Hank Cherry’s Right Bait At The Right Time
It’s late spring and Hank Cherry knows what anglers, especially in the Southeast, are thinking. Bass are moving up into coves. They’re gravitating to fast-warming cover like dock floats, and they’re perfectly positioned for triggering reaction strikes. Savvy readers will note that our previous pattern of the month revolved around triggering vicious dockside strikes with fast-moving crankbaits — but what if that pattern isn’t playing out?
Cherry has the answer in the form of a wacky rig. “You know, I stayed away from anything wacky as long as I possibly could,” says the two-time Bassmaster Classic champion. “But once I started adding it to my arsenal, it made me a more well-rounded springtime fisherman.” Cherry posits that
