hello all!

i am pretty new to using lipless crankbaits, but last night i was using a rat l trap right over a weed beds that some shads were feeding in. caught a little smallie. my presentation was a steady reel with a drop of the rod tip so that the lure flutters down. i primarily fish for largemouths in the coastal lakes we have here in oregon. now, there is a lot of wooded/weedy cover in these lakes. i've used the good sink and rip and pause thing, but that's never worked. now, what do you guys use when fishing these baits? because i REALLY like how the lure acts when i did the action that i caught that smallie on, but i want to know if that'll work for largemouths too, or if there's something else that'll work better.

I was watching a show just the other day where Jimmy Houston was fishing lipless CB's and his main tip was to make the lure change from one action to another action - in other words - vary your retrieve and even stop and let it flutter down or hit the grass and then rip it out.

I was thinking this is pretty much what KVD says about spinner baits and, based on this, I think the presentation is pretty much the same.

but i want to know if that'll work for largemouths too, or if there's something else that'll work better.

Largemouth will readily hit lipless cranks. At one time or another, any category of lure can be great, so we can't generalize about one type working better than another. Use your lipless when you think the conditions are right for them, use others when you think they're called for.

Bounce them off of wood