Joe
I HATE SOFT PLASTICS ! ![Mad](images/smilies/mad.gif)
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I LOVE CRANKBAITS
, I enjoy crankbaiting, I like to cast and reel in all day long, I hate to stay and painstakingly walk a worm at arthritic snail pace for minutes at a time, cranking is a beautiful way to catch bass. Catch is choosing the right crank to do the job, so to answer your quation, yes you can use your cranks in open water, the question about open water is in relation on how "open" is "open" ? just because you don´t see it doesn´t mean there´s nothing underneath all that "openess"