Fishing Crankbaits All Year - Mark Menendez : Remastered
Summer
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1h 2m
Mark Menendez loves cranking (and fishing a jerkbait). In this video, it's all about water temperature. Mark breaks down the various temperatures where me makes changes to baits, retrieves, locations and more. Winter cold through the heat of summer, Mark discusses which baits excel in those conditions with examples from his bass fishing tournament career.
0:09 Cranking, water temperature & gear ratio
2:18 What does a crankbait need to look like?
3:58 What to do in cold & dirty water
5:12 Cranking & jerkbaiting in fishable cold water
9:11 Weighting a jerkbait
12:12 Slow down when the water is cold
13:57 Visual aspects of a jerkbait (color selection)
20:22 Line size for jerkbait fishing cold water
21:04 As water temperatures begin to warm out of winter
24:25 Get the right depth crankbait to maintain contact
25:28 Angles in lipped crankbait fishing
27:37 As it gets warmer and closer to Spring
28:53 Where to look for bass at 48 degrees
30:17 Focus on seasonal patterns, not your own history
31:50 When to fish the lipless crankbait
36:00 What's the dot on a bait for?
40:02 Squarebill cranking temperature
42:08 Bass like to hang out with other bass
46:31 The Palmer grip
51:48 Crankbaits in post spawn into summer
54:17 Sinkers for weighting jerkbaits
55:56 Hook sizes for jerkbaits
56:51 Water temperatures to stop fishing a jerkbait
58:12 Balsa vs plastic plugs
1:00:20 Do you change hooks on Strike King baits?
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