02-08-2018, 01:27 AM
[quote willami]The flaw jacker is interesting but I returned it when I saw what it was. It would of set my skills back a few years and caused unnecessary wear on the pole (if you had the exact action/weight to start with), I figured.
You can tune the bite the best you can for a specific species of a certain size if they happen to run down with the bait in the mouth it could work but I saw my self working harder for less fish and never seeing any big walleye. All but a couple of my good fish wanted zero resistance before they would move an inch with the bait.
All I see it as is a plastic pole holder that costs $50 and comes with one 25 cent jig.
I don't have experience with it but I wouldn't use one unless I wanted to run back and fourth for trout that either seem to be impossible not to get hooked or they just play with the bait and need to be finessed onto the hook.
This is all specific to how I fish so if its working for you then you spent your money wisely. Just seems to me these are the people who eventually only go for panfish with wax/meal worms, ( a circle of hell for me).
All this thing needs is a hour long infomercial at 2 am with a couple big fish to wave around with exciting music and graphics.[/quote]
We've caught walleye, northern pike, perch, whitefish, lake trout, rainbow trout, brown trout, grayling, brook trout and burbot on the jaw jacker. Pretty much everything we fish for. I have lots of videos catching all sorts of fish on them. Great addition to the line up since we can use more than one line while ice fishing. I have a lot of fun fishing with them and works great for the kids and family who don't want to hold a rod all day.
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You can tune the bite the best you can for a specific species of a certain size if they happen to run down with the bait in the mouth it could work but I saw my self working harder for less fish and never seeing any big walleye. All but a couple of my good fish wanted zero resistance before they would move an inch with the bait.
All I see it as is a plastic pole holder that costs $50 and comes with one 25 cent jig.
I don't have experience with it but I wouldn't use one unless I wanted to run back and fourth for trout that either seem to be impossible not to get hooked or they just play with the bait and need to be finessed onto the hook.
This is all specific to how I fish so if its working for you then you spent your money wisely. Just seems to me these are the people who eventually only go for panfish with wax/meal worms, ( a circle of hell for me).
All this thing needs is a hour long infomercial at 2 am with a couple big fish to wave around with exciting music and graphics.[/quote]
We've caught walleye, northern pike, perch, whitefish, lake trout, rainbow trout, brown trout, grayling, brook trout and burbot on the jaw jacker. Pretty much everything we fish for. I have lots of videos catching all sorts of fish on them. Great addition to the line up since we can use more than one line while ice fishing. I have a lot of fun fishing with them and works great for the kids and family who don't want to hold a rod all day.
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