FISHING SEASON 2K12!!!!!!
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general guidelines for crankbaits:
1) Stick with one brand. This will help you to avoid buying similar products that essentially do the same thing. I prefer strike king or norman for deep divers.
2) Be smart with your color schemes. Do you really need four different shades of shad colors? Get one shad and one bream color for clear water conditions, chartreuse for murky conditions, and a redish/brown craw pattern for when they're eatin heavy on em.
3) Be able to cover different conditions. My favorite cranks are easily squarebills, but it pays to have a developed arsenal. Get the colors listed above in each depth you will be fishing in. I like to have a 1-2' wake bait on hand, along with a 4-6' squarebill crank, 8-10' crank, and a 12'+ deep diver (usually only 2 color variations of the last 2 as I fish mostly from shore.
4) Crankbaits are more power than finesse, vary your retrieve according to heat and feeding patterns.
5) Location, Location, Location. I could sit there and throw a crankbait at a pile of rocks all day and I may not catch anything, try different areas, points being a great spot to toss a squarebill or 8-10' diver depending on the depth. Any holes you may find with a muddy/rock bottom are also a great place. If you can run a crank over the top of a grassbed by about 2' without getting hung, do it. Squarebills when fishing timber to help it knock off the branches without getting snagged.
I hope this helps some of y'all who aren't getting it going with cranks. They're an incredibly versatile bait that can produce a LOT of fish if you hit the right point or school of bait at the right time. Good Luck.
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Holy Crap! THATS A SLAMMER! I'm jealous!
-Andrew
general guidelines for crankbaits:
1) Stick with one brand. This will help you to avoid buying similar products that essentially do the same thing. I prefer strike king or norman for deep divers.
2) Be smart with your color schemes. Do you really need four different shades of shad colors? Get one shad and one bream color for clear water conditions, chartreuse for murky conditions, and a redish/brown craw pattern for when they're eatin heavy on em.
3) Be able to cover different conditions. My favorite cranks are easily squarebills, but it pays to have a developed arsenal. Get the colors listed above in each depth you will be fishing in. I like to have a 1-2' wake bait on hand, along with a 4-6' squarebill crank, 8-10' crank, and a 12'+ deep diver (usually only 2 color variations of the last 2 as I fish mostly from shore.
4) Crankbaits are more power than finesse, vary your retrieve according to heat and feeding patterns.
5) Location, Location, Location. I could sit there and throw a crankbait at a pile of rocks all day and I may not catch anything, try different areas, points being a great spot to toss a squarebill or 8-10' diver depending on the depth. Any holes you may find with a muddy/rock bottom are also a great place. If you can run a crank over the top of a grassbed by about 2' without getting hung, do it. Squarebills when fishing timber to help it knock off the branches without getting snagged.
I hope this helps some of y'all who aren't getting it going with cranks. They're an incredibly versatile bait that can produce a LOT of fish if you hit the right point or school of bait at the right time. Good Luck.
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Good Post but if I'm correct those catches are all early season. To me they seem to work better in the early part of the season for the bigger fish. I will say deep cranking this time of the can produce a trophy but I don't have the confidence to seat in the open and fan cast.
they are but i also catch fish on em during this part of the season, with work and everything else going on i've only bass about fished twice since may this year unfortunately, and both times shallow cranks produced fish even though they weren't monsters
Yeah that's my debate right now if I should skip seeing Germany and go to the Ebro Rive instead and meet up with a guide. I think for once in my life I'd be happy with quantity instead of quality and I know Germany does have a few lakes loaded with 4-5ft fish outside of Berlin but yet again you probably know way more then myself. In Ireland going to try for those pike and anything else that will bite so probably Redfin perch and who knows what else. I'm going to begin to look more into it in the coming weeks. If for some reason I end up in the Netherlands I will defiantly let you know. I don't even know where I'll end up yet.
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Went out threw cranks all day and skunked lol
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nice sharks! completely unrelated but I partied with the former lead guitar for dropkick murphies last night. unfortunately thats all i rememeber
