Lets talk Crankbaits...

[Mike J]

So how do you guys attach your cranks to your line. I usually use a snap swivel or a Rapala knot, but was wondering if there was a prefered way or if it even mattered. I've heard that snap swivels can hinder the way the lure works, but I've never really experimented to see the difference. The last time I was out I used the Rapala knot to attach my snap swivel, but again, I didn't pay much attention to whether or not the lure moved differently. So what are your thoughts on this.

MJ

[slopmaster]

does anyone use the cabelas grave digger cranks im going to order some and was wonder if anyone has tried them

[Deitz Dittrich]

Slop- Yep.. I use them.. very good crank for the price!

[fisherman-andy]

I've been using the Rapala glass shads, suspending minnows, rattlin raps etc. I especially like the glass perch colored ones.

[ikeslayer]

Mike J welcome i must say!!!! i always try and tie right to the lure using the Rapala knot. i will bet you that i am almost as fast at tieing a good know as you are with that snap swivel and i have confidence in my knot and know that i am gettting the best action in my lure. just my 2 bits. what does everyone else use for cranking knots or terminal tackle?? ike

[garage_logician]

I always use a crankbait snap to attach my crankbaits. For the metro area lakes I like Fat Raps and X-Raps. FireTiger is probably the most consistent but the black/silver patterns seems to work well. With the X-Raps the pink and sliver has been good for me.

When fishing the northern tea stained lakes anything orange works well. For three years running I had caught a 6lb+ smallie on a lake in the Ely area with an orange and black floating Rapala. I would cast over the top of a very shallow and very small rockpile and crash it through the rocks. The same rockpile, the same lure for three years running served up a huge smallie. I lost the lure two years ago on the same rockpile.

I have others that are similar and work well, but nothing that has produced like that one lure. :-) Last year the biggest smallie I caught on that lake was 4lbs. A great fish but still after the streak I had it was kind of disappointing. ;-)

[Batman]

I don't fish a lot of cranks. Mostly weed edges and rock humps. Size would depend on depth inabling me to bump bottom. Fat Raps and DT's mainly. I didn't think I had a favorite color until looking at my cranks one day. It seems like it must be Blue back and chartruse sides by the large number meeting that description.