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#1 ·
So...3 seasons with them now and I have to say...it almost feels like cheating a little...I started out running light rods for panfish..primarily perch and the results were astounding. After years with too ups I finally have so.egging with 80 to 90 percent hook up ratio...I've popped crappie...2 walleye...and a catfish on them since...along with a ton more panfish. They handle a wide variety of baits and a large range of rods...I'm starting to wonder how long it will be before they are no long considered a tip up due to their success rate.
 
#7 ·
If your Jawjacker is not hooking very well go to a higher rated rod. I find that the medium light rod is the lightest I can use. Ultras and even lighter action rods do not perform well with the jawjacker. I suspect that the lighter rods do not have the backbone to set the hook properly. A medium action 28 to 30 inch seems about perfect to me for the JJs. The tension adjust will help fine tune the setup also.

I have 4 but rarely use all 4. On a slow day I will use 2 JJ, one deadstick and one I constantly jig with. If success was a reason to outlaw something. My snitch rod setup would probably be outlawed first. That thing is just flat deadly.
 
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