Crankbait Fishing Prespawn Bass on Road Beds

When most bass anglers head shallow in the prespawn period, Shane LeHew likes exploiting untapped bass staging offshore. He demonstrates how he uses his Garmin LiveScope Plus to locate the edge and high spots on road beds, then make targeted casts to the high rocky areas using a squarebill and lipless crankbait 1-2 punch.

FEATURED TACKLE (retail links)
SQUAREBILL CRANKBAIT – Berkley SquareBull 5.5: https://wired2.fish/3lzk8N4
LIPLESS CRANKBAIT – Berkley Warpig: https://wired2.fish/3Efyd8z
ROD – Abu Garcia Veritas Casting Rod 7’4″ Med Hvy: https://wired2.fish/3I2fRci
REEL – Abu Garcia AL-F Casting Reel 6.4:1 (OUT OF STOCK)
LINE – Berkley Trilene 100% Fluorocarbon, 10-pound: https://wired2.fish/3Xq5aGg
ELECTRONICS – Garmin ECHOMAP Ultra 122sv: https://wired2.fish/3YPDn33
FORWARD FACING SONAR – Garmin Panoptix LiveScope Plus System with GLS 10 and LVS34 Transducer: https://wired2.fish/3YnwDcZ
SUNGLASSES – Costa Del Mar Rinconcito: https://wired2.fish/3nSinZd

Road beds are excellent ambush and general collection points for bass in winter and early prespawn. Forward-facing sonar allows us to keep off and make high-percentage casts to individual fish and just good-looking structure and cover without spooking them. LeHew was faced with a mean Florida cold front on this day. The deeper offshore bass seemed more resilient and less pressured, so it was a move that paid off.

He scored a few quality fish by working the high spot with a squarebill crankbait, then transitioned to yo-yo’ing a lipless crankbait to stair-step down the edges effectively and trigger reaction bites using this classic cold water technique.

Don’t always head to the mats because you’re supposed to. Road beds can be highways to spawning locations while providing access to deeper water. Make sure to try them during the prespawn if the shallow water bite falls flat.

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