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Use these night fishing lures, and tips to help you beat the heat and Krak some bass this summer

Michael Neal scored two top finishes with a Big Bite Baits Swimmer Head with a 3.75-inch Big Bite Baits Jointed Jerk Minnow, and Jacob Wheeler had a high finish targeting suspended bass on his sonar with a Storm Largo S swimbait, a Rapala Flat Jig, and a Jigging Rap

Those are all valid questions, but one thats often left out of the discussion is this: how will the rod perform when handling big freshwater fish

In the end, you need to balance attributes that improve your hook-up ratio with those that affect its overall usability. Hookup ratios tumble in the mats