To me, crankbaits are the perfect tool for targeting two areas that bass use in their winter to spring transition. In most of the country, bass are in between one of two areas this time of year; on secondary points heading into spawning areas, or in the backs of creeks feeding and preparing for the spawn.
I really think about the techniques of catching them as two separate approaches, but seeing that they are interrelated, I’ll discuss both here. There is the deep approach, and the shallow approach, and they are unique to themselves.
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