Editor’s Note: This summer we’re checking in with a different bass pro every week to get the scoop on their favorite lures and how to fish them. Pete Ponds of Mississippi competes on the Bassmaster Elite Series, with one win and six Top 10 finishes along with more than $500,000 in winnings. He loves a good crankbait bite anytime of the year, and especially in the late summer transition into autumn. The LureBandit Flat Maxx shallow running crankbait, in a shad pattern The Tackle

Pete Ponds uses a 7-foot-1 medium-heavy White Ice Duckett Fishing rod, Ardent Apex reel, and 10-12 pound Vicious fluorocarbon, primarily …read more