Super User Raider Nation Fisher Posted February 6, 2011 Super User Posted February 6, 2011 I caught my first fish ever on a lipless crankbait today at lunch. It weighed in at 2.3 pounds. Four years of fishing and I finally got a fish on one. On the downside I lost what appeared to be a monster later in the day on the same lure. He threw the lure thirty seconds into my fight with him. Still I finally got a crankbait fish! Quote
Super User Goose52 Posted February 6, 2011 Super User Posted February 6, 2011 Congrats - good catch! Lipless cranks are one of my favorie baits, you can cover a lot of water with them for sure. Quote
Super User Bassn Blvd Posted February 6, 2011 Super User Posted February 6, 2011 2 years? What the heck have you been waitin' for ? Congrats on your accomplishment. Lipless cranks are a great bait and catch tons of fish. Keep it up. Quote
paul. Posted February 6, 2011 Posted February 6, 2011 keep it up bud. you will fall in love with these baits very quickly. i rarely go without having one tied on. like a lot of other folks will tell you, the first thing you need to do on these baits is make sure you have good sticky sharp hooks. many of the older baits especially have crappy, dull hooks. because of the design of these baits, fish tend to throw them every once in a while. sharp hooks won't totally cure this but it will help a great deal. good luck. Quote
fishermantony Posted February 7, 2011 Posted February 7, 2011 Nice, day's like that will keep you up at night thinking about getting that one back.........you will. Quote
1bigpapa Posted February 7, 2011 Posted February 7, 2011 Good to hear you picked one up that way. Now you'll be trying it more and more, getting confident with it. I love throwing a lipless or even a lipped crank to try and locate fish. Usually turns out pretty good results. Water's too cold for me to do that too much around here now. These bass don't wanna chase anything. Keep it up!!! Quote
Aluma-Bass Posted February 7, 2011 Posted February 7, 2011 congrats! now go to the store and get you some redeyes! Quote
Super User Raider Nation Fisher Posted February 8, 2011 Author Super User Posted February 8, 2011 paul. Thanks for the advice on the hooks. I will definately be doing that. I went to Academy Sports on Sunday and bought twenty five of these baits. They had them on sale for 2.88. ;D Hopefully the weather will clear up tommorow and I can try them again. The wind was blowing so hard today I couldn't feel the bait or keep a tight line on it. :-[ Quote
Super User senile1 Posted February 8, 2011 Super User Posted February 8, 2011 Congratulations! What lipless crankbait were you using? Quote
Super User Raider Nation Fisher Posted February 9, 2011 Author Super User Posted February 9, 2011 senile1, they were H20 Express. Light gray top fade down to light grayish silver bottom, With black tiger stripes down the body. Thats the one that I caught the fish on. The one where the fish got off the lure was a old silver Ratltrap, with blue top and orange bottom. Quote
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