deep diving crankbait

[TonkaBass]

i know it's hard to pick just one, but what is your fav or go to deep diver??? Mine would have to be the down deep rattln fat rap just becoause I have a lot of confidence in it. Anyone ever spent time with the lucky crafts???

[OTBASSER]

Well lucky crafts are out of my budget but I agree with you on the Fat rap. I also like the DT series. Also at the right times I use Rat-L-Traps out deep ripping it through weeds in 15 to 20 ft

[TonkaBass]

Hey Otbasser welcome to fishingmn.com! I have a cabin in vining! lots of good lakes. The DT's are a given

[B K'S DAD]

My would the deep diving tail dancers.

[OTBASSER]

Used to live in Vining now I live on East Battle....my favorite lake....in my opinion the best all around lake in the area

[TonkaBass]

Great lake! I grew up on it and that's where my cabin is.

[OTBASSER]

Well I am sure I have seen you out there then and I will likely see you again out there. You cant miss my red and white "bathtub" tri hull lund!

[Deitz Dittrich]

I cant pick just one.. and will not, as weather changes I can predict which they will prefer. As wide wobble or tight changes every thing.. and so does floating or suspending..

But I will tell you my top few fave deep divers..

Poes 300 and 400's and 400+

Rapala DT 10's and 16'..

Fat Free Shads

Bandit 300's and 400's

Bagley Dredge

[LOTWSvirgin]

What do you guys use for a rod when useing deep divers

[Deitz Dittrich]

Shimano Crucial Crankbait(TC4) 7'MH (CRCC70MH)

[RK]

Hiya -

I rely on a fairly small collection that oddly enough loks a lot like Deitz's:

Poes 300s and 400s

DT-10s, 14s and 16s

Fat Raps - the old Balsa ones

Strike King Series 5s and Series 6s (I'm really getting to like these)

Norman DD-22s

Fat Free Shads

Bomber 6-As

LOTWSvirgin - farther down the board there's a long discussion of crankbait rods with a ton of good info on who uses what, and why.

cheers,

Rob Kimm

[Cecil]

I'm hoping to throw the DT20 a lot this year. As of right now it would be the DD Fat Rap and the DD22.

Don't even get me started as to what rod I will throw these bigger cranks with.

[Ray Esboldt]

I am kind of a fan, but not a fan of throwing crankbaits. I like throwing them, because I can concentrate on boat control in the wind a little better than trying to fish an 1/8oz. jigworm in a 20 mph wind. I hate them because I have a messed up left wing (tendinitis), and it's painful. My favorite deep cranks are absolutely the most painful:

Bomber Fat Free Shad

(old) Bagley DB2s

(old) Rapala Down Deep Fat Raps

[bemidjibasser]

Cecil, I take it you haven't found that perfect deep crank rod yet... Keep looking man.

I like to throw the old school poes 300 and 400 series as well. The Big Risto raps are another favorite of mine, along with a couple that I make myself that are flat sided. I have gotten them to hit 17-18' on a l..o..n..g cast. Trolling I have banged bottom in over 20' with my homemade baits. It's nice to have a bait that noone else has... =)

[TonkaBass]

bemidjibasser- you should make me some of those baits.

[tritonman]

Ray-

I'm always here to help a guy out. You can fish your jigworm in the back of my boat in all of your spots whenever you would like!

[Bigguyone]

I kinda gave them up last year - only made abotu 15 casts all year with cranks. I may add them to the arsenal this summer but I have moved to plastics mainly due to more enjoyable to fish (in my opinion) and I seem to do a little better on them.

I may throw a few DT this year but that is about all...and really only use them in the heat of summer down rocky faces.

[Ray Esboldt]

triton,

Now that is the ideal situation. Someone else control the boat, and I just fish. If I would ever just give in and buy a glass boat, I would probably like the wind even more. I'd probably be rooting for a 25 mph winds instead of 15 to 20.

I kind of rediscovered crank baits last year. I never really put them away, but I started taking them more serious. I have always thought of them as "find the fish bait," but now I treat them as an extractor. Much the same way as I would treat a jigworm.

[gunning]

whats your 2 or 3 go to colors in stained waters.

[TonkaBass]

fire tiger, hot mustard, and crawdad. I believe its whatever you have confidence in though. I have caught plenty of fish on all water clarity with natural baitfish patterns. My favorite color is the rapala sunfish color, it looks just like a little bluegill. But then again, you never have to choose just one, so I try and keep an open mind

[tritonman]

triton,

Now that is the ideal situation. Someone else control the boat, and I just fish. If I would ever just give in and buy a glass boat, I would probably like the wind even more. I'd probably be rooting for a 25 mph winds instead of 15 to 20.

I kind of rediscovered crank baits last year. I never really put them away, but I started taking them more serious. I have always thought of them as "find the fish bait," but now I treat them as an extractor. Much the same way as I would treat a jigworm.

Ray-

I'm down on Sam Rayburn and it was 20mph winds today and trust me, even in a glass boat it was bad! I need one of those china gals to walk on my back. Sorry for the highjack.

[goblueM]

For me its the DT series. Just pounded the bass on DT 16s last year. My usual standby, the #9 Shad Rap, was just not producing in August up by Leech Lake. Tried every other deep crank but the DT16 outproduced by at least 4:1

[Central Bassman]

Strike King Series 5s and Series 6s (I'm really getting to like these

Rob Kimm

I agree with you on Strike Kings Series 5, I have used SK Shallow running crankbaits since i go into bass fishing but last year i started using more and more of there deep diving bait and they catch fish. Ripping them threw the grass is deadly , There Red Eye shad is a great bait as well.

As far are Lucky Craft goes the only LC i have used is the RC 1.5 Crankbait. Great bait but a nice price tag on it as well. LC Pointers are great topwater baits.

[bemidjibasser]

Tonka- I really haven't looked into building for others. If you are serious about it, shoot me an email: [email protected]

We could go over the specs of what colors and all that good stuff.