Professional bass angler Mike Iaconelli is on the water ready to teach you some tips and tricks about fishing a suspending jerkbait, like the Rapala Shadow Rap Jerkbaits. Ike will go over: the equipment he uses to fish this bait, varying retrieves for different seasons and conditions, selecting the right size & color of jerkbait, getting the bait to the correct depth and other various tips & modifications.

0:17 Mike Iaconelli loves fishing jerkbaits all year, but especially suspending jerkbaits in colder water
0:44 Mike Iaconelli's tackle choices when jerkbait fishing and the characterisitcs he's looking for in a bait
3:37 How to fish a jerkbait, the Mike Iaconelli way, and the importance of cadence
8:32 Determining the depth zone that bass bite a jerkbait
9:57 Bites on a suspending jerkbait
12:36 Selecting the right suspending jerkbait for depth and forage color/size
14:59 Knots, snaps and split rings for jerkbaits
15:39 Selecting and changing hooks/line for different situations