Why Squarebill Crankbaits Excel Around Cover
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- Опубліковано 19 сер 2024
- Mark Daniels Jr. sheds some helpful insight on squarebill crankbaits and what makes them such effective lures when fishing around hard cover such as wood and rocks. As he explains, it all starts with the bill. Unlike a typical rounded bill, a quality squarebill crankbait should have a broad lip extending beyond the bait's width. The bill functions as a guard to the treble hooks as the lure collides, careens, ricochets, and deflects off the cover.
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Professional anglers like Daniels seek cover-rich environments to fish their arsenal of squarebills, while most anglers cringe out of fear of snagging. Perhaps this fact is a contributing factor to their success -- less use around cover means the bass aren't as conditioned to seeing a hard-charging crankbait, so they'll usually pounce on it as it claws through and over fish-holding cover. Lastly, Daniels shows us what a prime stretch of squarebill shoreline cover looks like, his approach to fishing them, and his preferred rod setup.
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Amazing around rocks, that's for sure. If you can find one, I like a squarebill that's made of balsa instead of plastic when I'm around timber. These tend not to have the rattles and are quieter as well, which works better for me in highly pressured areas and the balsa is more buoyant, which helps with hangups is the sticks. Just some personal notes.
Rapala BX brat it snatches the bigs consistently!! Second to that is the old classic Big O! My squares catch a whooping because I dredge em through everything! Good vid thanks!
Helping keep the OG Cordell alive
Good stuff Mark! 👀 🎣 👊🏼💯🇺🇸
Thanks for the tips my friend
I catch numbers with squarebills but I think the biggest fish I've caught was around 2lbs. I've lost a few bigger ones using one. I like to think it was the hook size on the lure that caused me to loose the bigger ones. Thanks for the video
To light of a rod maybe .
Why did Bill Lewis switch to a plastic bill instead of the circuit board bill.
Simple answer to the title - It excels around cover because it has a square..bill. 😂
true, but a solid answer to the "why" is useful for some folks getting into or new to the game.