| Big lipped, floating and diving crankbaits make it | | | | them in contact with it. Strikes often occur right after |
| possible for anglers to search a wide area at different | | | | contact with this structure. Crankbaits look great |
| depths to find large and smallmouth bass. The | | | | wobbling through the water, but they attract bass best |
| average depth you will reach is about 6 to 9 feet with | | | | when nocking on their front door. The real large lips on |
| most crankbaits. But crankbaits with large lips may dive | | | | the larger crankbaits act as a deterent to a lot of |
| up to 20 feet. | | | | snagging problems. |
| The stop-and-go retrieve is the most effective when | | | | Most crankbaits are not considered weedless, often |
| searching for bass. Crank the lure down with a very | | | | contact with weeds is needed to get that strike. When |
| fast retrieve and then stop allowing it to float up. Keep | | | | you hit the weeds use a ripping action to free it. A lot |
| repeating this to cover a wide area of water and | | | | of great stikes will occur right after you rip away. |
| different depths. Once you catch that first bass, fishn | | | | Do not use heavy heavy swivels and snaps to attach |
| that depth with a nice steady retrieve for bast results. | | | | your baits this will cause the action of the crankbait to |
| Crankbaits with small lips and slim long bodies give you | | | | be erratic and not natural. Use a loop knot or a small |
| an action like live baitfish, and are very effective for | | | | snap with nop swivell to get the best action from the |
| shallow water fishing. Trolling or casting them above | | | | crankbaits, just check you knots now and again |
| weeds or over shoals is effective. They can even | | | | because of the stress on the baits. |
| mimic surface lures in calm water tease the fish with | | | | There are so many new colors for baits now, use a |
| light twiching movement and slow retrieves creating | | | | assortment to find what colors work best for you on |
| surface commotion. | | | | certain days and different water conditions. Now get |
| Sinking flat sided baits are bast for around structure | | | | oput there and catch that trophy small or lagemouth |
| where stop-and-go or pumping retrieves will keep | | | | bass! |