I fish poorly.

[briansnat]

Originally Posted by fr0sty

I've got one of those blakemore roadrunners, but have never caught anything on those! what's the secret to using them? vertical jigging?

I saw Fasteddie's post and had never heard of the Roadrunner. I googled it and there were some great reviews so I bought a few packs from Cabelas. A few 1/8 oz and a few 1/4 oz, in white and chartreuse. They arrived yesterday and I went out this morning to play around with them, my first time on open water this year.

I only fished for about 45 minutes and not a bite. The ones I bought were just undressed heads. I tried one with a skirt on it, then I used the back half of a Rage Tail Thumper, Berkley swim bait and finally a Zoom fluke. I really liked it's action with the fluke. Unfortunately the fish didn't.

I was trying a variety of retrieves. Fast, slow, very slow, steady, slight twitches, jerks. I really didn't stick with anything long enough for a real test though.

Anyway, for those who fish the Roadrunners, how do you like to dress them and fish them?