spinnerbaits/lipless cranks

[OkobojiEagle]

I fish a pretty good smallmouth lake who's perimeter is completely developed. No wood cover other than some 4"X4" wood dock posts. Rocky points and reefs, weed covered boulder flats and one stretch of shoreline has a large reed bed with boulders mixed in. No shad but lots of other swimming forage.

The scenario I want to submit is: you have only one rod worthy of throwing spinnerbaits and lipless cranks. Which of these baits do you have tied on beginning each foray and what situation(s) convince you to switch baits during the outing?

I will fish the lipless crank throughout the entire season changing to a spinnerbait... when fishing the reed bed area; when fishing after dark; when I want a bait to cover the lake bottom in depths 12' or greater; or when throwing onto a very windy shoreline. Would you differ?

The "rest of the story" is I don't throw either of these baits nearly as much as plastics, hard jerkbaits and hard plastic top-water baits.

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