Best Deep Diving Crankbait Rod

larrymarketreels reported catching Largemouth Bass using the Deep Diving Crankbaits (13'+) technique and Dobyns Rods Champion XP Crankbait Rods on Bde Maka Ska. Additional comments from this report: "Caught several on the 6XD fishing parallel to a ledge in about 16’. Make a long cast, retrieve fast to get the crank down to the bottom, then slow your retrieve as you maintain bottom contact. Most of my bites seemed to occur when I would add brief pauses during my slow retrieve dredging bottom."

Justin reported catching Spotted Bass using the Deep Diving Crankbaits (13'+) technique and Dobyns Rods Champion XP Crankbait Rods on Lewis Smith Lake. Additional comments from this report: "We had a much better day post frontal than expected. We were fishing humps in the 16 to 20 foot range, On a few of the humps, we found humps close together, creating a perfect saddle where blue back herring seemed to be predominantly staying we started with 5XD But quickly found we had to change to 6XD To get to the correct depth to get bit. We fed several humps quickly, noticing if there was no blue back caring, there was no bass if when blowback hearing was present, the number of bass was fairly Good. By chance when moving from spot to spot, we noticed a large amount of schooling bass which we quickly turned around to get close enough to make a cast We didn’t catch any in the first school, but was close to A point and secondary point and tried to fish there they quickly began schooling on the second point to which we were able to make good cast and caught 4. Each point we found them schooling at we noticed was close to a creek channel and deeper water with some suspended fish 8’-11’/12’. We tied on some jig heads in 3/16 3/0 paired with Keitech 3.8” Fat Impact Smallmouth Magic. I normally use electric Shad or chartreuse Shad even. The chartreuse Shad I often use the easy shiner. Casting the fat impact and letting get to the depth I had to painfully slow roll it to get bit. Anything less than an 8.2:1 would have been better but that’s what I had at the time. Should be made fun of probably for be on Smith and forgetting to put the spinning rods back in the rod locker. While we caught a good number of fish for the conditions we had none were unfortunately picture worthy. We did throw a hair jig on some bluff walls, swim bait and spinnerbait in pockets but seemed to be a sightseeing exercise. Didn’t fish any docks with the day being cloudy to mainly cloudy. "

David Freitag reported catching Largemouth Bass using the Deep Diving Crankbaits (13'+) technique and Dobyns Rods Champion XP Crankbait Rods on Loch Raven Reservoir. Additional comments from this report: "5.4 lb caught over a shell bed and rocks in 20 ft. Not far from a grass line. This was one of five bass caught in 9 casts. When you find a school you catch more than one bass. The problem is it took me 4 hours to find a school and catch my first fish of the day "

Tyler Trabant reported catching Largemouth Bass using the Deep Diving Crankbaits (13'+) technique and St. Croix Mojo Bass Glass Casting Rods - EOL on Lake Independence. Additional comments from this report: "Biggest size fish came from grinding a DT10 and DT16 (Bruised) around and through rock piles. Using a Mojo glass rod helped keep them pinned. Numbers came from dragging a rugby swing head with a black and blue swimbait around rocks and pausing after deflections. Focusing on where bait was located was crucial. "

Will Burch reported catching Largemouth Bass using the Deep Diving Crankbaits (13'+) technique and St. Croix Mojo Bass Glass Casting Rods - EOL on Table Rock Lake. Additional comments from this report: "Fish smaller pockets on creeks from the point to the back and figure out where the bass are setting up. Once you figure out where they are sitting don’t be afraid to throw a Carolina rig for the more finicky bass. "

Ohio Angler reported catching Largemouth Bass using the Deep Diving Crankbaits (13'+) technique and St. Croix Mojo Bass Glass Casting Rods - EOL on Caesar Creek Lake. Additional comments from this report: "The fish were stacked up on the ledges. We had a full tournament field, and the bite came in the afternoon. Find the areas that dropped off abruptly and the fish were there."

Justin Nichols reported catching Spotted Bass using the Deep Diving Crankbaits (13'+) technique and Shimano Zodias Casting Rods on Nottely Lake. Additional comments from this report: "Reeling crankbaits over brush piles and points had fish chasing and fighting to get to it. Also had some luck with a fluke next to docks. "

Ben Miller reported catching Largemouth Bass using the Deep Diving Crankbaits (13'+) technique and Shimano Zodias Casting Rods on Lake Sinclair. Additional comments from this report: "November 6,2021 Fished areas where the main river channel swings tight the bank. Speed cranking the deep rocky areas and shallower transitions produced some quality bites. Alabama rig or a single smaller swim bait fished slow down these banks will also produce. I throw a 4.3 or larger Keitech on the A-rig and a 3.3 for a single jig."