I could and have done it. It’s like Bubba Gump Shrimp, so many ways to do it. Slow, fast, trolling, casting, down rigging, deep, shallow, sinking, floating, suspending, large profile, small profile, rattling, silent. Bottom line is crankbaits cover more water. While a guy is working one spot with a worm, I have hit 3 or 4 and have likely found the fish. Back in the day, guys would rent Rapalas and Big-O’s for tournaments when they were in short supply. Not to mention, everyone is wormin’ now. Most guys I see are pretty bad at working crankbaits. I have been fishing old wood Pikies and River Runts lately, the fish have likely never seen one before. How many 4 inch worms have they seen? For weeds, I break the lips off floating rapalas, remove the hooks and add a single frog hook to the tail. Deadly when bait fish are hiding in pads or weeds. The Berkeley Dredge 25 is a new favorite for the big girls that much deeper than guys are fishing. Oh, and I only use spinning gear as I can cast much further with light baits.
