How Do You Store Your Crankbaits, Depth Or Size? 2024

Geoff Sandvik reply : 

I’m trying to reorganize my crankbaits in new boxes as I just picked up a lot of new Rapalas at Dicks on sale. How do you store them, by depth or size? One box for shallows, one for mid depth, and one for deep? What works best for you, I’ve got about 200 so I really need to store them right. Thanks,

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Nitrofreak reply : 

Size is always my first then depth and swim pattern.

My way of doing it is broken down into time of year, winter, spring, summer and fall, the ones that work well in fall and winter, I buy 2 of so I will have one for each season as it crosses over, same for the other ones.

200 wow you have a lot of sorting to do lol.

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J Francho reply : 

Size, depth, then brand.

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Gangley reply : 

Depth. Size is something I figure out after I learn what depth they are at.

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J Francho reply : 

  On 2/2/2012 at 5:32 AM, Gangley said:

Depth. Size is something I figure out after I learn what depth they are at.

I'm not sure what you mean. By size, I meant mass. You don't have to fish it to figure that out. I have three different rods I use for crankbaits, each for a different weight. By splitting them size, I have one box and one rod ready.

Maybe you meant something else? If so, my mistake...

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Hooligan reply : 

I go about it differently, most typically because I have a box dedicated to each brand size. For instance, I have a boxes for my Norman Deep Little N's. Then I have Boxes for my DD14's, then DD22's. Same thing in Strike King, 3XD, 5XD, 6XD, and so on. That's storage. For boat boxes I split them to 2 Strike King boxes, a Lucky Craft box, Rapala, and so on. They're organized by size within boxes.

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Maico1 reply : 

I label the outside of the box like so.......http://i1116.photobu...kesReels017.jpg

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Maico1 reply : 

Image of the interior............

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Bluebasser86 reply : 

I do a little of both I guess. I have my shallow, medium, deep runners, lipless, but I also have a box of baits that are too small to fish on casting gear that are all different depths, just small or light.

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Sam reply : 

By depth and then by color.

I have all of the Sexy Shad cranks in one box and all KVD llpless in another box.

Jerkbaits have their own boxes as do the Rapalas in sizes 5 and 7.

Spinnerbaits and Chatterbaits have their own boxes along with my buzzbaits.

Topwaters go together in one box.

Jigs by size and color with pigs in another box.

Ugly Ducklings have their own box, too.

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Bluebasser86 reply : 

  On 2/2/2012 at 7:24 AM, Maico1 said:

Image of the interior............

Wow that is a pretty box of some expensive poppers there

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Gangley reply : 

Clarification

Size can be interpreted multiple ways so to clarify what I should have clarified in the first reply, by size I mean physical size (displaced volume) with included characteristics(style), excluding mass.

Since my skills are lacking in the cranking world, I keep enough cranks to fill 3 plano boxes and try to keep it organized as simply as I can for me: Shallow, Medium, and Deep divers. Once I figure out what depth they are at, I know which box to use and I will then decide on size/style of crank (large flat sided such as a Little John DD, small fat body like a Fat Rap, long slender minnow) to use which is where I normally go WAY wrong, haha.

Shortened up: Since depth is my main concern when cranking, I organize my tackle according to depth and will choose size/action second. I know there are large and small size variants of each action, such as small rattle traps and large rattle traps, and I am by no means a cranking guru and will never pretend to be, but that is how I organize my crankbaits.

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Red reply : 

Holy crap y'all have alot of cranks!! I have one standard size plano box for squarebills, jerkbaits, and traps, then another for my mid to deep cranks. I like to keep several baits in the size and color that work for me, so I don't have alot of different cranks, just multiples of a few.

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Geoff Sandvik reply : 

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Hooligan reply : 

  On 2/2/2012 at 7:24 AM, Maico1 said:

Image of the interior............

Might be the best picture ever, there. One problem, though, you're missing Wagin Hasu!

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NCbassmaster4Life reply : 

Deepth to color.

Size, I put the larger cranks in a seperate container.

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Maico1 reply : 

  On 2/2/2012 at 9:52 AM, Hooligan said:

Might be the best picture ever, there. One problem, though, you're missing Wagin Hasu!

Not a problem it is in one of my other pop max boxes........

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ww2farmer reply : 

^{By type then size...usually plano deep 3700 size boxes. Square bills get a box, lip less cranks in another, medium divers , deep divers, jerkbaits, top waters........etc. You probably get the picture.}

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Hyrule Bass reply : 

mixed altogether in one box LOL. i dont have that many though, maybe 20-25...

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SausageFingers reply : 

Size, depth, brand.

I keep similiar colors together.

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Al Wolbach reply : 

Separate boxes, shallow, med, deep, jerkbaits, rattlebaits.

The only time this is a problem is if I fish a tournament in someone elses boat. Then I load boxes just for that event. I also load/unload some boxes for different times of year. Jerkbaits early spring/fall, deep crankbaits hot months, etc

This post has made me think about what I carry. I carry probably 150 different crankbaits and have at least that many in the garage but truely only use a dozen or so, normally. I should probably rethink my own storage.............Al

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bigbassctchr101 reply : 

I store them in boxes by brand and model. Norman DD22's another box for Spro DD, another for Bandit 200's, etc.

Before I actually go out for a tournament I usually raid a couple of these boxes, taking usually 2 of each of my preferred colors each of different brands that I will be using--- 2 sexy spros dd, 2 rootbeer dd22's, 2 etc. etc. etc... I just arrange these in boxes of depth.

So when I'm fishing in a tournament, I usually have a box of several brands for top, shallow, mid, deep, spinnerbaits, buzzbaits, terminal, several totes of plastics and jigs.

That keeps my boat lighter, easier to find things, and I still have plenty of choices.

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Phoenix_1953 reply : 

I guess I'm in the same circle as Red, just a few that I know really work in one Plano box. I'm slowly rebuilding my collection. D vorced, D card, D boated, and D tackled. Oh well, back to Wal Mart.. hahaha

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detroit1 reply : 

What goes in the boat depends on time of year. I use an old Plano Magnum (double-sided) to carry my hard baits.(it will hold about 80) I also use a tool tote that i use on the deck that holds about a dozen hardbaits,spinrb8s, etc. that i plan on using. Probabally 75% stays at home....

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loodkop reply : 

I've got my fat free shad tied on and my DD 22 in the box with the lipless cranks.

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clayton86 reply : 

For me they all go in one box im not a crank bait guy sobi only have a small collection 20 or so then a whole box just for my smithwicks

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EastTexasBassin reply : 

I sort mine by depth. Topwaters and wakebaits in one box, shallow runners in another, then medium and deep in the next. There is one box I call the "elite" box, that is occupied only by cranks that have caught a bunch of fish. These "special" cranks have earned Triple-grip KVD elite trebles. I keep stock hooks on cranks until they earn something better.

That being said, I don't fish cranks that much...lol, I'm mainly a jig n plastics angler these days.

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bigfishbk86 reply : 

Depth for sure. At least to me, its the only way that makes logical sense.

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iceintheveins reply : 

Depth.

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Geoff Sandvik reply : 

Thanks guys, I guess I just got to find the time to set them up now!

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radtech reply : 

most of mine are in one box. I write how deep they dive with a permanent marker on the bottom lol

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