Maybe fish in certain parts of the country hit a jerkbait and stop dead in their tracks, in Florida they hit it and run, lol. How is possible to not know a strike regardless of the line being used?

I have watched fish in clear water next to the boat on a very cold day swim up, mouth a paused jerkbait and not feel a thing. It happens more than we think it does. But yeah, usually they just wreck it.

As an update, I have been fishing jerkbaits a lot over the last couple weeks. I have been catching one to 4 fish every time I go...on a jerkbait. It is really odd, but I have found I have to try not only different retrieves, but different jerkbaits. Yesterday, the two fish I caught were on a XR-8 rapala x-rap..today...caught two on an Xr-6...after I had thrown the XR-8 size.

Also, even though it is getting pretty cold here in Ohio, I have had better luck, at least up to this point, with a more steady jerk, jerk, pause...for about 8 seconds or so, than I have letting the lure sit for 20-30 seconds.

Again, thanks to all for the input.

Amen to that! The sensitivity you get with braid is unparalled. Feeling the slightest ticks can be a huge advantage. In clear water tie on a three foot leader of floro. There are no end all, be alls in fishing. Use what works for YOU.

I agree if it works, however with that being said experiment and see if anything works better, try a leader with your braid, try mono, try flouro, take advantage of the properties of said lines, learn something new and see what happens.

With that being said I feel using braid with a jerkbait works against me, that is what I have learned.