"RichZ" wrote in message
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Bob La Londe wrote:
I have had the darndest time with soft jerkbaits. I rig them up, get
hit,. and they just slide right out on the hookset

I know it sounds counterproductive, but when you're not hooking up on a
soft jerkbait try just nose hooking it. I've been fishing soft jerkbaits
since -- well hell, I coined the term soft jerkbait in an In-Fisherman
article on 1987 -- but after getting my rump kicked by a couple friends
who were fishing it that way, I only started the nose hooking thing a
couple years ago but when the cover allows rigging that way, I'll do it
every time these days.

You know Rcih, thats so painfully obvious I haven't a clue why I didn't
think of it. That's basically the same reason I went to wacky rigging
senkos. To hook up better.