All About That Bait: Ripping Lipless by Pete Robbins

All About That Bait: 
Ripping Lipless
by Pete Robbins

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LRI IPPLPE IN SG S

BY PETE ROBBINS

all about that bait:

I

n the fall, bass are notorious

for strapping on the feedbag

and herding shad into the

tributaries, pinning them up against the bank for a free-for-

all. It sounds like every angler’s

dream, a chance to dominate

indiscriminate feeders – until

you get out there, and sud-

denly the fish are not only

tough to find, but tough to

catch when you do finally

locate them.

For both Elite Series

pro Ott DeFoe and FLW

Tour pro Clark Reehm,

there’s no better tool

for overcoming these

frustrations than a lipless

crankbait. Lots of anglers

rip them free from aquatic

vegetation in the early spring

to trigger big pre-spawn fish, and

then forget about them until the

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Credit Clark Reehm

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