How to Fish a Squarebill Crankbait:In-Depth on What Squarebill's I Fish, When to Fish Them & Why!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.ค. 2024
- Anyone can fish a squarebill crankbait. However, selecting the RIGHT squarebill is an important aspect of catching bass. In this video, I break down exactly what squarebill's I fish throughout the year, when I change sizes, and why. I hope this helps you select the right squarebill next time you're on the water. If you haven't already, please SUBSCRIBE!
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Lew's Custom Speed Stick Squarebill Rod www.tacklewarehouse.com/Lews_...
Lew's Custom Lite 7.5:1 www.tacklewarehouse.com/Lews_...
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I have been Bass fishing for thirty years and finally just this year have embraced the cranking game! WHAT A FOOL I HAVE BEEN ! I have caught some biggs on cranks this year and only now realized what I have been missing. So naturally I have been scouring you tube and magazines to get caught up on this technique. This video cuts through the fog of sizes and infinite colors to give me a path to work with and expand on in my lakes. Thanks for taking the time to teach and share with us. Good luck on tour.
Thanks Bo. Cranking isn’t too complicated. Most of the time we make it more complicated than it really is. Good luck and I hope your cranking adventure is 👍
Best Crankbait Breakdown video I've seen so far.
Thank you so much!
Really enjoying the content. Keep it up. Watching guys like you give me hope to growing my channel.
Thanks man! It’s hard work, but a lot of fun too.
I'm glad you ended up posting this video. Great in depth info for year round applications. Love to know favorite colors and nuances and how they relate to fishing. Keep it coming Thanks.
Thanks Andy!
Thanks Andrew for the informative walk through on square bills. I am just this year getting into using crank baits and you did an excellent job breaking it down for the square bill.
Thanks Joshua!
Don’t be ashamed of what you throw. Strike King makes some good baits and at an affordable price in most cases. We all know that this sport can cost us a bunch if we let it. I love the “what’s in the box series” i would like to go through a few pros boats and see what they really carry.
I can do that. I like that series too!
I really interested in the tips videos you have been doing and thanks for some of the new colors I didn’t know about lol and who doesn’t like striking and by the way glad the TH-cam working out for you.
Thanks buddy. I’ve really enjoyed it!
You have some of the most in depth knowledge and detailed videos I've seen in the TubeVerse. I like how you simplify everything and show how you dont have a million colors, but a core selection. Keep up the great videos and good luck on the tournament trail! Rooting for ya man!
Thanks Shawn. I try to bring in-depth, original content the best that I can. Appreciate the support!
Totally agree Shawn Lai! One of Andrew's earlier videos turned me on to having just 3 main colors: Green Gizzard Shad, Blue back chartruese, and citrus shad. Other than a few red and a few chrome or gold, those are my colors.
Another awesome, information packed video! Thanks again!!!
Thanks for watching!
you're doing a great job buddy. love seeing the video drops. tons of info
Thanks buddy
Awesome in depth video, super helpful. Thanks for taking the time..best of luck.
Semper Fi
Thanks Dave! Thank you for your service!
Andrew, thank you for the great content. The explainations were very educational. Keep up the good work and keep the lines tight,
Thanks buddy!
Your video's are really great for people like me. I just got back into fishing and I fish Rayburn and Toledo. I find it really hard using these bait's in shallow water at Rayburn because of all of the grass. It seem's I'm spending so much time pulling grass off my line. I've got to get this figured out because buddies are fishing areas with these bait's catching fish. I really enjoy watching video's of yourself, Bradley, and Todd. Ya'll know your stuff and put out a lot of good content. Good luck on the tournament trail and keep on putting out these great video's.
Thanks for watching Cody. We appreciate your support!✊🏻
@@AndrewUpshawFishing Having mentioned "specialty" rods, I've got to admit the importance of being able to feel what the bait is doing (collecting grass versus ticking the tops, for example).
I'm an old-school student of David Fritts, who preached the importance of developing a "feel" that simply doesn't happen over night.
(I wonder what ever became of my old half glass Fenwick Crankshaft rod).
Thx for sharing the facts and keeping it simple yet in depth. Keep up the great vids.
Thanks Jared. Appreciate you watching!
@@AndrewUpshawFishing you're welcome buddy hope to see you back at Cumberland this year.
Great video Andrew. Keep em coming.
Thanks buddy!
Keep it up Andrew. I actually feel like im learning something rather than hearing the same regurgitated basics.
I really appreciate this comment Clay. I try hard to bring original content!
Appreciate your efforts in making video. Well done and IMO Strike King makes the best “stress free” square bill on the market 😃
Agree completely!
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Great Squarebill breakdown video! I fish local ponds down here in South Georgia in my Mainstream Jon Buoy kayak with a Minn Kota 40lb thrust trolling motor. These ponds have been dug out years and years ago, anywhere from 3-15 feet deep and are on land that has been owned by local families for generations. That being said, the bottoms are primarily soft dirt/mud and there are no “man-made” structures. It’s all natural. Water clarity is mostly stained or muddy. I mostly use Squarebills that run 1-5 feet deep (if I know the depth and the layout of the bottom). I have never used electronics in these ponds. Not because I don’t like it, but because I don’t have it. 😁 So I pretty much know what’s on the bottom (fallen trees, tree limbs, etc) just from fishing these ponds for so long. I’ll use your info in this video next time I fish these ponds and I’m sure my luck will increase. Appreciate you uploading this video. 😎👍
Good luck catching them! SK also makes a KVD 1.5 Shallow that dives 1-2ft and it’s killer too.
Yep!!! Got 2 of those already in the Natural Bream and the Black Back/Chartreuse. Going to be getting 2 more in the Orange Belly Craw and the Chrome Sexy Shad. 👍👍
Those are all solid picks!
Great video, thanks Andrew!
Thanks Martin!
Good information thanks
Great info, keep it up, thanks for sharing!
Thanks Dwight!
Good stuff bubba keep at it. Strike king has had the squarebill dialed in for years. The 2.5 in natural shad and natural bluegill are my 2 favorites down here in Florida
Those are a couple of great colors!
@@AndrewUpshawFishing my favorite is around wood. I fish a decent sized lake called Lake Rousseau down here and its like a smaller Rodman. Water is almost gin clear this time of year and that natural bluegill color off the stumps is hard to beat.
Great Information
Thanks Eddie!
I like Strike kings products. Especially some of their deep diving crank baits.
Great vid my friend
Thanks Jimmy!
I agree with you, Andy. If anyone else could make a better squarebill, I'd fish it, too. Until then, I use Strike King's squarebills. River and creek fishing has led me to use the 1.5 and down in sizes. The big ones don't have a logical function to me yet. Those bigger square bills sure sound right for lake systems. You guys use a lot heavier line than I've seen in the Big Sky. Around here 12 pound test is pretty standard in what I've seen for the last 50 years. I buy an Ugly Stik at my sporting good store and strip them to the stick, rebuilding those 7' sticks into microwave guided rods that seem to come out with a medium/medium-fast kind of action. My square bill rods.
That’s an interesting take on rods. You never have to worry about them breaking either! I use a lot of bigger baits on larger bodies of water. If I was creek fishing I would use the 1.0 almost exclusively, where quantity is more fun than quality in that situation. Sounds like you have it down though!
Really a good Channel, I really like what you and Todd are doing. Count me in.
Thanks Brad! Wait until you see what happens next week!
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Will do , If you guys are ever down my way (Sabine area) look me up.
Will do man!
FANTASTIC CONTENT !! Thank you for all that you do !!!
Thanks Sonny!
Andrew Upshaw Fishing Absolutely welcome man, I am not having success with a square bill that I think I should and now I have something that will help me figure that out, good luck the rest of this season, be safe and again, THANK YOU !!!
If you want to gain confidence in the squarebill, I recommend going really small. Use the 1.0 and that will help build that confidence.
Andrew Upshaw Fishing in all honesty that is really the only one I have had any real success on, that’s why I keep trying to figure out the others... when, where and so on, there are things you said that resonated to me and I believe wholeheartedly that’s going to help me be a better square bill angler, crank baits of all types and me aren’t really on speaking terms right now 😂😂😂😂
😂 I’ve been there more times than I would like to admit. Sometimes they just don’t eat them like we expect them to. It can get extremely frustrating!
good video. thanks for posting,
Thanks Brian!
Good video
Great info
Thanks Kenny!
A pro finally talked about a close to home lake to me. And thanks for the tip I’ll be in a tourney on that lake this year (Gibson) and I need all the help I can get as I never fished it much. Y’all need to watch this guy I’m telling ya he will be KVD big Jimmy Houston big. He’s already better than Scott Martin! Lol. 1 question what does roll fishing mean I think what you called it? Think it had to do with reeling?
Great video,how about one on deep diving cranks? Colors and gear you use to fish them.
That one will be soon!
My biggest bass has come on a 1.0 on Eagle Mountain Lake in Texas 8.6 I'm a believer of it
I’m a big fan too. Catches big ones.
I'm surprised you never mentioned chili craw. Muddy run off is were I use it. Pros need to take a lesson this show. Awesome way to rep strike king.
I use it some, but use Rayburn Red more. I think it’s more just personal preference. Thanks for the support!
You can go ahead and send me those baits you cracked open. Lol I enjoy watching you guys because it lets me know I’m on the right track
I should do a giveaway. Haven’t in a while!
Good stuff, Andrew. Question: do you stick with the stock hooks on Strike King SBs or do you upgrade them?
I can’t wait to get some hybrid hunters but Andrew tell them to make a HD bluegill, I mostly fish ponds and smaller lakes and the primary forage is bluegill
Thanks for sharing about the Squarebills, Strike King KVD's Squarebills are the best, really looking forward to the Hybrid Hunter, when is it due to hit the market once it is readily available?
It should be released at ICAST, available sometime after that I’m assuming.
I enjoyed your video. And coincidentally, you mentioned Grand a couple times. I’m headed there with my bass club this next weekend. I have never been to Grand Lake. We’re staying on the Elk arm. Other than your info here with squarebills, can you offer any suggestions for me? Thanks :)
I’ve heard they have been eating umbrella rigs and wiggle warts pretty good. If it was me though and I was fishing the Elk, I would take some PBJ and Green Pump Orange finesse jigs (5/16th) and fish the transition banks with it. They should start moving soon.
People who comment on the"only talk about strike king" wish they were in your shoes... I myself love strike king baits especially their line of hard baits, I caught so many bass and giant bass throwing the 1.0 and 1.5! I fish the 6xd also and have had tons of success! I been looking into fishing the bomber fat free shad deep dive, don't know much about it, are they worth picking up a few? Love your videos, very informative!
Thanks Lanny! I’ve used a Fat Free Shad for a really long time. Still one of my favorites. Only color I buy them in is Citrus Shad.
@@AndrewUpshawFishing ok thanks bud I appreciate it and I pulled the trigger and picked them up and they are in citrus shad lol glad I know I'm heading in the right direction with them.. thanks for the info and best of luck and stay safe out there!
Post spawn I throw a flatsided cranker in around 8' = 12' in my lakes & it seems to get me at least a moderate amount of hits.
Always a great choice.
Great video I kill them in the spring with the 1.5 chili craw strike king square bills are the only one I will through only difference is I use 10lb snipper i won’t to try the strike king tour butt no one around her sales it
Might try Tacklewarehouse.
Strike king makes good baits and they are affordable and you can catch them just as good as any other baits
Right? Thanks Jeffrey!
I can definitely understand why you represent them and use there baits that's pretty much all I use too ..good luck on your season
I hope strike king is working making there bills more durable in the last year I broke crank bait bills with out hitting any thing and square bills a bunch probably 5 or 6 square bills after very few casts I like them but I want them to last more than one trip to the lake. Thanks for your video's
All companies go through bad runs and bad bills, unfortunately. No excuses though, I’m sorry it happened.
@@AndrewUpshawFishing Know that I think about it I did by all them at the same time may be it was a bad run but still left a bad taste in my mouth it cost a lot of money ti bass fish you try to save money when you can hope they fix it and may be you can tell them it's a problem
I always pass that info along. Where are you from? I’ll give you a handful to replace them.
@@AndrewUpshawFishing Buffalo Mo. Clint Hart 408 Red Top Rd. Buffalo Mo. 65622 But you dont have to do that I just want them to know that they need to beef up the bills
hey bud,new sub here and also aspiring,unsponsored competitive angler.I'm a crankin' nerd;& the squarebill is my numbers bait for certain.I do like Strike Kings Tour Grade line,but if you want an honest opinion from an unbiased angler;their regular 1.0-4.0 line,the hardware is garbage.all my spilt rings wether its line tie or hook hangers rusted very fast,&I never put baits away wet.How come NONE of my Lucky Crafts did that?I do love the KVD 1.5 Georgia Brim and all the Bluegill patterns,but best believe I'm stripping all the hardware off,throwing it all away,& upgrading(which I do with hooks on all my hard baits,but other brands i don't have to strip down as much.just being honest bud-love the chan
I’ve noticed that too on the hardware. I always change all mine out anyway, at least all of my tournament stuff. But I do that with everyone’s, no matter the brand.
Need the Hybrid Hunter in Natural Shad and Crystal Shad specifically for shad spawn situations. Please make it happen for us Andrew
Thanks for the heads up. I’ll see what’s up
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I love when you guys start talking about gear and come off with half a dozen "specialty" rods at $100+ a pop. I realize certain rods often do a better job than the next one, but you guys tend to forget that Lew's doesn't send my rods for free and I just spent $200 on Strike King crankbaits.
So, my question is, what gear would I need if you had to BUY it?
Murph-“You guys”? Who specifically are you referring to? I only talk about gear that I personally would buy. That’s a fact. I can show receipts of products I’ve purchased from TackleWarehouse that includes a lot of gear that I get for free, but needed more of products that I use. It’s hard to find fishing rods less than $100 that I would personally recommend. For just fun fishing on weekends, sure. As far as Lew’s is concerned, they just released the KVD lineup of rods that are $99 and from everything I’ve heard they are really good. I haven’t used one yet, but ordered a few this year to try out. Once I see what they are like, I will do a video on them explaining what I like/don’t like about them. Until then, the rods I recommended are the ones I would use, even if I were to buy them.
Good stuff what do you use with your 1.0 square bill crankbait I need to pu some what colors do you recommend for Stockton lake
I use pretty basic colors in the 1.0. Sexy Shad, The Shizzle, Chart./Black are just a few of my favorites.
Don't discount the fact that you're using Strike King products they're good! I use Strike King for probably 75% of my fishing. Now I'm not a professional but I do a lot of tournaments out of the kayak and Strike King has worked very well for me.
I do too. I know how good they are. One great thing is they are affordable.
How you like the new g2 reel seats on the custom speed sticks? And do you have any experience with the "crankback" 7'3" rod in the mach 2 rods. Never fished one but seen they had the G2 reel seats as well. Awsome videos keep it up.
I’ve actually used the Crankback quite a few times. That rod model is an amazing trap rod and squarebill rod. I know a lot of guys who use it and swear by it,
@@AndrewUpshawFishing thanks for the response.
And that G2 reel seat is really good. Will take you a minute to get used to, but it will help keep your hand from cramping.
I throw alot of Magnum Hammer's but want a rod the same length that has a little more tip to it for crankbaits.
@@AndrewUpshawFishing one more question that 6'9" squarebill rod you showed in the video. Do you thing it would work as a lighter chatterbait rod for skipping docks?
Im trying to gain confidence in crankbaits this yr when do you throw say a square bill vs a round bill
I’ll do a follow up video on round bills.
I’ll throw a round bill in grass. However, a deeper running Crankbait like a series 3 or 3XD is great around rock too.
Sweet thanks.. i mean i know obvs the round bills dive deeper for the most part but always wanted it to know how else to throw thwm
How many application rods are there? I’m trying to limit myself to 20 bait-casters rods, and 3 spinning rods. Hope to get a response. Thank you.
Depends on the rod series. I try and use a lot of the same rods for a lot of techniques.
DOBYNS RODS FURY’S AND ANY OTHER DOBYNS RODS I CAN GET MY HANDS ON.
Perch Squarebills KVD'S Hooks suck!I And the Cheap Plastic bills SUCK. But I hope they NEVER change that. They catch fish the way they are. I live on Lake Erie and Lakes nearby. Old school wigglewarts I MISS! Green Craw was my best back in the 80's 90's
Hey! What do u think about glass rods?
To be perfectly honest, I’m not a fan of glass rods at all. I’d prefer composite or graphite.
Andrew Upshaw Fishing Thanks! I was thinking about getting a few. I’ve been hearing there good cranking rods...
They can be really good, at times. I just feel I get a lot more casting distance with a composite too
Andrew Upshaw Fishing Thanks again for your time and advice!!!
Uh oh millikin fishing is gonna say you guys coppied 6 sense baits lol. Im gonna try that cuz i live in south fla i think it will be good
People can say what they want, but the Strike Pro Bubba was the original. 🤷♂️ The first L-shape lip came from Rapala I think.
@@AndrewUpshawFishing yes shallow shad raps (SSR). Also big bass catchers during post spawn on the banks
Cata-wah-chee. It's been a dead body of water ever since KVD won the classic there.
That’s what I’ve heard. But part of that was a Hurricane too, wasn’t it?
Yeah the salt water backing up didnt help but the whole lake is only 3-4 feet deep. It completely grasses up in the summer so the oil companies sprayed it and killed all the grass. It never recovered.
That’s a sad deal. Hate to see that happen
Was in there a while back, didnt look good at all. Never really heard of it coming back either. Water was nice but where we where they had no grass.
@@streamin2605 no grass = no bass. Same happened to Caney Lake years ago. It finally made a come back tho
whoever gave this video a thumbs down probably has the coronavirus.. jk. but probably
Smh probably 😂
You know it kills me how people always bitch about pro’s talking about using there sponsors gear, well they are providing the baits and in doing that they deserve the promotion if people don’t like it watch something else! And Strike King is everywhere almost every store that sells bait sells Strike King hell most gas stations that sell bait sells Strike King they are great baits and easy for the general public to get there hands on. Unlike some brands that aren’t easy to get and extremely over priced not mentioning any names( Megabass)!