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Lucas Cooper reply :

What are some of your go to crankbaits and favorite colors?

fishballer06 reply :

Bill Lewis Rat-L-Trap - Chartruese Shiner and Chrome Blue

Rapala DT - Perch or Bluegill colors

Rapala Shad Rap - Any natural looking baitfish color

Storm Wiggle Wart - Any craw color

Mann's Baby 1- - I haven't found a color that doesn't work for this bait

MN Fisher reply :

All depends on where in the water column I want to target. Given that I'm a Rapala fan, my go-to cranks are

Jointed Shallow Shad-Rap

DT-4

DT-6

Original Shad-Rap

Lipless Rattlin' Rap

Colors: Mostly natural - baby bass, bluegill, crawdad, pumpkinseed, perch. Though I do have a couple others - firetiger and bleeding olive shiner.

NYWayfarer reply :

Berkley Warpig (Gilly or Perch color)

Berkley Pitbull/Squarebull (Gilly or Chartruse/Black color)

Rebel Bluegill (Natural or Albino)

Strike King Redeye Shad

EWREX reply :

wiGGGGGLeeeee WART!

Columbia Craw reply :

Normans Deep Little N

Anything from 6th Sense (thank you A-jay for introducing me to the Curve 55)

Luhr Jensen Speed Trap

Yo Zuri Rattlin Vibe

Strike King KVD Shallow and 1.5

Most of my colors are browns, craws, greens, bluegill-perch with a smattering of reds and shads thrown in.

NittyGrittyBoy reply :

DT-6 Demon. Solid producer

SK Squarebills, mostly craw colors to bounce off stumps and trees in the river. Change them junk hooks out though

Tizi reply :

Lipped:

Sixth Sense Curve 55

Berkley Bad Shad

Strike King 3XD, 5XD

Sixth Sense Cloud 9 - size C6 or C10

Lipless:

Strike King Red Eye Shad

Lucky Craft LV 500

Berkley Warpig

Sebile Flatt Shad

Glaucus reply :

Lipless:

Red Eye Shad in Sexy Shad, 1/4oz-1/2oz

Rat-L-Trap in Perch, 1/4oz

Squarebill:

KVD 1.5, Black/Chart and Delta Red

KVD 2.5, Gizzard Shad

Sam reply :

KVD Sexy Shad 1.5 square bill with rattles is at the top of the list.

crypt reply :

Baby 1- gold or chrome.

Rattletrap--gold,chrome or red.

Bomber square bill--any and all colors.

yosef reply :

I have good luck with the lipless lucky crafts

papajoe222 reply :

From top to bottom and then some;

Mann's Baby 1-

Norman Thin-N Norman Fat Boy

SK 1.5 Flat Side

KVD Silent Deep Square Bill

Fat free Shad Deep Little N

Norman DD14

Norman DD22

SK Red Eye Shad

LonnieP reply :

Bill Lewis Rat-L-Trap-Any of the chromes

Spro Fat John Squarebill -Cell Mate or Spring Craw

Spro Little John and Little John MD -Cell Mate,Rootbeer Chartreuse or Fire Craw

Spro Rockcrawler -Phantom brown or green

whitwolf reply :

Rebel deep wee r

Rebel wee r

Rebel deep teeny r

Rebel teeny r

On occasion Norman deep baby n

Bankbeater reply :

Mann’s 1 minus - brown craw

Mann’s baby 1 minus - gray ghost, fire shad, and brown craw.

Cordell big o - smokey joe

Cordell super spot - copper craw, chrome w/ blue back.

Rat-L-Trap - chrome w/ blue back, gold w/ black back, smokey joe, orange crawdad.

Munkin reply :

Top 5 for the past decade:

LC RC 1.5

Bandit 100 or 200

Rebel Deep Wee-R

Mann's Baby 1-

SK 5 series silent

Allen

scaleface reply :

Rogers Big Jim

Rapala Fat Raps

Storm Wiggle Warts

Rapala Crankin Raps

Rebel Deep Wee R's

Bomber Model A's'

Norman Deep Little N's

Berkely Dredgers

Strike King Red Eye Shads

J._Bricker reply :

Luhr Jensen Speed Traps

Lucky Craft BDS 3&4’s

Hower08 reply :

Hard to beat a bandit. In red craw or chartreuse rootbeer

Jrob78 reply :

Lucky Craft RC 1.5 and 2.5

Zoom WEC E1, Wobbler, Hickey

XCalibur XCS 100 and 200

Lucky Craft Fat BDS 1 and 2

Spro Rk Crawler 55

Megabass SM X Spriggan

Bluebasser86 reply :

Bandit 100 and 200-Mistake

Strike King 1.5-River Minnow, Green Gizzard Shad

Strike King HTC 1.5-Blue Gizzard Shad

Strike King 5XD and 6XD-Green Gizzard Shad

Wiggle Wart-craw colors

Strike King RES 2 Tap-Rayburn Red, Chrome Black, Green Gizzard Shad

Shad Rap #5- bluegill, crawdad, silver/black

TOXIC reply :

I have waaaaay too many SPRO cranks to list. My absolute favorite is an Original Little John in Cell Mate (computer chip bill). It absolutely whacks everything that swims in St Clair when we go in late May.

Lucas Cooper reply :

On 4/4/2019 at 3:05 AM, MN Fisher said:

All depends on where in the water column I want to target. Given that I'm a Rapala fan, my go-to cranks are

Jointed Shallow Shad-Rap

DT-4

DT-6

Original Shad-Rap

Lipless Rattlin' Rap

Colors: Mostly natural - baby bass, bluegill, crawdad, pumpkinseed, perch. Though I do have a couple others - firetiger and bleeding olive shiner.

I love the DT series from rapala.

Rpratt reply :

Strike King 1.5 Squarebill-- perch and bluegill

Rapala DT 10 -- Bluegill

Rattletrap--Red Craw

By far on the lakes I fish the Squarebill just seems to be the one that they can't resist all year round. So I don't really stray from it very often.

JLBBass reply :

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A-Jay reply :

On 4/4/2019 at 2:54 AM, Lucas Cooper said:

What are some of your go to crankbaits and favorite colors?

A-Jay

gilkeybr reply :

Now that you have a list that includes almost every crankbait currently being sold, what will you do with it? Mr. Bait Monkey says, "Buy them all"

MickD reply :

One of the most effective and versatile here in MI is one mentioned a lot already, the Rapala DT 6. The Live River Shad color will take anything that swims around here.

Fishes in trees reply :

Understand that I carry LOTS of cranks in the boat, including the vast majority of stuff that's been mentioned so far, but when I decide I'm going to throw cranks, unless I've gotten information that I trust, I'm going to lead off with a Timber Tiger. Depth is a variable, so it will either be a DC16 or a DC13 or DC 8 or 5 or 4, but almost always I lead off with a Timber Tiger. I throw other brands but not that much.

BigAngus752 reply :

There are two cranks that I pull out in an emergency to prevent a skunk:

1. Any reputable lipless (Red Eye, Rat-L-Trap, Cotton Cordell) in red craw (spring) or shad (summer/fall).

2. Original Shad Rap in silver size 6 or 7.

I can count on one hand the number of times these have failed me in an emergency skunk situation. Not including cold, muddy water. There is nothing (other than dynamite) that can fix cold, muddy water.

blckshirt98 reply :

They all catch fish and they're all a favorite of someones depending on who you ask! Find a brand that's easy to find in your area in case you ever need replacements and keep your color choice to 3-4 colors - something natural (sexy shad, shad, natural shad), something red, something obnoxiously bright, and something dark.

RB 77 reply :

LC LV 500

JoePhish reply :

Strike King KVD Squarebill 1.5 and 2.5 - Black Back/Chartreuse, Chrome Sexy Shad, and Natural Shad.

Rapala DT 6 & 10 - Dark Brown Crawdad, Helsinki Shad, and Firetiger.

Strike King 5XD - Black Back/Chartreuse

Rapala Shad Rap 05 - Dark Brown Crawdad

Pretty simple - nothing fancy

Fishin' Fool reply :

A little on the expensive side for a lipless bait but a Jackal TN 60 or 70 whichever the smaller size is. It casts like a missle.

Smalls reply :

90% of my cranking boxes are filled with 6th sense, DT’s and Spro. The other 10% doesn’t get thrown much.

tander reply :

Bandit 100, 200, 300 in Tenn Shad, Baby Bass, or Chart. Crawfish.

ww2farmer reply :

Used to be a big fan of the Strike King line...KVD square bill's, Red Eye Shad's, all the XD's....then I got sick of changing crap hooks out of the box, culling 1/3 of the baits I bought because of defects right out of the package, mystery paint schemes, etc...

Switched to what some would call better stuff a few seasons ago and have been happy with these:

Lucky Craft LC 1.5 and 2.5 Square bill's

Spro Fat Poppa's...both deep and shallow

Spro Little and Fat Johns...both deep and shallow

Spro, Jackall, and Damiki lipless cranks

Spro Rk Crawlers

ima japan beast hunter, bill lowen square bill, suspending lipless cranks, roumba, and shaker

I don't have a favorite color...but have lots of bluegill, perch, craw, and shad patterns.

Dorado reply :

Fish a lot of square bills and these top three have caught me the most LMB:

Livetarget Threadfin Shad Squarebill Baitball Series (Pearl Gray)

Lucky Craft LC 1.5 (Black Moss and any of the bluegill colors)

Manns Baby One-Minus (Fire Shad Crystaglow)

GreenPig reply :

Strike King 6xd and 10 xd in Citrus Shad & Delta Craw.

Rattle Trap 1/4oz Gold black with half the paint missing.

I'll never buy another Rapala DT I've had at least 20 that the paints all cracked up from just sitting in the box.

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