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A good crankbait reel provides the proper gear ratio, smooth retrieval, and enough torque to handle resistance while keeping fish pinned

You kind of swim it just up off the bottom slower than youd retrieve a swimbait. Early in the season Im probably going to fish the lower half of the lake, he explained

For example, jigs are a specific lure with a weighted head, so they are able to sink easily and attract bottom feeders

Storm's Storm's Original Wiggle Wart has long been revered as a smallmouth bait

Part of the solution is learning to accurately cast the appropriate lures to the vegetation that is most apt to produce a strike