We are Getting close to the Fall Crank Bait Bite

This past week I started checking on the patterns that have been successful for me in the past as we approach fall; none has been more fun or more productive for numbers than crank bait fishing! I spent a few hours working grass lines and found that the numbers bite is already productive using Spro Fat Papa crank bait that runs 9 to 14 ft.

The key to this is proper angles and using the grass edges to create a reaction bite.
The most important thing to get this presentation to work is the angle you are presenting the Fat Papa crank bait. You just cannot work the crank bait and achieve the results by lining up and working your crank bait at a 90 degree angle; your presentation has to be somewhat of an angle say 30 degrees to a 45 degree angle off the edges. There are two reasons this is a must; the first being you must be able to just grab the last edge of grass with your crank bait; this allows you to rip it over the last drop off the edge and cause a reaction bite. The next is the 45 degree angles gives the bass and opportunity to follow your bait combined with a long cast will cause a strike as you work it back to you, with erratic movement.

The next important part of this presentation is producing the bite through boat position; if there is water movement from wind or current! You must be able to pull the crank bait into the face of the bass and most the time when there is water movement that means your boat should be positioned into the current so the bait is hitting them in the face on the retrieve. Bass position themselves when they are feeding into the water movement because the bait gets pushed down wind and allows them to feed easily as bait cannot hold themselves with a strong current. Erratic movement and long casts combined with effective presentation with a Spro crank bait is a deadly way to put lots of fish in the boat in the fall in a short period of time. www.spro.com