Who just called me a Square Bill?

The Product Review Corner - by: Tom Branch, Jr.

Have you seen the SPRO Fat John 60? Now it has a cousin called the Square Bill…

Fall is just around the corner and it is always a good time of the year to go try out a new crankbait. SPRO’s Little John family of crankbaits are all great to fish around rocks, brush, retaining walls, ledges, stumps, humps, creek channels, mussel shoals, and other hard objects. These types of objects make a crankbait a good choice to catch more fish.

photo courtesy of SPRO

Crankbaits come in a ton of different styles, shapes, and colors, and Bass Pro Shops has aisles full of them. But what makes the SPRO Fat John 60 – Square Bill better than the rest? Let me tell you it is more than just looks.  John Crews and his own personnel pro staff’s creativity have made the new SPRO Fat John 60 – Square Bill a must have item to put in your tackle box.

SPRO (www.spro.com) for years has had a talented pro staff, and Syd Reeves (Sales Manager- SPRO), uses their knowledge to create and design lures that catch fish, and many anglers want them. Bassmaster Elite Angler John Crews is not your typical bass fishing prostaffer. John has never been the guy that sits at a desk searching for the next great lure design. Crews is a fisherman who must go fishing to become a better angler. John’s input has made the Little John crankbaits better since the beginning of creating the first Little John crankbaits. His latest crankbait is the SPRO John Crews Signature Fat John 60 square bill crankbait which is just incredible.

The Fat John 60 is not like most Square Bill crankbaits. The bait was designed for the times when you need a different bill angle, a fatter looking bait, an above average size bait fish imitation, and for the times you just need big bulky baits compared to the other Little John crankbaits. The perfect situation to fish the SPRO Fat John 60 – Square Bill is in off color water, in the back of creeks as the water temperature begins to cool off, or when an angler is targeting bigger bass. All the Little John and Fat John crankbaits come with #3 Gamakatsu treble hooks, and all the bait runs in 1 to 3-feet of water.  The Fat John baits also feature a soft tungsten weight transfer system that allows for extra long casts similar to the other SPRO Little John crankbaits.  The key to using this bait is to allow the Fat John to bump into cover when retrieved.  All the SPRO Fat John 60 – Square Bill’s come with a computer chip board bill; this gives an angler a better feel when hitting cover and is more durable than a plastic bill.

Remember crankbaits cannot always be all about looks, this is a fish catching bait that runs great and looks awesome. Tie on some Vicious 10 pound Elite Fluorocarbon and a SPRO Fat John 60 – Square Bill and go fish! You will be pleasantly surprised.

About the author: Tom Branch, Jr. is a freelance outdoor writer and a full time Lieutenant/Firefighter-Paramedic with over 25 years of service with the Gwinnett County Fire Service in Georgia. He is employed by Basseast.com, LLC as the Director of Marketing and Future Development. Tom is also a Project Leader for – Operation One Voice (501c3). He and his beautiful wife, Kim live north of Atlanta near Braselton, GA with their 2 labs “Jake” and “Scout”.

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