Downsizing Crankbaits for More Bites

Crankbaits are fantastic baits for drawing strikes and catching active bass when feeding on a variety of forage such as shad, herring, perch, shiners and even crawfish. They are also very popular baits among structure fishermen thereby exposing the fish to the most common crankbait sizes for those staging along structural features like ledges, humps, points and deep flat edges.

Though bass sometimes get "conditioned" to certain crankbaits along these popular cranking environs, sometimes simply downsizing your crankbaits will help trigger more bass into striking in these pressured areas.

Take a moment and watch as Bassmaster Elite Pro Chris Zaldain explains his approach to effectively fishing crankbaits in pressured waters...