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Marty Stone: Open water cranking

By Matt Pangrac
BASS Insider
(Archive)

Updated: November 20, 2009, 9:24 AM ET

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Talk to any diehard crankbait fisherman and you'll likely hear terms like digging, deflecting, and bumping. In most cases, crankbait bites are generated from contact with something under the surface from grass to rock to wood. However, Elite Series pro Marty Stone is quick to point out that there are times when fishing a crankbait in open water can be really productive.

"Most of the time when you're cranking in open water where the bait doesn't contact anything, you're looking for a reflex or a sight bite," explains Stone. For that reason, the North Carolina pro restricts open water cranking to clear water reservoirs with at least 2 feet of visibility.

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