Crank Biats - Losing fish

Group: rec.outdoors.fishing.bass Date: Thu, Dec 30, 2004, 8:45am (CST-1)
From: (Bob=A0La=A0Londe)
I'm still having problems with crank baits. I can get bit, but I seem to
lose a lot of fish on crank baits. I have lost two or three really good
fish this year. Two of them were easily my best bass this year. I
switched to a lighter rod with more give and it seemed to help some, but
I have since still lost two good fish recenntly on cranks. I have heard
that a lot of people lose fish on cranks, but somehow I don't think that
is the case for me. I think I am somehow playing them wrong. In each
case I have had them on for a while and moved them a substantial
distance. One or two I lost becasue I over horsed them to try and get
them up and away from a submerged tree or something like that, but I
really tend to lose them near the boat whent hey change direction.
I am considering going through my cranks and upsizing all my hooks to
Excalibur rotating hooks. I do get better hook ups on my baits that have
those hooks, but I still have lost a few fish on those too.
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That is why fishing is so much fun....sometimes you win...sometimes the
fish wins! Just grin, and congratulae the big guy/girl!

JK