That Jerk is Good!

Mike here with a quick report. Hard to believe it's finally spring. The Husky Jerk & X-Rap bite is in full swing so get out to the local waters nearest you ASAP. Of course if your local water is a put-put golf course with a pool on the fourth hole, you're not going to do much. It always helps if there are actually fish in the waters you are fishing. Unless you are out there just to practice your technique and in that case it's always nice to let others play through...

The jerk, jerk, jerk - pause technique picked us up a quick 24 Largemouth in a 45 minute break yesterday, along with a couple small crappies. Don't be afraid to change up your speeds until you find what the fish want. And remember if the fish want you to go home and work on the honey-do list THEY ARE LYING!

With the consistantly warm weather (60 - 80°) finally hitting the midwest, the bite is on and who knows, you might lucky and land that trophy Pre-Spawn bass. We here at Customfish take CATCH. PHOTO. RELEASE. very seriously. Please take a quick photo (don't lay the fish on the ground) and get it back in the water. If you don't have a camera, there is not time to put the fish in a 5-gallon bucket, drive home, have someone shoot a photo of you in front of the garage, and then drive the fish back to the lake. Your intentions are good but you just killed that fish. It may swim a way but someone else will find it floating belly up a short time later. Our rule of thumb is hold your breath when you take that fish out of the water. When you need air, so does the fish. This is most important during the spawning season than any other time!

Take two casts and call me in the morning.