| What You Need To Know About Crankbaits | | | | for deep divers, and faster for lipless around 6:1. |
| Crankbaits come in many sizes, designs, and | | | | Line should be 10-12lb test for deep divers but |
| colors these days. If you look in your local tackle | | | | you can use up to 20lb for fishing heavy cover. |
| shop it most likely would be difficult to pick just | | | | *Heavier line will hinder the lure's ability to dive to |
| one. With that said I am going to try and give | | | | proper depth's* |
| you some information that will help you the next | | | | The retrieve types. First you have the cover |
| time you're crankin. | | | | bump retrieve this is where you are fishing cover |
| When to use them? Water temp needs to be | | | | and you reel the bait in until you feel it hit the |
| 60-80 degrees F | | | | cover, pause and continue the retrieve. This |
| What type? Well that depends on what type of | | | | mimics a crayfish and is a very important |
| area you're fishing , 20 foot plus are for channels | | | | retrieve. There is the stop and go retrieve which |
| and deep timber, medium divers drop offs, points, | | | | is good if you're not fishing cover. Simply retrieve |
| and flats, shallow are for just that shallow cover | | | | the crankbait back and stop while it's in the water |
| kind of like spinnerbait cover, lipless shallow cover | | | | column pause for a few seconds then begin the |
| and murky water. | | | | retrieve again. Last but not least there is the |
| What color? Well shad patterns work best in | | | | burner technique, this is achieved by fishing a bait |
| clear to stained water, but your body of water | | | | which is designed to go deeper than the water |
| needs to have shad. Crawfish work great in | | | | you're fishing and by reeling this in at a faster |
| muddy rocky bottom lakes sometimes deadly in | | | | pace kicks up silt and mud catching bass attention |
| the spring, fire tiger patterns are best used in | | | | and getting reaction strikes. |
| murky water . | | | | Following these simple yet effective tips, |
| What rod,reel, line should I use? Well the rod | | | | the next time you're on the water should help |
| should be 6'6" - 7' and have a soft action. The | | | | you boat more bass. |
| reel would depend on the lure, slower retrieve 5:1 | | | | |