Tip for Crankin Bluffs

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Tennessee Todd

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For those of you that like to throw a crankbait on deep bluffs, try doing this. Take two of your favorite crankbaits and tune one to run right, and one to run left. By tuning, I mean bend the eye (very carefully) to the left and one to the right. When you throw it, the left one should run to the left, and the right one should run to the right.

Pull your boat right up to the edge of a bluff, and cast out to your right. When you start reeling, the crank will keep running into the bluff and cause more reaction strikes than just paralleling the bluff without the bait ever hitting anything. Once it hits the bluff, let it sit for a split second and keep reeling. You can the do same on the left side with the other crank. As most of you know, most crank bait bites are reaction bites, and most bass can't resist a wounded baitfish running into a bluff wall, stopping for a second and then swimming again.

Great technique for this time of year as well.
 
Well !@#$%$# now that I have spend hours play casting into the pool to make sure they were all running true, and tuned right, Now I gotta screw some up to try this out! lol

Good Idea to boot!
 
TT do you have to tell everything you know!!! JK and a great tip for those who may be in doubt!
 
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yamaha200 said:
Does that not effect the depth the cranks run ?
Just a tad but not too much! No comparison in tradeoff to strikes triggered in the right situation!
 
I use this technique when I have young kids in the boat who cannot cast well. I run the boat right along the rock walls trolling the four crankbaits (two poles, one port and one starboard) behind the boat. Two mediums and two extra smalls and away we go. The spots just cant stand it! I dont catch alot of large fish this way but plenty of buck bass and fairly constant action. 18.6 Bass boat on #2 or #3 setting on a 70lb thrust motor seems to work best. :D
 

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