GLIDE BAITS & JERKBAITS
Daiwa Prorex Lazy Jerk 4.7"
Length: 4.7"
Weight: 1.7 oz
Buoyancy: Slow-Sinking
Type: Jerkbait / Glide Bait
The Daiwa Prorex Lazy Jerk is a compact European pike jerkbait designed to produce an easy side-to-side action even at slow speeds. Its smaller profile is especially effective for pressured or less-active northern pike.
How to Work It: Use a steady retrieve for natural side-to-side movement, or fish it with a stop-and-go retrieve and longer pauses. Its slow sink makes it excellent over shallow weeds and in cold water.
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Strike Pro Miuras Mouse Mini
Length: 7.9"
Weight: 1.4 oz
Type: Hybrid Pike Bait
Designed by Italian lure builder Maurizio “Miura” Carini, the Miuras Mouse Mini brings the legendary Miuras Mouse action into a smaller, easier-to-fish package built for northern pike.
How to Work It: Fish it at different speeds, slow with a steady retrieve, fast with pull-pull pause, or “burn it” with a fast retrieve with occasional pauses. Let the bucktail push water while the soft tail swims behind it. Fish it high in weeds, or add a weight and let it sink down. Especially good for pressured or less-active pike.
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Mini Tap Dancer
Length: 5"
Weight: 3 oz
Running Depth: 1–3 ft
Type: Handmade Wooden Glide Bait
The Shum Shum Mini Tap Dancer is a handcrafted wooden glide bait known for its quick turns, strong belly roll and effortless side-to-side action. Originally built for musky, it’s also an excellent option for trophy northern pike.
How to Work It: Lightly tap the rod to make it glide from side to side — no hard jerks needed. Mix in pauses to take advantage of its hang time, or work it quickly over shallow weeds and structure.
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Strike Pro Guppie
Length: 5.3" body
Weight: 4.23 oz
Type: Glide Bait
Built in collaboration with legendary lure builder Joe Peterson, the Guppie has become a staple for targeting trophy pike and musky.
How to Work It: Use slow, steady reel turns or short rod twitches to create wide side-to-side glides. Pause it around followers to trigger the strike.
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ABU GARCIA Svartzonker McJerk
Length: 5.9"
Weight: 3.5 oz
Type: Sinking Glidebait
Designed by legendary Swedish lure builder Claes “Svartzonker” Claesson in collaboration with Abu Garcia, the McJerk was built for big pike and other trophy predators.
How to Work It: Jerk or twitch it with a slightly slack line for wide side-to-side glides add a quick pause after each twitch, or use a steady retrieve for a smooth S-curve swim.
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Strike Pro Buster Jerk Shallow Runner
Length: 5.9"
Weight: 2.3 oz
Buoyancy: Slowly Sinking
Type: Shallow Jerkbait / Glide Bait
The Strike Pro Buster Jerk is one of Scandinavia’s most iconic pike jerkbaits, with a long history of producing trophy northern pike. The Shallow Runner is designed to keep that proven action higher in the water column.
How to Work It: Add rod twitches and pauses for wider glides and flashes. Its slow sink makes it especially effective over shallow weeds and when using long pauses.
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Bobbie Baits Weighted Jerkbait
Length: 6.75"
Weight: 2.3 oz
Type: Weighted Jerkbait
For over 70 years, Bobbie Baits have been handcrafted for anglers chasing trophy predators. Made in the USA from solid pine, this classic jerkbait delivers an erratic action built for big northern pike.
How to Work It: Use pulls, jerks and pauses to create an erratic diving and rising action. Bend the adjustable stainless steel tail down to run deeper or up to keep the bait higher over weeds.
Strike Pro Buster Swim
Length: 5.1"
Weight: 2.3 oz
Running Depth: 1.5–6.5 ft
Type: Sinking Jerkbait / Swimbait
The Strike Pro Buster Swim combines classic Buster Jerk characteristics with a wide, rolling swimbait action and strong side flash, making it a versatile northern pike lure.
How to Work It: Use a steady retrieve for a wide rolling swim, or add slack and jerk, jerk pause and speed changes. On the pause, the Buster Swim slowly sinks and glides — a great trigger for following pike.
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Svartzonker Squarepusher Glidebait
Weight: 3.6 oz
Type: Slow-Sinking Glidebait
Originally developed in 2007, the Squarepusher is a classic Swedish pike glidebait from Claes “Svartzonker” Claesson, creator of the legendary McRubber series.
How to Work It: Straight retrieve for a wide S-shaped swimming action, or use rod twitches and reel turns for aggressive side-to-side glides. Fish it slow and precise or speed it up to cover water.
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Strike Pro Miuras Mouse Pig Shad
Length: 10.2"
Weight: 4 oz
Type: Hybrid Pike Bait
The Miuras Mouse Pig Shad combines the legendary Miuras Mouse bucktail body with the rolling paddle-tail action of the Pig Shad, creating a high-profile bait designed specifically for big northern pike.
How to Work It: Fish it at different speeds, slow with a steady retrieve, fast with pull-pull pause, or “burn it” with a fast retrieve with occasional pauses. Let the bucktail push water while the soft tail swims behind it. Fish it high in weeds, or add a weight and let it sink down. Especially good for pressured or less-active pike.
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Rapala X-Rap Haku Glidebait
Length: 5.5"
Weight: 2.61 oz
Type: Glidebait / Jerkbait
The Rapala X-Rap Haku is a pike-focused glidebait featuring Rapala’s unique 3R Titanium Release Rig, designed to release from the lure body after a strike for better hook retention.
How to Work It: Twitch or jerk it for erratic side-to-side action, use a straight retrieve, or work it fast with a stop-and-go cadence. Add pauses to imitate a fleeing or injured baitfish and trigger following pike.
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Westin Swim 5.3" Suspending Glide Bait
Length: 5.3"
Weight: 2.7 oz
Buoyancy: Suspending
Type: Glide Bait / Jerkbait
The Westin Swim is a proven European glide bait known for being incredibly easy to fish while producing a smooth S-shaped action that imitates a wounded baitfish. A great option for northern pike, bass and walleye.
How to Work It: Use a steady retrieve slow or fast, or work it with a jerk-and-reel cadence. Mix in speed changes and pauses to create an erratic, panicked action and trigger following fish.
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The AGS Echo Minnow is Aaron’s Guide Service’s custom-painted suspending jerkbait built for clear-water smallmouth, walleye, pike, and largemouth across Great Sacandaga Lake and the Adirondacks.
The Sacandaga Ghost color features a dark back, ghosty bone/olive body, and sharp baitfish flash that shines in clear water without overpowering pressured fish. It is a killer smallmouth bait around rock points, flats, weed edges, and suspended baitfish on Sacandaga and other ADK waters.
Built on a proven 110-style suspending minnow profile, the Guide Stick is made for twitch-pause retrieves, cold-water pauses, and reaction bites when fish are following but not committing.
Best for: smallmouth bass, walleye, largemouth, and pike
Best water: clear to lightly stained
Best areas: rock points, weed edges, flats, drop-offs, and suspended bait
Retrieve: twitch, twitch, pause — let it hang and get crushed
Length: 6.1"
Weight: 3 oz
Buoyancy: Slow-Sinking
Type: Jerkbait / Glide Bait
The Daiwa Prorex Lazy Jerk is a proven European pike jerkbait known for its easy-to-fish, wide gliding action and excellent casting distance. Its slow-sinking design makes it especially versatile for targeting trophy northern pike.
How to Work It: Use a steady retrieve for wide side-to-side glides, or add rod jerks, speed changes and pauses for a more erratic action. Let it fall on the pause to trigger following or less-active pike.
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Pike Pro Predator Glide
Length: 6"
Weight: 2.6 oz
Type: Glide Bait
The Pike Pro Predator Glide is a hand-painted glide bait built specifically for trophy northern pike and guide tested in the Adirondacks. An internal rattle adds extra attraction in stained water and low-light conditions.
How to Work It: Use reel turns or rod twitches with pauses for wide side-to-side glides. twitch it slowly or quickly over weeds and flats, or add pauses around weed edges and openings to trigger following pike. Always add a little slack line before each twitch for maximum side-to-side action
Strike Pro Guppie Jr.
Length: 4.3" body
Weight: 2.5 oz
Type: Glide Bait
The smaller version of the legendary Guppie, created through a collaboration between lure artist Joe Peterson and Strike Pro.
How to Work It: Use steady reel turns or short rod twitches for a wide side-to-side glide. Mix in pauses and speed changes to trigger following pike.
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Strike Pro Miuras Mouse Big 23 cm (9”)
Weight: 3.35 oz
Type: Hybrid Pike Bait
Designed by Italian lure builder Maurizio “Miura” Carini with Catch With Care, the Miuras Mouse has become a legendary European pike lure, responsible for countless trophy catches and featured on Fly vs Jerk.
How to Work It: Fish it at different speeds, slow with a steady retrieve, fast with pull-pull pause, or “burn it” with a fast retrieve with occasional pauses. Let the bucktail push water while the soft tail swims behind it. Fish it high in weeds, or add a weight and let it sink down. Especially good for pressured or less-active pike.
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