| Norm (Doc) Klayman introduced me to night
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| | on a slack line, so you've got to pay
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| fishing with worms and jigs and black
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| | attention. Sometimes all I feel is a tick
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| lights on Bull Shoals Lake back in the
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| | or a bump similar to a worm bite.
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| 1980s. It is still my favorite way to
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| | Sometimes the line just goes completely
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| beguile bass when the rest of the normal
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| | slack. Quite often, however, I get this
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| world is sleeping, but it isn't the only
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| | slight wiggling sensation. It's weird:
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| way to fish at night.
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| | unlike any other bite.
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| In fact, just about every type of bait
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| | Now, I'll admit this is my favorite way
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| used during the day has its night time
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| | to fish crankbaits at night because I'm
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| devotees-except crankbaits.
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| | basically a finesse fisherman. I find
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| I'm not particularly fond of crankbait
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| | simply casting something out and cranking
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| fishing in general, but I do love night
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| | it back a bit boring and far too much
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| fishing and experimenting with different
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| | work for someone who fishes all the time.
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| baits and techniques, so a few years ago
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| | But it is far from the only crankbait
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| I got to wondering why not crankbaits?
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| | method that will work at night.
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| Since bass have little trouble spotting a
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| | After using big crankbaits at night for a
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| dark worm slithering through the ebony
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| | few months, I mentioned it to Dave
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| depths at night, surely they can see a
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| | Stewart, who is probably the best bass
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| crankbait wiggling and bumping about. If
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| | guide on Kentucky Lake.
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| buzzbaits speeding across the surface
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| | "Funny you should mention that," he said.
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| bring bass up at night, surely the
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| | "I haven't used crankbaits at night since
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| average crankbait doesn't move too fast?
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| | I moved here, but I used to win a lot of
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| A lot of people use spinnerbaits at night
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| | night tournament with crankbaits when I
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| too. Why do crankbaits seem to be about
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| | lived in Frankfort, KY. I didn't throw
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| the only bait type allowed to rest? Why
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| | big ones, though. Won every tournament
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| is it one can easily find black versions
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| | throwing a #7, black/silver Shadrap on
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| of every bait type, except crankbaits?
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| | shallow points. But I had it digging
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| Maybe there was a practical reason for
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| | bottom as much as possible."
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| the crankbait's exclusion from the dark
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| | Dave said most of his strikes were hard,
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| hours. I started asking other night
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| | but I assume that was because he was
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| fishermen if they'd ever tried crankbaits
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| | using a smaller bait that must be
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| at night. The common answers were: "I
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| | retrieved faster to dig bottom. Whether
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| just never thought of it," or "I've just
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| | you're fishing during the day or at
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| never tried it."
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| | night, all crankbaits work better if
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| Not one fisherman gave me a practical
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| | they're digging bottom.
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| reason, so off into the night I went with
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| | Recently I read a report of other
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| hard baits attached.
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| | Kentucky Lake fishermen catching big
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| If you've just never thought of it, or
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| | smallmouth on the pea gravel points and
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| you've just never tried it, maybe you
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| | main lake banks at night with Magnum
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| should. Bass most definitely will hit
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| | Wiggle Warts in crawfish patterns.
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| crankbaits at night-big bass.
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| | Obviously, a few other fishermen have
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| My favorite method is to fish big,
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| | been asking themselves "why not
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| deep-diving crankbaits in relatively
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| | crankbaits at night." No telling were it
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| shallow water. It is a method I learned
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| | might lead or what it might produce.
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| from David Fritz one day on Kentucky Lake
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| | The possibilities of crankbait choices
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| many years ago. I retrieve them very
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| | and techniques for night fishing at this
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| slowly with frequent, short pauses. I'm
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| | point are only limited by the imagination
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| constantly bumping bottom with this
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| | of fishermen. It is things like these
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| retrieve, and I only pause a second or
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| | that keep bass fishermen coming back with
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| two, but it takes almost as long to
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| | renewed enthusiasm, decade after decade.
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| complete a retrieve and make another cast
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| | It is, above all else, a thinking man's
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| as it does with a worm.
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| | sport. Now I'm wondering if anyone has
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| The strikes come during the short pauses,
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| | ever tried suspended jerkbaits at night?
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