Yo-Yoing A Lipless Crank

[Dat_Bass]

Alright so I have seen some videos of people doing this but they do not explain how. I would like to try this out as my lipless crank game isn't the best. So, if you know about "yo-yoing" or any other good tips and techniques, it would help and I'd greatly appreciate it.

[JigMe]

Alright so I have seen some videos of people doing this but they do not explain how. I would like to try this out as my lipless crank game isn't the best. So, if you know about "yo-yoing" or any other good tips and techniques, it would help and I'd greatly appreciate it.

 

Yo-Yoing is quiet easy. Make a long cast and turn your reel handle few times (5-6 times), then pause for 2-3 seconds. Just repeat it again and again...

[Smokinal]

Ya, lots of ways to work a trap. You can work it with the reel handle as jigme mentioned; you can also pump the rod and let it fall on slack line too, creating the yo-yo effect. It's hard to beat a red craw trap in the fall and I'll have one tied on until the water freezes. I've found, though, that the bite can really vary day to day with a trap. One day they will want it yo-yoed while another day they might eat it better with a flat retrieve or even burned. Definitely a bait that requires a little experimenting with every outing and come up with the bite pattern for that day. Try it different ways, pay attention to what you were doing when you got bit and do it again.

[Catt]

Stroking!

Let the Trap settle to the bottom then snap it up off the bottom with your rod, let it flutter back down, repeat, & hold on with two hands!

[scaleface]

Ive done it a lot in a Flat bottomed jon boat and I can actually hear the bass hit the lure. I can hear a Red Eyed Shad fall. It goes tic , tic , tic... I cant hear a Rattle Trap fall but oddly I have more success  on it than the Red Eye .

[lo n slo]

An added bonus is you'll find every brush pile in the lake!

[WRB]

Structure spooning presentation using a lipless lure, been around for decades.

Tom

[A-Jay]

Sometimes less is more.

 

A very short lift & drop back on a tight line produces for me with surprising regularity.

 

A-Jay

[papajoe222]

I rarely yo-yo a lure with my reel. Most often I'll raise the rod tip and pick up slack on the fall. Other times I'll let it fall on slack line and a fish will just 'be there' when I go to raise the rod tip again.

Lipless cranks are just like most any other lure in that the bass will prefer a particular retrieve at any given time.  This is why it is so important to know what you were doing when a fish hits your lure. The majority of the time, if you can repeat that retrieve, you will repeat that success.  This is also why, before switching lures when the bite dies, you should experiment with other retrieves. The fish's attitude may have changed, but that doesn't mean it's preference for a particular bait has

[ww2farmer]

I fish lipless bait about 3 different ways. My #1 method is what I like to call the "reel and sweep"....I cast it out, let sink to the bottom, and start winding it in at a moderate speed, every couple turns of the reel handle I "sweep" the rod .....but not vertically, more of a sweep to the side, this gets the bait vibrating aggressively, and the then it shimmies back to the bottom as I catch up to the slack, but I am always reeling. #2 is the "yo-yo" ....let it sink, lift it up...drop it,much like you would hop a jig or worm across the bottom, the speed of the lift varies, but I don't move it "up" much, I don't want it coming way up off the bottom. And #3 is the "grass rip"...cast it into a grassy area, I use a steady retrieve to keep it in contact with the grass, changing the way I hold the rod to maintain that contact, and when it hangs....give it a sharp "rip" out of the grass.

[BassAddict'18]

Let me just say that in my own personal opinion, a 1/2 ounce or 1/4 ounce red eye shad is the way to go for a lipless crankbait. After a cold front I like to yo yo them. For lethargic bass, they really seem to like it when you jerk the lipless up off the bottom and forward a couple feet and then let it sink to the bottom and repeat. For any other day, if I dont know what they want, ill just vary up my retrieve and kind of go from slow to fast and anywhere in between till i get a bite and then repeat that. 

[buzzed bait]

one of those lures where i'm told "you can't do it wrong" but i swear i can never do it right....

[scaleface]

If the lure sinks , I have hopped it off the bottom . Lipless cranks , are one of many . I have some soft plastic lures with a treble hook that I dont even know the name of ,  from BPS ,   that have worked deep on points . Prerigged swimbaits , Rocket Shads , Little George , Gay Blades  ,   ... Its simply a must know technique .

[Deleted account]

Read up on flutter spoons and tie a lipless where it says to use a spoon...

[Big Bait Fishing]

check out some KVD Red Eye Shad videos ....