“Mostly you’re fishing shallow banks on the main lake, places where fish can be deep and move up shallow real quick,” he said. “Sometimes the bite will be slow, but if you can get a bite on a jerkbait, it’s usually a big bite. You can do almost the same thing with a Shad Rap or any other medium-running crankbait that you can fish slowly.”

Cable pays no attention to the banks where primrose or hydrilla beds grow during hot weather. “You don’t target the grass; you’re mostly fishing rocky, clay banks where you can sit in 30 feet of water and cast up in 5 feet,” he said.

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