It's like anything else, after the first one the rest will come easy.

We've found lipless cranks to be star performers in central Florida.

Between mid-February and mid-March, we've had years

when the Spro Aruku Shad would outfish soft-plastics and even live shiners.

This winter is far from normal, and Florida-strain bass detest coldwater.

I can't remember a year when water temperatures were in the low 40s!

Be a little patient, and when water temperatures get back up to 60 degrees,

I'm sure your rat-t-traps will break the ice

Roger

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It's like anything else, after the first one the rest will come easy.

We've found lipless cranks to be star performers in central Florida.

Between mid-February and mid-March, we've had years

when the Spro Aruku Shad would outfish soft-plastics and even live shiners.

This winter is far from normal, and Florida-strain bass detest coldwater.

I can't remember a year when water temperatures were in the low 40s!

Be a little patient, and when water temperatures get back up to 60 degrees,

I'm sure your rat-t-traps will break the ice

Roger

Thanks again for the info.  As I mentioned earlier, I have pretty good results on them, just not in central Florida    I'll be focusing on improving my florida lipless skills this season!!

I know where you were coming from with this post - I started fishing just under 2 years ago - started with mainly focusing on soft plastics which worked - my neighbor would intermittantly whip out one of these lipless cranks and work it....so I bough a few rattletraps, but failed to gain any confidence in using them....I tried to use them more consistently for a while here and there, but I was just like you - he would catch on em, and I wouldn't.  I would vary my retrieve and such, but what I think I was doing wrong before was not paying as much attn to  depth of the lure, proximity to cover or underwater grass or structure (that goes to say with any lure I think).  I had my first breakthrough lipless crank day fall last year - we were on a small pond in west alabama - there is a large submerged tree - I thew that strike king lipless right next to it and just let it free fall around limbs the pick up on it gently, and I caught 10 bass in perhaps 30-45 minutes - it was a brown/black strike king - neighbor has the same lure in a shad color and he got aboslutely nothing while I hauled em in (one of the few times I skunked him  ;D) - was is because of the color difference?  Or was it my specific countdown or retrieve?  I am not sure, but I now have much more confidence in them in my Alabama waters and manage to do pretty good with these on some days - I love them because they are so versatile and can eaily fish the entire water column with one.

Stick with it, you will have the same breakthrough - but I would not stick to one all day necessarily - still switch it up, I use it on many spots as a fish finder - can cover alot of water in a good spot quick...

Oh and I use small ones and big ones with good success, my neighbor the same.  I have not done all that well so far with the tiger colors myself - but many other colors have worked for me - I think its more about finding the fish and the presentation.

I am just a relative newB so take that with a grain of salt....hope you have that breakthrough soon

i used to do good by just nosing diveing it slowly into the ground, i would reel just fast anough to keep it moving but letting it still touch the bottom

The lure class that everyone fished at The Classic.

Maybe you ought to stick with it for awhile. It's all

about location and the mood of the fish.

8-)

The lure class that everyone fished at The Classic.

Maybe you ought to stick with it for awhile. It's all

about location and the mood of the fish.

8-)

Ya...........

I thought the water had to be warmer.  I have a dedicated rod, about 20 varous baits.  This will be the year of the "LCB" for me!!