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I fished Woodglen four ~ 3 hrs. this morning w/o a bite. Tried a small white/chartreuse spinner bait, a swimbait, and a c-rigged baby brush hog along most of the eastern shore. I moved to L. Royal and continued the skunkness until an Xr50 (blue/chrome) lipless crank got hammered by a big bass. It came up twice so we got a good look at it. It came unbuttoned (underwater!) and I nearly cried. A young (well, young to me) couple were setting up to catfish near me, they witnessed it and couldn't stop talking about it. I tied on a strike king lipless crank (redeye shad maybe?) and kept at it, and was rewarded with this 4-15 maybe 20 min. later. By far my biggest fish this year.
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Excellent...way to stick with it.
Those that "get away" will keep you awake at times....also makes you want to come back!
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Nice report Mike! Looks like it's lipless crank time!
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AndrewDo124 wrote:
Looks like it's lipless crank time!
Have you used the Sebille Flatt Shad yet?
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Pacemaker wrote:
AndrewDo124 wrote:
Looks like it's lipless crank time!
Have you used the Sebille Flatt Shad yet?
Not yet, but it sounds like I should! I'll have to pick one up a long with a magic swimmer.
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They are not cheap! I won a couple of them as door prizes and really like them. I
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Mike, were you fishing by the manhole cover? I fished the dam on Sat. afternoon with no luck.
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HungUpPaul wrote:
Mike, were you fishing by the manhole cover? I fished the dam on Sat. afternoon with no luck.
Yep. Fan casting from the tip of the point as far as I could throw it towards the opposite shore/center of the lake. It was key to get the baits out far enough and let them sink for a good 6-7 count before retrieving. These lipless cranks cast like rockets w/ a 6'6" - 7' MH rod.
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Pacemaker wrote:
They are not cheap! I won a couple of them as door prizes and really like them. I
Thanks for the tip. TW and Land Big Fish have them (the 54 version) for 9.99, but, I haven't done an exhaustive search. As a reference, the XR50 and 75's are 6.99 and the strike king in the $5 range, IIRC. I remember reading some company's lipless crank uses a form of "real" fish skin. Anybody heard of this?
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Hey while you're on the topic, does anyone know/have any lipless vibrators that don't have rattles? I know excalibur and a few others make oneknocker models, but im looking for something with no rattles at all. I hear luckycraft makes one in the LV300 series, but I'm not too keen on spending 15 bucks for a bait that will constantly get hung, especially when fishing from shore. I figure a quieter lipless could be something different to throw that might work well with pressured and post-frontal fish. If anybody knows of another company that makes them, lemme know...Thanks
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purpleworm wrote:
Hey while you're on the topic, does anyone know/have any lipless vibrators that don't have rattles? I know excalibur and a few others make oneknocker models, but im looking for something with no rattles at all. I hear luckycraft makes one in the LV300 series, but I'm not too keen on spending 15 bucks for a bait that will constantly get hung, especially when fishing from shore. I figure a quieter lipless could be something different to throw that might work well with pressured and post-frontal fish. If anybody knows of another company that makes them, lemme know...Thanks
Here ya go...
http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishin … 6472723/11
Looks like your only choice is either the LC, the Sebile, or modify exisiting baits.
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mudkart wrote:
purpleworm wrote:
Hey while you're on the topic, does anyone know/have any lipless vibrators that don't have rattles? I know excalibur and a few others make oneknocker models, but im looking for something with no rattles at all. I hear luckycraft makes one in the LV300 series, but I'm not too keen on spending 15 bucks for a bait that will constantly get hung, especially when fishing from shore. I figure a quieter lipless could be something different to throw that might work well with pressured and post-frontal fish. If anybody knows of another company that makes them, lemme know...Thanks
Here ya go...
http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishin … 6472723/11
Looks like your only choice is either the LC, the Sebile, or modify exisiting baits.
Also, if your worried about losing expensive lures, using even 15-20 lb braid lets me retrieve alot of hangups. A cheap plug knocker or lure retriever gets many of the rest.
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Thanks for the tip Mudkart! I got a bunch of old cc super spots that I never use, so I'm gonna get to work on em with the drill and epoxy and see if I can get those rattles out or at least quiet them down a bit. If I find something that works good, I'll let you know...thanks again
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