good cranks

[bigbritt]

going to be doing a little trolling here at night, what are some of your fav. cranks for this. i have used the reef runners, husky jerks, tail dancers....just want to see what you all think are the best out there.

[DuluthGuy]

All you have listed is fine - I could add about 12 more.

However, you need to be more specific.

Water temp? Clarity? Depth? Structure? Speeds? Current? etc.

Then I can go into My Brands, size, colors, lines, depth, etc. etc.

B2

[bigbritt]

i will be fishing this weekend so i think the temps will be in the 60's or so. i will be trolling some deep weed edges and shallow sand flats. i will be trolling at a number of speeds to see what is working best. the water is pretty clear, but does get turned up with a little weather which is forecasted for the weekend. there, is no current really besides wind blow.

[Rainman]

I relly like the shad raps, especially the jointed ones!

[DuluthGuy]

Shad raps are intermediate action (wobble/movement) lures (pretty good this time of year).

I like Husky jerks, bomber's, brad's lil rippers, ripsticks, fastracks, wally divers, etc.

[Northlander]

There are hundreds of good cranks/sticks out there. Like Duluth Guy said you need to be specific about where you will use them. What is water clearity, forage base etc.

I picked up some glass shad raps on a good sale at Fishermans Corner today and if they work as good or better than the regular shad raps Ill be very happy.

[luckyfisher22]

I like Rapala deep down husky jerks and Smithwick Rougue's model assrb, work wonderful.

Josh

[riverrat56]

I'll be trolling on lake that has very cloudy water from alge, 10-14 ft deep, lots of bullheads in the lake?

Any ideas?

[Mille Lacs Guy]

If you are fishing a like with a lot of Bullheads go with the Salmo Bullhead. You can't find Salmo lures everywhere but they are great. If you are fishing dark stained water I would go with a firetiger color. It's tough to beat that color in any situation.

[Quickstrike]

I also like hot-n-tots, thunderstick jrs, and little rippers for trolling for eyes. although it seems that every year something comes along that is the new "hot bait". I wonder what it will be this year.

[Borch]

I like to have a variety of bait regardless of the water conditions. I like to have a few long baits, short, shad style baits, baits that rattle, baits that don't rattle, floating, suspending, dark, bright or natural colors.

That said this time of year I like shad raps(deep, shallow, rattling, jointed), floating rapalas(original and jointed), rattlin rogues, thundersticks(reg & Jrs), Smaller wally divers, smaller husky jerks, etc.

Given the full moon this weekend, the time of year and water temps the first crank out of my box will be a #11 floating rap in rainbow. If that doesn't prduct I may switch to a rattling bait like a rattlin rogue floater or a Thunderstick jr in say chrome/black. I'll be working that 3-6 fow including the inside weed edge. If nothing goes I'll move a bit deeper and run a shad rap #5 deep diver in chatruese, shiner, sliver/black...

I'd have baits that I coould sytematicly cover and illiminate water with until I figure it out.

Good Luck!

[Borch]

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I'll be trolling on lake that has very cloudy water from alge, 10-14 ft deep, lots of bullheads in the lake?

Any ideas?

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Riverrat56,

I've had great results catching eyes in those types of lakes. One of my favorites fits that profile. I generally have great results pulling cranks in these types of lakes. However, I tend to catch my fish shallower than most fisherman target. During daylight or nightime I generally find lots of aggressive fish in the 4-8' water column. This pattern generally holds true through the summer as the bloom just gets more intense. If there are sparse to moderate weed growth it's just that much better up there.

If there's weed growth I'll usually opt for shad raps. Mostly because it's very easy feel the change in action even if you pick up a small weed piece. A quick snap of the rod with power pro and 90% of the time the lure will be clear again. Colors I like under those condtions are either dask or bright. Examples are perch, gold/black, crayfish, chartruese and firetger.

Good Luck!

[thewalleyeguy]

Wally Divers, Shad Raps, Reef Runners, and can't forget the Husky Jerks.

[Redline]

Perch colored Shad Raps are deadly.

[bigbritt]

i went out and got a few little rippers and glass shad raps. these glass raps look pretty good, have a rattle and a good shine to 'em. just what i was looking for, a good crank for night this weekend. we shall see, good luck to all.

[Aberdak]

Spring shorefishing in waders, I love floating Rapala 9, 11, and 13's firetiger for color. I found this lure on a lake and it had been used a bunch and it had abundant tooth marks on it. lures like that one have become my favorite. Isn't it interesting what you learn when you are walking around a lake picking up Misc. fishing gear.

[Tyler Holm]

Growing up, it was the gold (carp colored) #7 shad rap. That was an eye killer on the Missouri River!

[Team Otter]

A good selection of wally divers, shad raps, and reef runners is tough to beat.

[schweady]

#13 orig. floater rap in 'new blue.' Deadly the first few weeks.