Early spring and lipless cranks

[keithdog]

In all my years of bass fishing, I never had any luck with lipless crankbaits, that is untill last year. And even then, it was limited success. But at least I caught a few on lipless cranks. My first two came within days of ice out in mid March. I basically was using a slower retrieve with an occational pump of the rod. I really don't know if this was the best retrieve for this bait in icy cold water or not. So I thought I would start a thread geared towards the basic skills of using lipless cranks. Primarily, I'm looking to hear how others work their lipless cranks in early spring after the lake ice has melted. Were talking very cold water conditions.