what are your favorite 2 colors for square billed cranks? 2024

Muad Dib reply :

just getting into square billed crank baits. looking for some time time tested colors.

I have a rapala dtfat 3 in firetiger chartreuse 1/2 oz. was looking for another.

also didnt realize the dtfat 3 is a silent runner.

thanks guys

.dsaavedra. reply :

dtFAT03 in olive shiner is my favorite crankbait. anything in a natural looking silver or gold color is fine by me.

WanderLust reply :

Sexy Shad

Olive green with a white belly is money too.

River Rat316 reply :

For square bill shallow divers I almost exclusively throw firetiger or black back with chartruese body. Red craw ain't bad either

Stasher1 reply :

Bluegill or Redear

Hot Mustard

Olive Shiner is a good one, too.

florida strain reply :

pearl white and red colors

5bass reply :

Tennessee Shad

Chartreuse Black Back

hercdoc reply :

Down here in the Mobile Delta I have great success with anything in a black splatterback. Especially a Bandit 100.

VABassin'14 reply :

Brown with black stripes down the side and an oragne belly. I have a Cotten Cordell big O in this pattern and that lure has caught me many quality fish. I use it in both clear and stained water with success. Second would be a blue and silver with a white bottom.

Chaz Hickcox reply :

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Tennessee Shad
Chartreuse Black Back

X2 The Excalibur has some really good looking XCS's in these two colors. I also like the citrus shad from them as well. In Rapala colors I would most certainly go with their Parrot, Hot Mustard, or Chartreuse Shad.

ww2farmer reply :

In the case of the DT Fat03, I like the orange belly, gold side, brown back color Rapala calls "Crawdad". Second would be brown back/chart belly.

Ima Bass Ninja reply :

Chartreuse w/ blue back and red craw.... if i get a third option it would be white with blue back. The blue back CB's are thrown around docks and lay downs and the craw is thrown around rocks.

Primus reply :

I like the Lucky Craft RC 1.5 in the Ghost color & Copper Green, I've done extremely well with these baits.

tholmes reply :

1. Something that looks like a shad.

2. Something that looks like a crawdad.

3. Something that looks like a bluegill/green sunfish/redear/bream.

Tom

ww2farmer reply :

BTW the DT Fat03 is a great crank to start with, but branch out a little, there are days when that big bait with wide wobble just doesn't seem to interest them. You don't need to spend a ton of dough, Bandit 100's are a good smaller square bill, and they often work very well for me on days the DT Fat03 is not catchng much.

Grey Wolf reply :

Rootbeer , white.

lynyrdsky1 reply :

Crawdad with orange belly, sexy shad

philsoreel reply :

Lucky Craft

Chartruese Shad

Aurora Green Perch

Bandit

Blue Back Herring

Original Perch

KVD Square Bill

Sexy Blue Back Herring

Blue Gill or Tenn Shad ( Don't like the purple under the bill on Tenn Shad)

brushhoggin reply :

Chartreuse w/ black back

White

also another fan of the rootbeer

roadwarrior reply :

Red Ear, Norman Fat Boy

Vinny Chase reply :

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Red Ear, Norman Fat Boy

RW!! :-X

hah jk

.dsaavedra. reply :

i really like lucky craft's copper green also, i have a mini SR in that color and it crushes.

hitchhiker reply :

1-anything bluegill

2-anything shad

anyone have any luck with a baby bass colored one?

choupique reply :

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1-anything bluegill
2-anything shad

anyone have any luck with a baby bass colored one?

Baby bass is one of my favorite colors, along with pearl black back.

Avalonjohn44 reply :

Blue back Chartreuse (Parrot?)

Black Back Chartreuse

philsoreel reply :

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i really like lucky craft's copper green also, i have a mini SR in that color and it crushes.

I buy all my LC from the largest LC supplier in the US. Sometimes I'll call up and try to get a specific color in a mini sr or BDS 1 and they tell me that more and more colors in those models are being discontinued because they aren't selling. I can't for the life of me figure that one out. I catch the fool out of fish on those sizes.??? :-?

SoFlaBassAddict reply :

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1. Something that looks like a shad.
2. Something that looks like a crawdad.

3. Something that looks like a bluegill/green sunfish/redear/bream.

Tom

One of my favorite times to use a squarebill is when the gills start to bed on my lake here. Just start bouncing them around and then pull the crank off the banks into the deeper water. Get ready to hold on.

tkite16 reply :

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Tennessee Shad
Chartreuse Black Back

That'll about cover it right there

bmadd reply :

It's hard to beat what 5BL chose. Those are two solid choices

BassThumb reply :

Black/chart.

Black/pearl

Chaz Hickcox reply :

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Blue back Chartreuse (Parrot?)
Black Back Chartreuse

Blue Back Chart is different for different companies. It's not parrot in Rapala though. In the Xcalibur series it's called Foxy Mama. In addition to the blue back it has a white belly and an orange stripe down each side.

Carrington reply :

dtfat 3 is a great bait, but also try the new spro fat johns. But for favorite color, i would say either ghost or a natural shad type color.

bpNClgmouth reply :

#1 - Ghost Minnow

#2 - Firetiger

InLikeFinz reply :

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Tennessee Shad
Chartreuse Black Back

X2. These are my favorites as well.

Aluma-Bass reply :

TN shad or bone white color

bosshogg reply :

Golden Shiner in tannic stained water

Chart with black back in green water

Silver with Blue back in clear water

This is my go to starting color selection,then variations from these.

Pa Angler reply :

Shad and Bluegill.

Tight Lines

Pa Angler

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