The big bait craze that catapulted onto bass fishing through swimbaits out west has bled into other categories the last couple of years. Oversized topwaters have proven to be very effective for big bass. And now it appears oversized crankbaits catch bass equally well. After watching Greg Hackney throw a big crankbait on Pickwick to win the FLW Tour event, I was pretty anxious to review the new Strike King KVD 8.0 Magnum Squarebill crankbait.
I live on the Tennessee River. It’s full of bass. But more importantly it is full of big forage. Big bluegills, big gizzard, Tennessee and Hickory shad, big herring and mooneye. There are lots of big things for bass to eat on this lake. So it makes sense that big crankbaits, swimbaits and topwaters play here often.
