Crankbaits?

[carp master]

What is your favorite crank bait for Walleye?

For Perch?

[Dahitman44]

#5 or #7 white pearl Shad rap.

I love that one ...

[tunrevir]

Depends on where I am fishing but in general I like firetiger or purpledescent #5&7 shad raps. I also like the chartruese or blue pearl cd6 wallydivers.

Tunrevir~

[riverrat56]

#5 or #7 white pearl Shad rap.

I love that one ...

Hopefully you stocked up as it is now discontinued...

[riverrat56]

Way to broad of a question for the most part, but if I had to pick one crankbait as my favorite for walleyes it would be a #4 Red Tail Shiner Salmo Hornet.

[workin4bait]

shallow; f-13 black/sliver

deep; frenzy diver-white

[Team Otter]

Salmo Hornet, for sure but Shad Raps are always not far behind.

[Dahitman44]

Yeah - -I have like four of them I think. Man, in one of our clear lakes here in the Detroit lakes area it has been deadly.

[walleye365]

shad rap 5and7 in hot steel,purpledescent on this one i like to color the belly orange its made a big differance in bite ratio

[gregg52]

shad raps seem the most consistent

but also blue thunder sticks seem to catch a lota fish to

i'm talkin mostly on winnie

but perch colored shad raps seem to work every where

and huskys to

[tacklejunkie]

I tried crankbait fishing this past summer but didn't have any luck. Did well with spinners even on the same trip that I used a crankbait. Is it me?? I admit to having little to no experience with cranks for walleyes

[Chef]

shad rap 5and7 in hot steel,purpledescent on this one i like to color the belly orange its made a big differance in bite ratio

Ditto

[toddb]

Scheels may still have those pearl whites. I saw some last time I was there but can't remember if the were straight or jointeds.

toddb

[FutbolGuru]

Shad Raps in #5 Perch,Firetiger, or Walleye Patterns. Otherwise I love the original raps in shallow. The new 'light colored' perch is the go-to in less than 11'.

[tgruenke]

This may sound like a stupid question but when using a crankbait and casting it, do you want it to tick the bottom or be two feet off? I don't think walleyes will come up very far for lures or amd I mistaken. Thanks for the help.

[PerchJerker]

when using a crankbait and casting it, do you want it to tick the bottom or be two feet off?

Honestly, it depends. Sometimes the fish want it digging into the bottom, and banging it off rocks and giving it some erratic action can trigger the fish. Other times, if the fish are up off the bottom and/or aggresively chasing baits, you'll do better being up higher.

The same goes for pumping the rod tip, sometimes the jerk - pause will trigger the fish, and other times a steady retrieve is better.

The key is to experiment, and pay attention to what you're doing when you're getting bites, so you can repeat it.

[tgruenke]

Anybody us Husky Jerkss? I'm thinking of trying those this year.

[PerchJerker]

Anybody us Husky Jerkss? I'm thinking of trying those this year.

I use them in the spring and a lot in the fall, not too much during the summer though. I troll deep husky jerk-baits in the summer at times.

[solbes]

Deep husky jerk #12 is my best walleye lure. Spring, not so much.

X-rap 10's, and Shadraps (5,7,&8) are my other good producers. I bought some Minnow Raps (9 & 11) that I hope to work into the rotation this year.

[RIVERCHASER]

My fav crank is the MinnoRap in FT color.

A good crank bait that they discontinued was the Berkly Frenzy and you can't beat the frenzy for a good value at under $5.

[1eyeReD]

Anybody us Husky Jerkss? I'm thinking of trying those this year.

I've trolled successfully with the non-deep diver model of Husky jerk-baits in 6' to 10' of water in spring. But my favorite method of use for these shallow running suspending jerk-baits (along with X-Raps) is casting from shore to gravel bars, inlet mouths of lakes and along rip rap dams during late evenings. I havent' found too many lakes in MN with the right habitat to pursue eyes in this fashion but will continue my search and let those who ask know of my progress.

Good pick for a minnow crank, nonetheless. I recommend pickin up a few HJ's... In fact I was at Cabelas taking advantage of the 25% off deal on Rapala lures and stocked up on a few HJ10's..

Fav colors include Firetiger, gold, clown and perch colors. I've done well with the new fancier stuff like glass perch and hot head or hot steel X-Raps.

Fav sizes are HJ08, HJ10, XR08 and XR10. Try smithwicks too. Haven't tried them personally, but some people swear by them.

Braggin/Sharing pics:

1ER

[Northlander]

That 1 is a real nice eye there 1eyered. Congrats.

[OnAFly]

Nice work 1eyeRed, I'm a big fan of the clown and firetigers too, as I'm sure a lot of others are on here.

I've used the smithwicks before. They work well.

[1eyeReD]

Thanks guys. I'm fixin to pick up a few smithwicks in preperation for the season. I just picked up several Minnow Raps in MR09 and MR11 size as those have produced well trolling the on the 'sip'. The boat's ready to go and man, I'm so excited about spring's shallow water eyes I can barely contain myself.