. The smart-money pick.

$18.99GO JERK →
SEA FALCON
Z-Slow 220g
Sea Falcon Z-Slow 220g
CULT FAVORITELURES

SEA FALCON

Z-Slow 220g

Slow-pitch holy water. Falls like a wounded baitfish. Costs like a wounded wallet.

$32.99GO JERK →
NOMAD DESIGN
Streaker 200g
Nomad Design Streaker 200g
LURES

NOMAD DESIGN

Streaker 200g

Knife jig with a glow finish for deep, dark water. Tuna think it's the only thing in the column.

$16.99GO JERK →
HOPKINS
Shorty 1oz Diamond Jig
Hopkins Shorty 1oz Diamond Jig
CULT FAVORITELURES

HOPKINS

Shorty 1oz Diamond Jig

The original Northeast diamond jig: chrome hammered metal, white bucktail, and a half-century of striper carnage on record. Drop it, rip it, repeat until your arms give out.

$14.99GO JERK →
HOPKINS
Shorty 1/2oz Diamond Jig
Hopkins Shorty 1/2oz Diamond Jig
LURES

HOPKINS

Shorty 1/2oz Diamond Jig

Same Hopkins DNA, just lighter, the right call when the bait is small and the fish are finicky. Spanish mac, snapper blues, or whenever the 1oz gets waved off.

$14.99GO JERK →
BLUEWING
Diamond Jig 1–4oz Tube Tail
BLUEWING Diamond Jig 1–4oz Tube Tail
BEST VALUELURES

BLUEWING

Diamond Jig 1–4oz Tube Tail

Under nine bucks for a chrome diamond jig with a stainless hook and a split tube tail that flutters on the drop. Lose it on a snag and it hurts less than therapy.

$8.49GO JERK →
BLUEWING
Diamond Jig Chrome 6–16oz
BLUEWING Diamond Jig Chrome 6–16oz
HEAVY METALLURES

BLUEWING

Diamond Jig Chrome 6–16oz

When you need to punch through current or reach bottom in 80 feet, the heavy chrome series is how you do it. 8oz and 10oz are the sweet spot for tuna and big bluefish from the rail.

$15.99GO JERK →

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