Mark Rose's Ledge Bite Tactics: Deep Cranking & Jigging for Success

It was no doubt once Mark Rose brought over 21 pounds to the scales, the ledge bite was on. Its common knowledge that he is a master at this technique, which include deep cranking, dragging football head jigs, as well as dropping flutter spoons over suspended schools. With my 30th place finish, and only 3 pounds off the top 20. I found my two day limits far back of a creek south of Decatur. With the heavy rains we had prior to the first day start, I fished flooded lay downs using ThorAks swim jigs with the GenX Bug trailer by Garneau Baits. I also used a shallow running crankbait on these same lay downs. I caught 20 to 25 bass a day on this early fall pattern, but big fish had not reach the back pockets of the creek. Mark Rose went on to win the event by a 12 pound margin.