Fishing At or Below 25ft.
As years have passed on the fishing circuits, we have found that the bigger fish have moved deeper to escape the pressure of the enormous amount of fisherman on the water. We have approached these deeper fish in many different ways from Carolina rigs with heavy 1 oz. sinkers to the newest of them all an A-rig weighted with about 2 or more oz. of jig heads. The A-rig caused such a stir over the fact that it has 5 hooks on it that the BASS ruled it was not fit to use on their tournament circuit.
None of these deeper baits have the catching appeal to me as does a crank bait, but we have really not found a way to get a crank bait consistently to the 25 ft. depths to make it as effective as the A-rig has been. Some of the best of the crank baiters fishing the circuit, came up with a presentation a few years ago that we call long-lining, where you cast your crank bait out and move your boat with the trolling motor to extend the distance. Hence allowing the crank bait to get deeper by using distance to increase your mathematical depth with the crank bait. Needless to say this is time consuming and a lot of work to get your bait down deep.
Well have no fear, Strike King baits along with lure designer Phil Marks have found a way to design a crank bait that will hit depths of 25ft. and more on 14lb. fluorocarbon line. They are calling the crank bait 10XD and it can go to depths of nearly 30 ft. with 10 lb test line. This breakthrough in technology allowing a fisherman to fish these depths with the action of a crank bait will allow us to once again revolutionize the fishing industry. Big bass eat big baits, and this 10XD crank bait has a profile of about 6 inches long and is deadly at depths we have yet to be able to explore with crank baits. It will be interesting to see, how this affects the circuit and the technology going forward!
Fish Lake Guntersville Guide Service
www.fishlakeguntersvilleguideservice.com
Email: bassguide@comcast.net
Phone: 256 759 2270
Captain Mike Gerry