I need lipless , shallow   , med   and deep divers .  

This past spring lipless crankbaits were my go to bait.  The bass were tearing them up.  As the temps warmed up the bite on the lipless died off, and switched over to jigs and plastics. 

1 hour ago, Bankbeater said:

This past spring lipless crankbaits were my go to bait.  The bass were tearing them up.  As the temps warmed up the bite on the lipless died off, and switched over to jigs and plastics. 

I do realize now I screwed up the title. In my original post I talked about comparing lipless to other cranks, and said it is the tube of cranks. 

 

What I meant was lipless being my go to for crank bites, but I am never putting down soft plastics, because there are so many places that no cranks can be fished.

 

You guys can flame me now on this one lol, but for sure has been an interesting conversation.

 

Now I know why i get in trouble with the wife, because I always assume that she knows what I am talking about;)

 

Do we need anything else? Yes, I need a floating bait.

 

I guess I could buy a floating lipless...

3 hours ago, Todd2 said:

My biggest Smallie came on a lipless at Dale Hollow a few years back, but if I was gonna pick one lure to throw for the rest of my life, no way would it be a lipless crankbait.

 

Jigs, paddletail swimbaits quickly come to mind.

 

Yeah this. Texas rigged creature bait, or senkos would be my choice if I had to choose. I catch more fish on them than anything else and it’s not close. 

 

I do throw a lipless quite bit a though. 

One of my favorite ways to fish a lipless crankbait is as a search bait or running it over areas where the aquatic vegetation is not on the surface.Also like fishing lipless crankbaits near man made structure but fish with other types of lures if there is too much aquatic vegetation or snags.