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Rapala Rapala® Husky Jerk™ Minnow

Tracks true at any speedPerfecty balancedLong-castingLoud rattlesPremium VMC® Black Nickel HooksPerfectly balanced, the Husky Jerk Minnow can be cast or trolled at any speed and still run true. The rattle chamber transmits sound waves that amplify through the water, catching and piquing attention, and the suspending action of the Husky Jerk Minnow is just more than a fish can handle! The glass patterns offer a transparent body and a holographic ''spine'' for added flash.
Average Customer Rating:
4.91 out of 5
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77 of 78(99%)customers would recommend this product to a friend.
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Customer Reviews for Rapala® Husky Jerk™ Minnow
Review 1 for Rapala® Husky Jerk™ Minnow
Overall Rating:
5 out of 5
5 out of 5

Best Fishing Lure Ever Made

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March 28, 2012
By RapalaFishCatcher
from New York
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Advantages: Ease of use, Style/Design, Performs well, Value for money, Quality, casts nice runs true out of the box
"This is the best ever period. It catches fish when other lures don't. I caught a 9 pounder on it and I catch fishon it all around America in many different lakes, streams, rivers, bays, and in even the ocean. This is my favorite lure, and it's not debatable. Last summer, I didn't even tie another lure on. This lure catches fish no matter where you are. Every color and every size. All species of fish. I lost count on how many fish and what type I've caught. Every time of day, in any lake."
What is your favorite type of fishing? Freshwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 5+
Do you own a boat? Yes
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
Review 2 for Rapala® Husky Jerk™ Minnow
Overall Rating:
5 out of 5
5 out of 5

great bait

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March 11, 2012
By liplessenthusiast
Advantages: Ease of use, Style/Design, Performs well, Quality
"I used this bait today at a lake not too far from my house, and in the 30 minutes that I had fished it (I went to fish around stumps and didn't want to risk losing it to a tree) I caught 2 bass. They were dinks, but I caught the only two fish between my friend and I. I was using a size 10 (4 in. 3/8 oz.) in the Gold color with a jerk-jerk-pause or a jerk-pause retrieve. Great bait, especially when you consider that I bought the lure for $5 from a discount section at my tackle shop."
Review 3 for Rapala® Husky Jerk™ Minnow
Overall Rating:
5 out of 5
5 out of 5

5 1/2" Gold is amazing.

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October 18, 2011
By matt123456
from MN
Advantages: Performs well
"It will catch fish. Which I'm guessing is what you want."
What is your favorite type of fishing? Freshwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 4
Do you own a boat? No
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
Review 4 for Rapala® Husky Jerk™ Minnow
Overall Rating:
5 out of 5
5 out of 5

perfect minnow

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October 12, 2011
By yamato
from Tampa,FL
Advantages: Ease of use, Style/Design, Performs well, Value for money
"this is not the best minnow bait as the original floater but i have caught many bass in ponds lakes and rivers."
What is your favorite type of fishing? Freshwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 5+
Do you own a boat? No
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
Review 5 for Rapala® Husky Jerk™ Minnow
Overall Rating:
5 out of 5
5 out of 5

Best purchase you can get

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September 22, 2011
By Nutsforbass24
from Tournament fisherman from Maryland
Advantages: Style/Design, Performs well, Value for money, Quality, color maters
Disadvantages: need a few more colors
"One of the best hard jerkbaits I have ever used great for bass fishing in spring and fall 40 to 65 deg water is the best"
What is your favorite type of fishing? Freshwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 5+
Do you own a boat? Yes
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
0 of 1 people found this review helpful.
Review 6 for Rapala® Husky Jerk™ Minnow
Overall Rating:
4 out of 5
4 out of 5

good lure

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September 10, 2011
By otdoersmann
from lansing, MI
Advantages: Style/Design, Performs well, Quality
Disadvantages: Difficult to use, too light, also doesnt dive deep enough
"this lure is amazing I caught 4 18 inch plus bass on it but the thing is that its a little too light to cast with baitcasting gear thats why I could only givee it a 4 out of 5 rating but it performed well."
What is your favorite type of fishing? Freshwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 5+
Do you own a boat? No
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
Review 7 for Rapala® Husky Jerk™ Minnow
Overall Rating:
5 out of 5
5 out of 5

Great affordable hardbait

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August 22, 2011
By wbnimrod
from Colorado Springs, CO
Advantages: Ease of use, Performs well, Value for money, Quality
"last year my dad and wife each caught 16 inch or bigger trout in colorado with this model in the firetiger and blue color themes."
What is your favorite type of fishing? Freshwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 3
Do you own a boat? No
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
Review 8 for Rapala® Husky Jerk™ Minnow
Overall Rating:
5 out of 5
5 out of 5

AWESOME LURE

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August 9, 2011
By fishin4ever
from marshfield,ma
Advantages: Ease of use, Style/Design, Performs well, Quality, catches fish
"caught 14 fish first 2 days i had it....it was silver blue...8 crappies 3 bass 2 trout and a pickeral....
the other day i told my buddy, who i taught how to fish, to buy this lure..he caught 2 white perch same time with this lure... he out fished me 5-0...buy using this lure
i want to buy every color"
What is your favorite type of fishing? Freshwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 5+
Do you own a boat? Yes
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
Review 9 for Rapala® Husky Jerk™ Minnow
Overall Rating:
5 out of 5
5 out of 5

Rapala Husky Jerk Minnow

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July 28, 2011
By johnthepieman
from Maryland
Advantages: Ease of use, Style/Design, Performs well
"Just returned from Canada - pike fishing. This lure (HJ14) did a great job. Just ordered several more."
What is your favorite type of fishing? Freshwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 2
Do you own a boat? No
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
Review 10 for Rapala® Husky Jerk™ Minnow
Overall Rating:
5 out of 5
5 out of 5

awesome

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July 24, 2011
By Griz6
from Jersey
Advantages: Ease of use, Style/Design, Performs well, Value for money, Quality
"bass go crazy for this lure, a slow retrieval with a jerk every once in a while will produce bass like you'll never believe"
What is your favorite type of fishing? Freshwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 5+
Do you own a boat? No
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
Review 11 for Rapala® Husky Jerk™ Minnow
Overall Rating:
4 out of 5
4 out of 5

Good dependable lure

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June 6, 2011
By jps1
Advantages: Style/Design, Performs well
"We use this lure 90% of the time whilst trout fishing the rivers here in Montenegro. The neutral buoyancy allows you to impart the appropriate action to suit the occasion and the slim profile makes it easy to use in the faster flowing rivers."
How many times a month do you fish on average? 5+
Do you own a boat? Yes
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
Review 12 for Rapala® Husky Jerk™ Minnow
Overall Rating:
4 out of 5
4 out of 5

Another must have

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May 24, 2011
By dtboco3
from colorado
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Advantages: Ease of use, Style/Design, Performs well, Value for money, Quality
"I never fished jerk baits too often because they never produced well for me.(with the exception of the senko if you want to count that as a jerk bait). My buddy convinced me to buy a couple of these this year. I got one in firetiger and one in silver, I think both are HJ-05. I tried fishing them with a quick twitch instead of the long sweep, long pause retrieve and couldn't keep the largemouths away from them during pre-spawn. Also picked up a lot of good sized crappie on them."
What is your favorite type of fishing? Freshwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 5+
Do you own a boat? No
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
Review 13 for Rapala® Husky Jerk™ Minnow
Overall Rating:
5 out of 5
5 out of 5

A finesse hardbait

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April 19, 2011
By Lilbassboy
from Merrimack NH
Advantages: Ease of use, Style/Design, Performs well, Value for money, Quality, suspends, slow, at true lure for prespwan
"this bait is a finesse bait. It has a slow wobble, and it suspends. this is especially good for prespawn bass fishing."
What is your favorite type of fishing? Freshwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 5+
Do you own a boat? No
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
Review 14 for Rapala® Husky Jerk™ Minnow
Overall Rating:
4 out of 5
4 out of 5

decent crankbait

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March 23, 2011
By josh0998
from New york
Advantages: Ease of use, Style/Design, Quality
Disadvantages: Performance
"This bait works well but what ive found is it doesnt suspend. On fluorocarbon the larger baits sink but the little ones will float up no matter what. if you use braid the larger baits will also float up. although they dont suspend they wreak havoc on smallmouth in colder conditions"
What is your favorite type of fishing? Freshwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 5+
Do you own a boat? Yes
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
Review 15 for Rapala® Husky Jerk™ Minnow
Overall Rating:
5 out of 5
5 out of 5

Wow!

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January 28, 2011
By mdwstrnbassfshrmn
from illinois
Advantages: Ease of use, Style/Design, Performs well, Value for money, Quality
"I love this bait, it catches everything from huge northern pike to large and smallmouth bass. You can reel it in as fast as you possibly can and you will get bit. The rattles are loud and the right frequency, and it's really versitile, I use it trolling, casting, jerking it, any action you imply to it will catch fish."
What is your favorite type of fishing? Freshwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 5+
Do you own a boat? No
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
Review 16 for Rapala® Husky Jerk™ Minnow
Overall Rating:
5 out of 5
5 out of 5

My go to lure

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January 11, 2011
By Esocid
Advantages: Performs well, Quality
Disadvantages: a little costly but still worth it
"twitch this suspending bait. It has something about it that just isn't quite duplicated in other similar lure. I have caught just about everything on them, walleye, bass, northern, musky and more."
What is your favorite type of fishing? Freshwater
Do you own a boat? Yes
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
Review 17 for Rapala® Husky Jerk™ Minnow
Overall Rating:
5 out of 5
5 out of 5

great action

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January 1, 2011
By inshoreanglerFL
from niceville FL
Advantages: Ease of use, Style/Design, Performs well, Value for money, Quality
"i recently bought this lure and i love it. First of all you can cast it far to get to hard to reach places(great for fishing onshore/dock). It also has great action and when it swims you can work it top water or crank it down and let it suspend and jerk it. The colors are also great they are very attracting."
What is your favorite type of fishing? Saltwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 5+
Do you own a boat? Yes
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
Review 18 for Rapala® Husky Jerk™ Minnow
Overall Rating:
5 out of 5
5 out of 5

great bait in cold weather!

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November 30, 2010
By bassfanatic24
from fort mcdowell az
Advantages: Style/Design, Performs well, Value for money, Quality
"This bait excels in cold weather but works in every weather condition. My best color is baby bass i have caught many fish on this bait, i would pick one up!"
What is your favorite type of fishing? Freshwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 5+
Do you own a boat? No
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
Review 19 for Rapala® Husky Jerk™ Minnow
Overall Rating:
5 out of 5
5 out of 5

love these lures!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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November 27, 2010
By fishlipps
from NW Georgia
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Advantages: Ease of use, Style/Design, Performs well, Value for money, Quality
"one of my 2 favorite jerkbaits!!!!!
but, be advised....they do NOT suspend.....they sink very slowly, so use caution when using them around shallow cover....
and, they fact that they DO sink is what makes them one of my faves.....the first time i ever used one, i had 3 fish over 5 lbs in less than 2 hours!!!!!!"
What is your favorite type of fishing? Freshwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 5+
Do you own a boat? Yes
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
Review 20 for Rapala® Husky Jerk™ Minnow
Overall Rating:
5 out of 5
5 out of 5

amazing

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September 30, 2010
By ALfisherman
from Birmingham, AL
Advantages: Ease of use, Style/Design, Performs well, Quality
"this is my favorite jerk bait, however all rapala jerk baits are incredible and simply the best out there. I tend to use suspending jerk's more than floating."
What is your favorite type of fishing? Freshwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 5+
Do you own a boat? Yes
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
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