Technique Of The Month | June | Deep Cranking 

Yes you can for sure.

Appreciate it! Be my first time using this rod!. Thanks again for taking your time to answer question

Gotta have that and that color

I think GT may sell them. Could be a pro only thing though.

One helpful way perhaps to simplify it down. Is to avoid thinking of it. In terms of lake fishing altogether. And instead think of it. In the way that people would do. If they were fishing in a river instead (again, here it's easy to over complicate it). I've seen Ott on his boat on the rivers too. Fishing for bass. And when one is standing on the boat in the river. And fishing. It gives the angler access to a range of new angles, and fishing positions. To fish from. Which the angler who is standing on the side of the river or stream. Or standing in, the river or stream, or creek bed. Does not have available. Yet, you take that small river, stream or creek. You eliminate the boat out of the equation. And just think of it as bank fishing. That is casting angles right there. Very easy to understand. Because you have a down-river cast. An up-river cast. And a cast straight across. And within each of those. You have variations and hybrids. Such as a long cast down river, produces a small angle of swing. In the bait as it is affected by the current.

What does a small angle of swing in the current do? It slows the lure down. So much so, that depending on line thickness, density and weight of the lure itself. The lure then has time to achieve more depth. If it's able to take it's time (and it's not be affected by the current flow as much). Versus a straight across cast. In a river or stream. Where the current of water instantly affects both the line and the bait. And it drags both of those all over the place. Or an upstream cast. Is another kind of casting angle. Because the bait and line are getting washed down towards the angler. It again, provides the angler with time. To allow the bait to sink. The upstream type of cast. Is the most natural. As the current of water in a stream. Has the least amount of impact. On what the bait is doing. Sometimes a short distance cast up-stream is what works (and the angler physically walks or more, in order to catch where they want to cast too). Other times a long distance down-river cast. That has time to achieve a certain depth. And hovers in front of the eyes of the fish at a certain depth level. Is what is required. Sometimes a cast straight across the river. Which moves or 'flashes' straight in front of the fish. In a hurry. Because the current is taking the bait and carrying it. Is the right kind of cast. That provides the right trigger. Sometimes a cast that is slightly up-river, and there is weight on the lure or bait. That makes it's way down at a medium speed (not too fast, not too slow). Will look right to the fish.

That is talking about 'casting angles' in rivers, streams and creeks. In a way that is much easier for people to appreciate. Why? Because they can experiment with it. Themselves. Here is the thing though. You take the same stretch of river. That the angler may have been fishing since they were a child. And you change 'casting angles' by means of some new technique or method. Of fishing. And that same stretch of river. Now becomes totally different. As a place to fish. It's like having a new piece of river to fish in. Even though, you have not changed river at all. That is how big a change. That casting angles can make. You used to go to the river by the bridge. And walk down several hundred yards fishing as you went. Now, instead of doing that. You walk to the bottom of the river pool instead. And you fish back upstream instead. And suddenly this river. Is like a completely different one.

Again, that is a thing. That any angler can do in river a stream or creek. To study the impact, that changing of casting angles can make. Is it possible to compare the affect of the casting angle. In fishing on the moving river channel. To the stillwater lake or river? No, because the two situations are different. Yet, when beginner or intermediate anglers listen to expert bass anglers. Talking about casting angles. It's like one is transported back into maths and geometry class. Back to one's childhood. And instantly, I think at that point. Half of the classroom is going to get carried along. And remain listening. Half of the classroom. Will zone out. That is why it's important to simplify things a bit. To put someone on the bank or a stream or river. In order to firstly talk about casting angles. Because what Ott is talking about in stillwater fishing. In relation to casting angles. Are casting angles in relation to the gradient or slope. Of the bottom of the lake or reservoir. One is having to make a picture. Of the entire landscape that one is fishing over. Underneath the water. While floating in a boat overhead.

The best anology I can think of for stillwater fishing. Is to imagine oneself standing on the gutter line. Of one's dwelling. Or on top of a flat roof. Or being up on a ladder. Normally when one changes the perspective. From which on is looking at one's 'back yard' for example. Or one's drive way. Or one's lawn and gardens. When one is standing up higher than normal. And looking out over the same environment. That you are familiar with. From walking around at a ground level perspective. That is the equivalent to fishing from a boat in still water. One has to imagine (while standing in one's lawn or residential garden area). If you were positioned. At the elevation of one's gutter line to one's dwelling. And you had a sheet of glass or something. That extended out from that elevation point. Across your entire garden or lawn, or driveway. For example, in fishing in reservoirs. There often is literally a sunken road bed underneath the water. That anglers can visualize. Looking at it from their electronics. And they mark way points and things. On that feature. You can imagine the same thing. Standing in your own front garden. You can pretend you are on this boat platform. At a higher elevation (you are 'standing' on the bottom where this deep diving crankbait is supposed to operate). And you can do do things.

Not a quality issue man. They are made of balsa wood not plastic. If you slap them they will break. Simple as that! You can do a circular motion and only gently hit the bait on the water will help clean debris off. This won’t be as likely to bust the bait.

@@OttDeFoeFishing thanks Ott! FYI still one of my favorite fisherman loved watching the hunt for monster bass!!!

I can see that. The pearl shows up well in all water colors.

@@OttDeFoeFishing thank you Ott Defoe,I love the color,& congrats on your 2019 classic win, you're a class act,once again rapala does the job, my first rapala I bought in 1972,& I been using them for bass,redfish,& speckled trout, rapala is nothing short of being bad to the bone, RAPALA FOREVER 🎣💪