I have tried fishing jerkbaits before but had yet to catch any fish with one. Saturday I stopped into the local Dick's and picked up a couple XR-8's that were on sale @ 2 for $10, and I committed to fish one or both all day.

I stopped by a small pond and started fishing. By the time I was ready to leave, I caught 2 LM bass and 1 SM bass. The LM were about 1lb each, but the smallie was almost 2lbs. And the smallie had red eyes!

I went to another small pond and caught another 2 fish. 1dink LM bass, and a giant blue gill too.

I was too busy having so much fun to take pics though. I even had the camera with me but just couldn't bring myself to stop fishing long enough to take a pic. ;D

I also caught another thing from the depths. I have read a couple posts on the site here that talk about people catching odd things, one of which would be fishing rods. I had never caught a fishing rod, untill Saturday. It was a 5 foot spiderman spinncasting setup. I thought about taking it home and cleaning it up as a joke to take to tourneys, but it was fully rusted, and full of that mud that smells worse than an outhouse. So in the trash it went.

So not only did I catch 3 species of fish on the XR-8, I also caught a fishing rod too. It was definatley a great day!

Sounds like fun!  I am the same way when i'm catching fish on fast moving baits, no time for pics, just want to keep fishing.

that's a great deal for those jerkbaits! And congrats on getting accustomed to something new. I plan on doing the same this season with jerkbaits and jigs.

Very nice!  Hard jerkbaits are my april challenge, so hopefully I'll have a similar story to tell in the very near future.  

I LOVE X-RAPS!!

Now you're on it. Just don't get like I did last year. I picked up the X-Rap, first time, every time for a good part of the year. Great baits, and you got a good price. Almost nobody puts those things on sale.

Cheers,

GK

NEVER GIVE UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!