Fishing With Lipless Crankbaits
Lipless crankbaits are probably my favorite search bait. They do such a good job of covering water and catching a variety of species, making it a go to lure in many situations. I absolutely love starting with this lure to cover weed lines in 4 to 12 feet of water, edge of docks, submerged weeds and many other types of visible cover. Areas that a lot of cover that is not easily visible will make it very hard for you to fish these lures.
Shallow rocks, submerged trees and anything else that can easily snag this lure will make fishing quite annoying and expensive because you will be losing lures left and right. So try to fish these lures around visible cover or above cover for the best results.
I can’t say that I have found a specific lipless crankbait that outproduces all others. I have caught fish with every kind of lipless crankbait that I have used. There are some that I do prefer and it isn’t necessarily the brands as much as the colors. All good crankbaits will have rattles in them. If it doesn’t rattle, I won’t use it. Since they all rattle, I try to use a lure that is going to resemble the bait fish in the body of water that I am fishing. If I am fishing for smallmouth bass in a lake that has lots of perch, I am going to use a perch-colored crankbait. If I am fishing for largemouth bass, I’m probably going to throw a shad-colored bait. Some other colors that seem to do well for me are green, red and orange. Red seems to work well for northern pike. Orange does well for walleye and bass. Green will constently catch walleye, pike and bass.
Get out there and start throwing these lures. They are one of the best search baits ever created for fishing 4 to 12 feet of water. Seek out visible cover for the best results and this will keep you from losing a lot of lures. For more fishing information, take a look at our home page at www.ultimatefishingsite.net.
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