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re: Shallow running crank bait
Posted on 3/14/12 at 9:46 am to AboveGroundPool
Posted on 3/14/12 at 9:46 am to AboveGroundPool
quote:I had one of my top 5 of all time trips with one of those. Hydrilla growing to within 1' of the surface at Cleco near the shoot. November misting rain. They would hit it and make a splash like a topwater bait. It was unreal.
Mann's baby one minus is the answer
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Posted on 3/14/12 at 9:59 am to Fishhead
I think I'm gonna try to paint some like you did. Any recommendations or tips? What kind of paint etc.?
Posted on 3/14/12 at 10:10 am to WeagleEagle
I'd think nail polish would work well
Posted on 3/14/12 at 10:24 am to Boats n Hose
I used it on a spinner bait head, but still have not used that spinner bait.
Posted on 3/14/12 at 10:25 am to AlxTgr
You had a whole thread on trying to make the perfect spinnerbait and never used it? 
Posted on 3/14/12 at 10:27 am to WeagleEagle
Sandblast. Spray paint (tape is your friend). Glitter. Clear coat.
Don't forget to take the hooks off and tape the bill.
Used to repaint all old cranks we had in the box and slaughter em on the homemade colors
Don't forget to take the hooks off and tape the bill.
Used to repaint all old cranks we had in the box and slaughter em on the homemade colors
Posted on 3/14/12 at 10:34 am to Boats n Hose
Was never able to go back to that place
Posted on 3/14/12 at 11:26 am to WeagleEagle
Actually, the one in the picture was 'painted' with Sharpie type pens, then epoxied.
Posted on 3/14/12 at 11:29 am to The Sportsman
Got some pics of your spray painted balsas?
Posted on 3/14/12 at 12:09 pm to Langston
We paint bandits. The balsas remain untouched and only used for tournaments
Posted on 3/14/12 at 12:12 pm to The Sportsman
I've never really used crankbaits.... What type of condition( around cypress knees for example) call for one to use a crankbait?
Posted on 3/14/12 at 12:13 pm to Tino
No grass to contend with.
So almost never
So almost never
Posted on 3/14/12 at 12:16 pm to The Sportsman
quote:
balsas
Who makes balsa cranks? Aren't some of lucky craft's wood?
Posted on 3/14/12 at 12:17 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
I've never had a whole lot of success with them but I was under the impression they're good around grass lines and over submerged grass.
Posted on 3/14/12 at 12:19 pm to Boats n Hose
They are great for that if you can keep em out the grass.
Mine plows into the grass once and im pissed at it though. Thats why i like the footloose. I bury it far less and catch plenty fish in gibson on it.
Mine plows into the grass once and im pissed at it though. Thats why i like the footloose. I bury it far less and catch plenty fish in gibson on it.
Posted on 3/14/12 at 12:24 pm to Tino
quote:
I've never really used crankbaits.... What type of condition( around cypress knees for example) call for one to use a crankbait?
I didn't really use them much until the last couple of years. You can run them through grass, but be prepared to spend a few seconds after each cast picking grass off.
My favorite way is to bounce them off of structure, like trees or cypress knees.
I use the deep diving crankbaits around piers.
Posted on 3/14/12 at 12:26 pm to Tino
I use them all the time
Posted on 3/14/12 at 12:34 pm to The Sportsman
quote:THIS RIGHT HERE
I use them all the time
Love me some crankin'. Lipless cranks work better in grass IMO. It's easier to keep it in the top of the grass. It gets hung up?? No problem, rip it free and hold on.
I bang crankbaits into everything - rip rap, submerged timber, docks. The more you bang it around, the more fish you're going to catch.
Posted on 3/14/12 at 12:40 pm to Devious
what he said...don't get pissed when you get caught up in grass, get the right rod for the situation and rip it through, they will smash it
Posted on 3/14/12 at 12:41 pm to joeleblanc
1.5 KVD square bills
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