“The fish like those rocks because they can stay close, but they can also move out as needed depending on the weather,” Pace said. “Finding the strike zone is just a matter of experimentation. Once you find that depth, most of the fish will be in that zone.”
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fish. At any size, he said, the optimal cast- ability and attention-getting performance of a lipless bait makes it a highly effective search tool.
“A lipless bait is great, because you can just machine gun it,” Marks said. “You can make a lot of casts, it comes through the grass easily and prespawn fish just like a lot of noise.”
Bassmaster Elite/FLW Tour pro Ish Monroe said the noise appeal also applies with squarebills. He designed his River- 2-Sea Biggie squarebill crankbait with rat- tling and silent models. The noise decision is probably more relevant in other seasons, but during the prespawn, Monroe said it’s the inherent intrusion of a squarebill de- flecting off a chunk of wood that interests feeding fish.
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