If you follow tournament bass fishing, you're probably aware of Bryan Thrift. With 12 career FLW tournament wins, and 70 top-10 finishes, he's doubtlessly won of the most winning anglers in FLW tournament bass fishing history. Even with that impressive resume, Thrift acknowledges that he was intimidated by crankabaits early in his professional tournament fishing career. After seeing how well other successful tournament anglers were with crankbaits, he put that reservation aside and dove right into targeting big bass with crankbaits.

0:07 Bryan Thrift was once scared of fishing crankbaits and why he decided to change that
1:18 Bryan Thrift's thoughts on fiberglass crankbait rods and his line of Fitzgerald Fishing Bryan Thrift Series Casting Rods
7:54 Tips for getting a crankbait as deep as possible
10:38 Fishing reel for cranking
12:12 Types of crankbaits (materials and running depths)
15:11 Shallow cranking (0-6 feet depth squarebills and flat side crankbaits)
21:13 Mid-depth range (7-12 feet cranking with baits like the Strike King Pro Model 4 Series Crankbaits)
24:12 Controlling bait depths with line size
29:09 Hitting targets with a crankbait
34:00 Cranking bottom vs cranking brush
37:27 Wiggle and wobble styles and when it matters
40:05 Tips for modifying & weighting crankbaits
47:32 Customizing paint
49:28 Where to fish a crankbait
51:07 Follow-up baits when bass won't bite the crankbait
54:54 Round bend vs EWG treble hooks
58:00 Quickest way to determine if a crankbait is running true and tuning crankbaits
1:04:00 Knot for tying crankbaits