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Is there a jerk bait out there for slow rolling with tight wobble action?  These fish seem to not want to eat the jerk action rather slow rolling and soft jerks.  I haven't found a brand yet that allow me to slow roll it with tight action wobble

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Original Daiwa TD Minnow.

Tom

I don't even know if they're made any more but I think the Matzuo Nano Minnow fits that description well.  It has a really subtle action.  Lots of river walleye have fallen victim to mine.

Well, the original smithwick rogue rolls in place when you jerk it, vs slashing/walking like the majority of jerkbaits do these days.  

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What about a Rapala Floating Minnow?  

What WRB said. The TD is an excellent "dancing" jerkbait. Very tight action. 

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If you can find one of the old Lucky Craft Live Pointers grab it. That bait doesn't produce at all when worked like a regular jerkbait. It does really well when you work it with just a slow pull instead of popping or jerking. My buddy showed me how to do it, reel it a few cranks to get it down and then pause. Then a slow pull, 6" to 1' depending on the activity level of the fish. 

Check out the berkley hit stick. Its like the Rapala Original Minnow, but you can chuck it a lot further. Same tight wiggle.

That’s basically any of of the old style bombers, thunder sticks, rebels, any of the floating or plastic rapala’s.  
 

Growing up we never knew you were supposed to jerk them.  We either trolled with them or just casted out and retrieved them slowly.  Caught a lot of fish.  That’s how I still fish small streams with the j-7’s


 

bombers were a mainstay for trolling for steal head back in the day on my grandpas charter boat.  He would run 5 a side with planer boards 

 

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