07-24-2007, 08:58 PM
First, let me start by saying that I don't consider myself an expert crankbait fisherman, but I do use them more than I use plastics. I seem to catch more fish that way. Probably because my Dad and Grandfather used crankbaits and they taught me to do the same. Like the guy above said, its what I have confidence in.
I don't know what the conditions are in the pond(s) you're fishing. However, like all other gamefish, bass will find the food source that is most readily available and easiest to catch. Most crankbaits are imitations of minnows of one sort or another. If your ponds don't have shad and you're throwing a shad imitation, you cut your odds way down. My suggestion would be to really take a look at the food sources in the pond and try to get a plug that imitates that food source. For instance, most of the ponds I fish for bass have an overabundance of blue gill. I've found that a Deep Wee R in a baby blue gill color works best for me there. In fact, it is my "go to" plug when I hit one of them. When I hit a bigger lake with lots of small shad, I use a Rattle Trap in a shad imitating color. If the area I'm fishing has alot of crawdads and some of the bass I catch have been feeding on them, I switch over to a plug that imitates the color of crawdad I'm finding.
Regards, and good fishin'
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I don't know what the conditions are in the pond(s) you're fishing. However, like all other gamefish, bass will find the food source that is most readily available and easiest to catch. Most crankbaits are imitations of minnows of one sort or another. If your ponds don't have shad and you're throwing a shad imitation, you cut your odds way down. My suggestion would be to really take a look at the food sources in the pond and try to get a plug that imitates that food source. For instance, most of the ponds I fish for bass have an overabundance of blue gill. I've found that a Deep Wee R in a baby blue gill color works best for me there. In fact, it is my "go to" plug when I hit one of them. When I hit a bigger lake with lots of small shad, I use a Rattle Trap in a shad imitating color. If the area I'm fishing has alot of crawdads and some of the bass I catch have been feeding on them, I switch over to a plug that imitates the color of crawdad I'm finding.
Regards, and good fishin'
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