Cranking Creek Arms for Prespawn Bass

As warming trends build through the prespawn, the water in the backs of creek arms heats up quicker than other areas of a lake. Warming water brings all types of microbes and water bugs to life which draws bait and ultimately game fish like bass to those areas to feed.

Though a number of different baits can work, shallow running and lipless crankbaits are highly effective tools for finding and catching these hungry bass.

Take a moment and hear how bass pro Ott Defoe approaches finding the productive cover and catching gorging bass from the creek flats...

Is This the Next Generation Shaky Head?

What do you get when you Texas rig a plastic worm on a jighead? 

One of the growing number of finesse bait systems: the shaky head rig!

But are all shaky head rigs created equal?

According the Z-Man fishing bass pro Brian Latimer (B-Lat), nope. 

So for the past few years, B-Lat has been working with the folks at Z-Man to create a better "fish trap" so to speak 😉

Introducing the Z-Man/B-Lat SMH worm and jighead!

Take a moment and listen to B-Lat describe what drove him to help Z-Man develop and bring this rig to market...

After seeing that worm in action the thought of split-shot rigs, Neko rigs, finesse Tokyo rigs, hot shot rigs, Petey rigs, and more sprang into my mind, oh my!

Here's a cool graphic from the folks at Zman highlighting the SMH system...

Want to check out the ZMan SMH components? 

Click on the following links:

ZMan SMH Worms

ZMan SMH Jigheads

Prespawn Lipless Crankbait Tips

The prespawn

The period when bass make the transition from their deeper water wintering areas towards the shallow spawning bays. Although the bass are roaming and feeding as the move shallow, many of those bass are the hungry big gals we all hope to tie into each time on the water!

Since the bass are on the move, they use a variety of structure and cover types during their trip to the spawning bays. A lot of the time fishing during the prespawn is done using search baits to effectively cover water to find them. 

One of the more efficient baits when searching in the prespawn, a lipless crankbait.

Take a few moments and watch as bass pro Mike "Ike" Iaconelli describes his approach to using a lipless crank to find and catch big, prespawn bass...

Tips for Making Longer Casts

One of the secrets to achieving the maximum diving depths with deep crankbaits is making longer casts using your casting or spinning rod combo.

Take a moment and listen to bass pro KVD as he explains his approach to getting the longest cast possible when necessary...

Effectively Using Wind When Kayak Fishing

Fishing from a kayak can be a lot of fun or at least it is until the wind blows!

Since most days on the water is accompanied by wind and the wind can often help trigger bites, learning to use the wind effectively is key to many great days on the water.

Here's a short video from the folks at Jackson Kayak discussing the best ways to use the wind to assist and not hamper your next kayak fishing adventure...