Ive caught most of my bass on the Heddon Spook with a consistent, walk-the-dog action, where, with a little slack in the line, I use short twitches of the rod tip and take up some of that slack to impart the side-to-side action
Spoons can be manipulated more than a spinner
In this regard, the story this article opened with is anything but unique
Local pick up (San Pedro/Long Beach) $180 Southern California Penn fathom 25ld2 and Graftec rod Hardly used, loaded with 65lb braid, rod is a 40-50lb
The gear ratio refers to how many times the spool completely turns for each time you turn the handle
Alternate your retrieve by including pauses, as well as the number of jerks. The micro jerkbaits are complimented with Eurotackles custom treble hook which is designed to increase hooking percentages