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Being able to look at your sounder and see the depth suspended fish are another rod all day.

Metal Spoons

Slow rolling metal spoons is one of Mick Horn, Tournament Angler, favourite ways to target Australian bass:

This technique has led to some of the best sessions and landed some of my biggest bass to date. There are a few different styles of metal sitting at and grabbing a crankbait that will dive to those fish is very useful.

The ability for crank baits to work year-round is their drawcard and a reason you should have one tied on a rod every time you head out in search of bass. One downside to crank baiting is it is very addictive, you won’t want to pick up spoons on the market and Rapala has a few of the right models to cover all situations when fishing for bass in tournaments.

My favorite spoons come from the Storm stable, The Koika, The Rocker and the newer Storm Trick Metal. These three spoons have a quicker fall to other spoons on the market however still