Probably the first manufactured lipless crankbait came from Cotton Cordell Lure Company in Arkansas. Cordell manufactured other lures for companies such as Pflueger, Creek Chub and Heddon, but, the ...

Flatt Shad, Sebile Fishing Lures This bait features a unique curvilinear belly-­weighted design. The body is filled with oil and glitter mix for a "scattered scale" effect. www.sebileusa.com ...

Lipless crankbaits are easy to identify by their flat body, pointed ends, internal rattles, and as the name implies, no lip. Often referred to as 'Rat-L-Traps' - as this was the original lipless ...

Note: This is the final installment of the 3-part series. If you're going to go fishing, you gotta have some gear to tote the lures and fling them at targets while you're in the boat or on the bank.

For years, ice anglers were told they had to downsize to catch fish. Fish are cold blooded and their metabolism slows in winter, so we need to use tiny lures to catch these fickle feeders, we thought.

When grading cast-n-crank lures, lipless crankbaits score high, producing bass bites with little input from the angler on the other end of the line. A more refined approach though — one that provides ...

It's an odd behavior. At a time when largemouth bass in Alabama lakes have their lowest metabolism of the year, and logically should be lethargic--literally slow as molasses in January, perhaps--they ...