best suspending crank/jerkbaits?

[mainbutter]

I'm hoping to fish more suspending lures this upcoming season and am planning out spending and what I want to purchase.

For the most part I've fished cranks more aggressively and don't have any suspending lures in my tackle box. This has been a bit of a shortfall I intend to fix

That said, I know from my own lure making efforts that tuning a lure to be "perfectly" balanced is difficult. Do some "suspending" lures suspend better than others? Do they usually require additional tuning, and if so how do you go about it (just adding an extra split ring or something for weight?)

[Chode2235]

The husky jerks are tough to beat. I am also a big fan of the lucky craft pointers too.

Spring jerkbait fishing is one of the best times of year. You can catch more fish by accident than you can catch all year.

[Esox_Magnum]

For bass and eyes, my go to is an X Rap size 8 I think.

[bucketmouth64]

Xrap or smithwick rattlin' rogue.

[OnAFly]

X-Ra[s have been good for me. I like the feathers on the tasil hook. Gives a good swimming look.

[harvey lee]

I am a big fan of the Smithwick Rattlin Rouge's and I do bellieve I have 350 different cranks. I also like the shallow shad raps for the shallow waters.

I also use the Storm Thunderstick cranks for fall fishing.

[pushbutton]

like husky jerks in the spring and storm's jointed reef runners in the fall. i have never really needed to tune very much other than a little right or left.

[Ed Carlson]

The Salmo Suspending Stings are very good, a very hot pick on many of MN's larger lakes. I also keep a good stock of the larger Husky Jerks on hand.

Smithwick Rattlin Rouge's have there place in the suspending models, I have caught a lot of big eyes on them as well.

[prov1900]

+2 on Husky Jerks and Lucky Craft Pointers. The Rapalas are a lot more affordable and will catch you just as many fish. The paint job on the Pointers are something to behold, however. You will have tears streaming down your face when a snake northern trashes one

[newmember]

as mentioned husky jerks and x-raps... but i also love yo-zuri's crystal minnow (suspending). the crystal minnows come in either suspending or floating. they have a really crazy flash/reflection to them. great with bass and walleyes.

[PartyWhine]

Husky Jerks are a top 3 lure for me.

they catch everything and can be fished multiple ways.

I don't even bother with the others anymore

[TurnUpTheFishing]

Lucky craft pointers, hands down. Great paint schemes, great components, awesome shimmy action.

[solbes]

For fun in the spring around opener, try casting some X-rap 10's into the shallows. Jerk them aggressively a couple of times (10-15 feet) and then wait, wait, feel a nudge, wait, and see those nort's smash them. Just a blast! I think we caught 15 in an hour last year doing this and they were ALL on the pause.

Nice alternative to the jigging for walleyes in the early morning on opener.

[mainbutter]

Do plain jane x-raps suspend??? I thought they floated like the original floaters!

[goblueM]

plain jane x-raps? to the best of my knowledge they only make suspending x-raps

[solbes]

X-raps are suspending, no floater models. If you haven't tried one yet in the first month of open fishing, I highly recommend them. They originally came out with only one size (10 I think), but they now go smaller and larger in size.

After middle of June, I start to move on to other choices. But I use the X-raps at least 30-40% of the time in early season.

Oh and I am going to try some Pointers too. Maybe even paint up some knock-off Pointer 100's.