Soft plastics
Soft jerkbait fishing lure
A soft baitfish you twitch and kill like a jerkbait.
Characteristics
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Body
Soft
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Sink
Suspending
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Action
Twitch
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Depth
Mid-water
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Habitats
Freshwater, Saltwater
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Methods
Spinning
Soft baitfish
Flexible plastic body mimics live baitfish movement in water.
Tail
Paddle tail creates kicking vibrations during twitch retrieves.
Hook slot
Belly slit aligns the hook shank and secures the point.
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Species caught on a soft jerkbait lure
How to fish a soft jerkbait
Twitch on slack, then pause. Weightless in shallows; a light jig head when you need to count down.
When to fish a soft jerkbait
Clear water, schooling bait, and post-spawn or summer bass that follow without eating a crankbait.
What is a soft jerkbait lure?
Soft jerkbaits (flukes) dart on slack line and hang in the column. They catch bass, pike, and inshore predators that want a dying baitfish without the hard-body clunk. The Soft jerkbait is a Soft lure with a Twitch action. It is Suspending, fished Mid-water, for Spinning in Freshwater, Saltwater.
Soft jerkbait lure sizes
Common sizes and weights of this fishing lure.
- 6 g 10 cm
- 10 g 13 cm
- 14 g 15 cm
- 18 g 18 cm