How to crank grass

Give Terry Bates a well-defined edge of grass, and he can usually coax a bass into striking either a crankbait or a twin-prop topwater lure.

Chucky Hamrick also cranks grass, something few anglers ever do now days.

“When I find a well-defined grass line with shad, baitfish or bass present, I’ll fish parallel to the grass and run that crankbait right down the side of the grass line,” Hamrick said. “You won’t believe how many bass you can catch by doing something just a little bit different.”

He also believes in cranking those grass line edges with topwater prop baits.

“Those big double-prop baits are making a big comeback now,” he said. “I can take a Devil’s Horse and Jitterbug and catch big bass. They didn’t stop hitting them; the fishermen just stopped fishing them.

“But that’s a story for another day, but you’d be well served to keep one tied on in hot weather just in case the occasion arises.”

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Mike Giles of Meridian has been hunting and fishing Mississippi since 1965. He is an award-winning wildlife photographer, writer, seminar speaker and guide.

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