For anyone who has spent a significant amount of time chasing muskies the following scenario is ALL too common: you’re on your favorite body of water ready to sling bucktails and topwater over your most consistent weed reefs and shorelines but.... they’re DEAD!!!?? Zero activity on spots that have produced time and time again! Now what?

Fortunately, I believe that I have found an answer to this frustrating problem: leave the weeds and hit rock structure! Yes, it’s actually that simple! When the weed bite is dead on your favorite body of water the complete opposite type of cover, hard-bottom, rocky structure, seems to hold active muskies!

There are many reasons why I believe that rock structure produces under these conditions but regardless, it is important that you take the cue and make sure you switch tactics to score before the before the sun sets.

And when it comes to the style of lure to use over hard-bottom structure there is arguably no better choice than a crankbait. Simply put, crankbaits dominate on the rocks and all you have to do is choose a lure which runs at a depth complimentary to the height of the structure you’re fishing.

Technique-wise it is not very challenging as you will see in this video. Whatever crankbait you choose to use just make sure to “click-and-tick” your way along the bottom! This means, run the diving lip of your crankbait into the rocky structure subtly as your work the structure. Making this special “contact with the cover” will produce strikes from muskies in a neutral or even negative mood.

And lastly, ALWAYS remember to finish each cast with a quality figure-8, even with a deep-diving crankbait, such as the jointed DepthRaider. Although you do not see follows very easily on these lures muskies ready follow them to the boat and a well executed figure-8 can help to trigger these reluctant fish into striking.

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