Pro bass angler Chris Zaldain shares how he finds productive offshore bass fishing spots using side imaging and how to trigger 'em with deep diving crankbaits. Perfect depth for deep diving crankbaits. The floating Rapala may be the best overall crankbait for smallmouth bass, but it won’t cover every situation. So it’s easy to stock up on a variety of colors and sizes without breaking the bank. Greg found thatMike Iaconelli and Pete Gluszek are live discussing Randall Tharp's Flipping and Pitching, and Todd Faircloth's Grass Fishing classes.Mike McClelland is an 8-time BASS tournament winner, with 32 top-ten finishes.

If you're interested in learning more about smallmouth bass fishing, we recommend Finding and Catching Deep Smallies with Jonathon VanDam & Deep Structure Fishing for Smallmouth with Joe Balog. Besides having pincers, crayfish also have a quick backwards retreat to escape predators.As the name would suggest, the Shad Rap is meant to mimic a shad.

Deep points, drop-offs and humps adjacent to main river channels or lake basins are prime spots for summer and fall bass. Although bass feed on gobies in shallower water, shad, shiners and smelt are more readily available in deeper water.

Just beware of the stock hooks that come on the broken body versions of the lures, as they seem to fail more than they should.Don’t be afraid to go down in size either. It has the shape and the action too, but it comes in a wide variety of colors including a near perfect match for a live bluegill. Or you can work an entire section of a stream without moving around much.

They’re compact yet usually have enough heft for you to cast them as far as you’d like. Even the 1/8 ounce This website aims to help the reader in making their time on the water as fruitful as possible, as well as giving them something to think about when there's no water in sight.The Angler’s Notebook is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com. 4:15 Alex Davis talks about his preferred way to fish Lake Guntersville in earlyWish you could get your Rat-L-Trap and other lipless crankbaits in and around wood cover? It is a fresh water fish and it grows to weigh approximately 10 pounds. You can cover huge expanses of lakes with smallmouth by fan casting a crankbait and moving from spot to spot.

From the square bill in early spring to deep divers in the summer months along deep ledges and channel breaks, they flat out catch em'.. No matter how you work them, crankbaits are an effective tool for covering tons of water and determining what depth the fish are. 0:28 Being aAt the 2020 Bassmaster Classic, Pete Gluszek and Pat Renwick are joined by long-time FLW angler and Guntersville guru Alex Davis. In this seminar, Mike "Ike" Iaconelli shares over an hour and 15 minutes of information on how to locate bass FAST! Jigs are the most popular and best overall smallmouth bass lure, for two main reasons. In 2019 he joined the Major League Fishing BPT. Professional bass fishing tournament angler Pete Gluszek is often leading or nearly leading BASS Open tournaments where big smallmouth abound. And secondly, jigs are well-known as big bass producers, so they have high potential for landing a trophy smallmouth. Of course some crankbaits work better on others.

You'll want to watch KVD's Crankbait Cranking System & Shallow Cranking with Greg Hackney.

Five Primary Considerations For Successfully Fishing Deep Diving Crankbaits They just need to eat it.