For my wife, 5in jitterbug I saw at Dicks, thought how big of a bass my wife could catch on this guy, maybe even large esox

 

A FIVE INCH jitterbug?! Dang! Love the j'bugs, tho. Caught me some dandys in my time.

You would be surprised how small a bass will hit those, especia;;y at night.

 

The pike will destroy it too

I fish a black one at night routinely.

 

Consider changing the hooks out with Owner Stinger Trebles

 

And Hold On ~ !

 

A-Jay

A FIVE INCH jitterbug?! Dang! Love the j'bugs, tho. Caught me some dandys in my time.

 

Looks monstrous next to the regular size! Hope we get some dandys too!

 

You would be surprised how small a bass will hit those, especia;;y at night.

 

The pike will destroy it too

 

We get that a lot here, them dinks sure do love hitting big treble hook baits. The panfish do the same too!

 

I fish a black one at night routinely.

 

Consider changing the hooks out with Owner Stinger Trebles

 

And Hold On ~ !

 

A-Jay

 

I was getting leery looking at the hooks, thanks for the heads up on which kind. Which size o-rings did you end up using since these hooks are directly on the eye screw? Looks like a trip to my local cabelas and it'll give me a chance to see if the musky lake up there is done being one big sheet of ice

Definitely change out the hooks and use a quality (Spro) split ring on each hanger eye. Another trick.....rubber band the two side hooks on top of the body. Will help with weeds and actually improve hook ups.

It sure looks sweet! Be sure to post up the pics of the monster it brings in

I have used those too, I think they are marketed towards musky and pike but bass love them too.

Wow, that's pretty big and side hooks!  If it were in front of me I'd have to buy one.  But I've never caught anything on my smaller one.  

I've caught lots of bass on my muskie jitterbug, never caught a muskie on it though. Caught about a 10lb channel cat on it night fishing one time, thought I had a new state record bass.

I found the stingers but not the spro rings in the size so I grabbed the cabelas house brand. Also picked up an all black jitterbug. Now I I've to wait until the weather is a bit warmer since the lakes still have ice on them

I have a number of them given to me for Christmas presents by people who have no idea about bass baits.

 

May throw one or two this year after reading everyone's posts.

 

I am glad the Bait Monkey went with Tomustang when he went shopping.

 

That Bait Monkey is a sneaky animal.

I have a number of them given to me for Christmas presents by people who have no idea about bass baits.

 

May throw one or two this year after reading everyone's posts.

 

I am glad the Bait Monkey went with Tomustang when he went shopping.

 

That Bait Monkey is a sneaky animal.

Mysterious in how he works. It was in the clearance bin, picked it up cause my wife likes topwater. We go all the way up to cabelas to grab hooks and spend about $200, almost bought another rod

Cut those hooks off, add split rings and Owner ST-41 hooks.

Cut those hooks off, add split rings and Owner ST-41 hooks.

Just did!

That's a beautiful thing!

I havent used a jitterbug since the 90's! Looks like I'm gonna pick some up.

Looks monstrous next to the regular size! Hope we get some dandys too!

 

 

We get that a lot here, them dinks sure do love hitting big treble hook baits. The panfish do the same too!

 

 

I was getting leery looking at the hooks, thanks for the heads up on which kind. Which size o-rings did you end up using since these hooks are directly on the eye screw? Looks like a trip to my local cabelas and it'll give me a chance to see if the musky lake up there is done being one big sheet of ice

 

Cutting off the stock trebles and adding split rings is certainly an option.

 

I did not go that way.  I unscrewed each side hook hanger and carefully opened it up with a pair of fine needle nose pliers.  Then simply slid off the old hooks and replaced them with the new ones.  A slight pinch of the pliers again and the hanger is closed and the hook secure.   Then re-mount the hardware.

I did go with the Owner Stingers.

 

A-Jay

Crazy glue each one u unscrew

Cutting off the stock trebles and adding split rings is certainly an option.

 

I did not go that way.  I unscrewed each side hook hanger and carefully opened it up with a pair of fine needle nose pliers.  Then simply slid off the old hooks and replaced them with the new ones.  A slight pinch of the pliers again and the hanger is closed and the hook secure.   Then re-mount the hardware.

I did go with the Owner Stingers.

 

A-Jay

 

The reason I add a split ring is because a twisting fish can easily get the hook locked to the bait's body, and gain leverage.  With a split ring, it swings freely.

The reason I add a split ring is because a twisting fish can easily get the hook locked to the bait's body, and gain leverage.  With a split ring, it swings freely.

 

I'm totally with you on that J - but I haven't had to "learn that the Hard way" on this bait yet.

 

 But being the slow learner that I am - it's only a matter of time.

 

A-Jay

It probably isn't an issue with bass, but northerns have a tendency to roll when tuckered out, and that's when they get free.

It probably isn't an issue with small bass, but northerns have a tendency to roll when tuckered out, and that's when they get free.

 

Fixed that for you.

Lol, thanks Speed.