"alwaysfishking" wrote in message
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Your spinnerbait luck is my crankbait luck. I'm going to fish with Andrew
some time. I hear he likes crankbaits : )

Yeah, you could definitely say that... It's funny though. I was out on a
~150 acre trolling motor only lake yesterday. Caught a couple on a popper,
couple on a crankbait, couple on a split shot rig, then I pulled out the
spinnerbait to run it down a couple logs. Bam... Third cast. Small fish,
but it made me stick with it a little longer. Ended up catching 13 all day,
6 off of the spinnerbait. Unfortunately, the keeper fish are keeping their
distance from me, since I only connected with one...barely 14".

If you really want to learn how to fish a crankbait, try this. Go out and
buy a Bill Norman Professional Edge Middle N crankbait. In a light shad
pattern (pick your favorite back color, I prefer grey or purple) for a
clearer lake, Blue and Chartreuse for a stained or muddy lake.

Fish it all day, in every way you would try to fish any other bait. Slow
around cover, shallow or deeper on windy points, outside weed lines, over
submerged weedbeds, across shallow flats, around current breaks, etc. Fast,
slow, erratic, whatever. Over weeds takes a little patience, but with the
rod tip held high, you'll get it back once or twice every five casts without
the weeds. The trick is to not lift the bait straight out of the water when
it comes back with weeds, but kind of quickly reverse it's course, right
before lifting it out. Many times the weeds stay in the water, and the bait
is clean.

Anyhow, write me back after you do this, and let me know how many you
catch... I bet you'll be surprised...

Oh, and I'd love to get the opportunity to fish with you. Your enthusiasm
far outpaces any deficiency you might see in your fishing experience...

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