Bob La Londe wrote:
I recently started reading the NAFC bass fishign book. The very first
section is on fishing with crankbiats. Cool. I have been struggling with
maximizing my hook ups and fish in the boat with crank baits. The proceeded
to tell how top prows liek to fish crankbaits on stiff heavy rods. WHAT ! ?
They went so far as to say some fish them on flipping sticks!!! WHAT ! ? !
? ! ? Boy that sure lost me. Then they went on to talk about using
fiberglass rods that give, and how bad graphite rods are at fishing crank
baits.

Whoa! Is it just me or is that totally contradictory?

I have spent a large portion of the last year including incorporating a lot
of advice of others into learning how to effectively fish crank baits this
last year. Almost as much as I spent learning how t0o hook up and boat fish
using wcky stick worms the previous season. I have settled on using a
mediume / moderate glass rod for really big crank baits, and a medium light
/ mod to fast graphite rod for smaller crank baits. The rod gives a lot
when it loads up, and I put a lot more of the strikers in the boat with
either rod.

I can't imagine working any crankbait on a flipping stick. Well, maybe one
of those foot long plugs they use for ocean fishing.

Can somebody shed some light on this for me?



Back when David Fritts was just the best local fisherman in North
Carolina and was just starting to get national publicity, his technique
(he fished weighted Bagley DB3s) involved fishing them on a flipping
stick with the drag on the reel so loose that it actually slipped a
little every time the lure bumped into something. He worked the plug
with the rod tip buried in the water and didn't react to the fish at
all. Just kept reeling at the same speed when he got a fish on until he
got it within about 5 feet of the boat. I rode with him in an all
American on the Arkansas river, and it was amazing to watch him land
fish that way. But after he signed on with browning, they came out with
the whole soft glass signature rod deal.

Anyway, it sounds like you're reading a book written by committee and
they are mixing old and new (or at least not as old) info.