Crank Baits?

[Bill Babler]

If I remember and I believe  it has been at least 10 to 15 yrs. ago, Bobby Tindle had a series of deep cranking articles in BassMaster, concerning Table Rock.  The majority of the guys that were deep crankers have switched to swimbaits.  They get down to the proper depth quick and look about as lifelike as the bait itself.  They don't trigger the reaction strike of the wobble of the crankers, but they are easier to fish, and most time a lot less expensive to lose.

At times, now thru mid-July, you can catch large numbers of Spotted Bass  on live bait, as entire lake sections will school of certain structure.  It is a time, post spawn that we need to be very careful with the resource.  It seems when you are catching them that the lake has an endless supply, but try and find another location in the near area that is exactly the same and it will be completely devoid of fish.  It is at this time that the biologist say to be very careful with the amount you harvest as you have really got them in a barrel.

Mid-July they will disperse and not be in such a gang, you can go onto similar type locations and catch a few here and a few there.  Currently they are really ganging on deep locations, so tread lightly with them, especially those really nice K's.

[merc1997 Bo]

here are some options for fishing a deep clear lake.  both have the vibration and wiggle factors somewhat similar to crankbaits, but where they differ is in the ability to fish the entire cast in the strike zone.  a crank bait can not do that.  plus, you have better hook ups and not lose so many bass on the way to the boat.  they can also be fished through heavy cover much better than a crankbait.

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[Mitch f]

I used to do great on a Silver Buddy

[Mitch f]

3 hours ago, merc1997 said:

here are some options for fishing a deep clear lake.  both have the vibration and wiggle factors somewhat similar to crankbaits, but where they differ is in the ability to fish the entire cast in the strike zone.  a crank bait can not do that.  plus, you have better hook ups and not lose so many bass on the way to the boat.  they can also be fished through heavy cover much better than a crankbait.

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I throw these directly into a log jam in the river and never get hung up!

[Hughesy]

22 hours ago, Bill Babler said:

If I remember and I believe  it has been at least 10 to 15 yrs. ago, Bobby Tindle had a series of deep cranking articles in BassMaster, concerning Table Rock.  The majority of the guys that were deep crankers have switched to swimbaits.  They get down to the proper depth quick and look about as lifelike as the bait itself.  They don't trigger the reaction strike of the wobble of the crankers, but they are easier to fish, and most time a lot less expensive to lose.

At times, now thru mid-July, you can catch large numbers of Spotted Bass  on live bait, as entire lake sections will school of certain structure.  It is a time, post spawn that we need to be very careful with the resource.  It seems when you are catching them that the lake has an endless supply, but try and find another location in the near area that is exactly the same and it will be completely devoid of fish.  It is at this time that the biologist say to be very careful with the amount you harvest as you have really got them in a barrel.

Mid-July they will disperse and not be in such a gang, you can go onto similar type locations and catch a few here and a few there.  Currently they are really ganging on deep locations, so tread lightly with them, especially those really nice K's.

I fished deep cranks a bunch with old Bob Tindle. We used DD22's, Fat Free's, but our favorite deep cranks were Poes 400 plus. Most of our cranking was done up the James starting around cape fair boat dock up to just past flat creek. We caught a lot of good keeper fish that way. The 22 would take a toll on your wrists after a while but the Poes wasn't so bad. The swimbait is a much easier way to catch them but if you work at it there are many spots where deep cranking works very well. We would usually run into Kelly Powers doing the same thing (deep cranking) but like I said, this was the good old days before swimbaits were around. Still have a few of those old poes. They where a great bait.

[dtrs5kprs]

12 minutes ago, Hughesy said:

I fished deep cranks a bunch with old Bob Tindle. We used DD22's, Fat Free's, but our favorite deep cranks were Poes 400 plus. Most of our cranking was done up the James starting around cape fair boat dock up to just past flat creek. We caught a lot of good keeper fish that way. The 22 would take a toll on your wrists after a while but the Poes wasn't so bad. The swimbait is a much easier way to catch them but if you work at it there are many spots where deep cranking works very well. We would usually run into Kelly Powers doing the same thing (deep cranking) but like I said, this was the good old days before swimbaits were around. Still have a few of those old poes. They where a great bait.

They needed a good repaint though. Seemed like the cedar wasn't sealed well.

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