Ike In The Shop: Jerkbait Modifications

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[@rydla99]

this guy haha... the sudden side look and screming for impact. i love it xD

[@CookingandFishing]

Guy's just screaming out info lmao...so great! Question: any application for nose up, slow sink jerkbaits?

[@sgtpavlov]

Looks good. I've done this before with the strike king bitsy pond minnow. By adding a heavier split ring to the line tie, it suspends or sinks extremely slow, giving you plenty of time to shake it in front of a fishes face. It's awesome to see this video today, when I decided to put some single inline hooks on a few really small jerk baits, since 2 Matzuo nano divers 1/8 oz arrived in the mail. I really like the idea of using single hooks over trebles. These little inline hooks are cheap chinese hooks, with high quality cutting edges, made by a brand called Bimoo. Price was around 9$ for 100 hooks. A good idea with changing out terminal tackle on these baits, is to use a small digital scale to see exactly how much the parts weigh. So if you add inline hooks instead of trebles, and the single hook weighs less, you know to add heavier splitring to balance the weight properly. If you don't balance it, the lure will move differently, and even run badly.

[@joaotorres2810]

I put a vmc feather treble on the back of my ripstop to make it like a xrap.

[@rydla99]

Haaah this guy's voice goes from 0 to a 100 out of nowhere...its funny

[@BrandonBarton13]

One of my fav mods is to file the bill down on the deep diver shadow rap shad. Turn it to a medium diver. Its 🔥

[@mikeiaconellifishing]

Sounds like fire. Great idea.

[@johnburton8601]

Lol the second one sank faster than the titanic

[@jeffgrier8488]

That's great info! I don't know of anybody else that shares this info, you're awesome! Thanks Mike!

[@mikeiaconellifishing]

Thanks Jeff!

[@ntrain90]

awesome info here, love ike in the shop!

[@mikeiaconellifishing]

Thanks man!

[@miker1961]

Good stuff Mike. Keep it coming

[@mikeiaconellifishing]

Thank you for taking the time to watch Mike.

[@theyoutubefisherman4034]

Any chance you could show up at the missile baits no entry fee tournament on old hickory May 11? It would be so awesome

[@mr.skeptical3071]

Thanks so much for the information! I'll try it

[@mikeiaconellifishing]

You're very welcome. Give it a try and let me know how it goes.

[@konstantinosp799]

Do you now if that idea works in sea fishing to??? Thanks Mike.

[@bluegrassbodybuildingfitne406]

The rip stop was one of my best best this past year. I caught a 4lber last Monday on one.

[@mikeiaconellifishing]

Four pounder is a chunk!

[@cgravey]

What is the best color for the rapala ripstop

[@reellifewithcinco7858]

how far do you think the lure will fall before it stops?

[@LindustriesOutdoors]

This is some cool info, definitely gonna try messing with my jerkbaits more this year!

[@mikeiaconellifishing]

Jerkbaits are very versatile and can catch fish all year around.

[@sleepbetraysme]

The jerkbait may be the last lure - I have yet to explore - its many ways of use. I get so zeroed in on the techniques I use on retrieval - that I fail to experiment. But I've started to give myself 'training' days. Days when the bite is SLOWWWW, I'll use those days to work on lure presentations. 🤘🏼

[@mikeiaconellifishing]

Take your self out of your comfort zone once a week and try new techniques. There are so many baits and different ways to use them that may just catch you PB!

[@sleepbetraysme]

Mike Iaconelli Fishing 🤘🏼

[@jasonboose9486]

Great tip

[@mikeiaconellifishing]

Appreciate it Jason.

[@LukeBarnes5150]

I think I need to invest in some good jerkbaits. I have one cheapy and hate it. Question: when would you use a snap swivel and on what lure?

[@simplymidwestfishing6461]

Ike do you ever use a husky jerk dog

[@laroycearmour5100]

The sink wasnt tht slow mike.. I likes the float technique tho..

[@joes4744]

Great video, time to tweak some jerk baits!

[@mikeiaconellifishing]

Thanks man!

[@vinc1106]

If you want a Slow Rising Bait ... why not Shadow Rap Shad instead ?

[@mikeiaconellifishing]

You could use that as well.

[@therealestoutdoors]

Great tips for me here on Champlain 👌🙏💪

[@mikeiaconellifishing]

Awesome!

[@therealestoutdoors]

Mike Iaconelli Fishing your the man I remember being a younin flipping through the channels on a Saturday morning and seeing you screaming on the bow of your boat I watched the episode and right after I was so hyped I grabbed my rod and reel that I never used and went and fished the saranac river on Champlain i used what I learned in the episode and caught em and the rest of that summer break off school I went everyday for 2 months at sunrise by myself and I’ve never looked back, been bass fishing since I’m sure a lot of folks say this to you all the time but you were the reason I started fishing your the first guy I saw that didn’t take it too serious and had fun and I thank you for that more pros should take that into account and it would help spread the sport mike your a true icon in the industry and probably why many pros have issues with u but that’s their problem you’ve done so much for the sport no one can take that from you brother love ya man 🙏

[@AddictedAngler]

Mike let me ask you this , lets say air temps are in low 20s and water temp in 30s , would u go with mono or floro? and why ( both lines are 6-8 lb ) if u can give us feed back. i have personaly switch to mono due to temps cuz i feel like i need that high strech line because the floro becomes to stiff but i would like ur opinion

[@mikeiaconellifishing]

Generally speaking, I would use flora because the line is more dense. Fluorocarbon lets the jerkbait get a hair deeper and will cause the jerkbait to truly suspend or slightly sink. But I will use mono under those conditions if Ive fishing extremely shallow water (1-4').

[@AddictedAngler]

@@mikeiaconellifishing thank you

[@sschultz0666]

Just got your flambeau tackle backpack. Should of got one long time ago, going to make bank fishing a lot easier.

[@mikeiaconellifishing]

That backpack is phenomenal.

[@riversgreathouse9864]

Are you going to icast this year?

[@mikeiaconellifishing]

You'll have to wait and see!

[@philtarbox8256]

Hey Mike... I have a question concerning "why" to use a rising jerkbait when the water temperature is rising (and vise versa)... what's the theory behind this? Just curious

[@mikeiaconellifishing]

The theory is to match the jerkbait to the natural movement and positioning of the baitfish. Generally speaking, when the water is cold and the temp is falling, bait fish tend to be positioned in a nose down position and tend to be lower to the bottom or dying with a downward decent. Under rising cold water temps, bait fish seem to be more oriented in a nose up position rising up toward the surface more.

[@philtarbox8256]

I suspected that was the theory behind it, but I hate to assume anything I'm not really knowledgeable about... thanks for the response Mike... I met you at the Philly Expo a few years ago and in Waddington two years ago (I was wearing the brown T-shirt that said "I Listen to the Voices in My Tacklebox"... Lol)... hope to see you again in the near future!

[@Cslayer121]

I guess I'm a fair weather fisherman. I may live in Michigan, but it needs to be 70 before I'll get out in my yak.

[@jrbz88]

"Mike Iaconelli here.......out in the shop!!"

[@mikeiaconellifishing]

Always man always.

[@Mjones8383]

Mike mike mike mike what day is it , come on , we'll not hump day but huuuuummmmpppppdayyyyyyyy

[@deazl666]

In the bathtub?!? I don’t want those treble hooks anywhere near my junk!! ;)

[@herefishyfishy6907]

Do you need a producer? Why are you yelling?

[@hanneskarlsson411]

Great tips, But please stop screaming. Hurts my ears