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Location: Pulaski, WI | I saw the post on glidebaits, looking at my meager tackle box, I don't have many crankbaits. What is your favourite crankbait and why? |
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Location: oswego, il | For crankbaits, I love depth raiders, slammer deep divers, lip rippers, grandma deep divers, zams(zalts too but they can be consideres a jerkbait) mirrolures, I will probably add more as my mind starts working again, just locked up. |
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Location: Pardeeville, WI | Wileys, because you can troll it fast.
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Slammer Cranks, by a long shot. Quality bait that cranks, twitches, jerks, and catches as many muskies as any out there, by a quality builder and some pretty vertical booth personnel assistants. Sorry, SVL, had to take the shot. |
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| The triple D has become my new go to bait, but my favorite cranks before that are the Depth Raider and Slammer Crank. |
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Location: WI - Land of small muskies and big jawbones | My favorite are Crane crankbaits. They are not as durable as a lot of others but they work for me so its worth it. When you get them you have to be sure the lips are in straight or sometimes they will not work right. Cranes seem to give off more vibration than other crankbaits I've used. I think that is what makes them so effective. |
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Location: Illinois-Indiana | Without a boubt it would have to be the Slammer cranks and the DDD.
These two lures accounted for more fish in my boat this year than any other lures. They are both very versitile (cast, twitch, troll) and most important just plain CATCH FISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!;)
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Location: Kawarthas, Ontario | I've got a variety of favourites like Wileys, Stalkers and Jakes, but hands my true favourites are my own baits like the one I attached. I caught 130" of muskie on this bait in the first 5 times it was in the water. |
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Location: Kawarthas, Ontario | I've got a variety of favourites like Wileys, Stalkers and Jakes, but hands down my true favourites are my own baits like the one I attached. I caught 130" of muskie on this bait in the first 5 times it was in the water.
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Location: Racine, Wi | I would have to say that for trolling, I run alot of Depth Raiders. Casting, no doubt, the Slammer Deep Divers, and the DDD. |
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| Jointed Baby Depth Raiders, Jointed Grandmas & the Ledgend MeeNee |
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| Trolling Grandmas has been my #1 bait. Casting Ernies and Shallow Invaders are two favorite casting options. |
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Location: Wauwatosa, WI | I like all crankbaits, but one of my go to baits are straight depth raiders (sucker) and jointed DR (pearch). The 3D seems good, but I haven't connected on them yet.
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Location: MIlton Ontario Canada | definatley the DDD and a close second would have to be any type of believer
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| All around-Triple D. A true suspending bait
Wood cover-Straight Depthraider 'cause it backs out on the pause
Trolling-Grandmas, Jakes,Believers and Tuff Shads
Twitching-AC Shiner and TR Twitchers
So many baits, so little time!The new Slammers and SS Shads will get a workout this year. Steve |
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Location: Eagan, MN | I'm surprised there are no votes for the Believer. It's probably the most versatile lure made, period. I use both the 8" and 10", jointed and solid. Great on the shallow setting over weedbeds. The jointed is my 'go to' choice for night fishing -- rod tip held high, crank just fast enough to keep it below the surface. Awesome trolling baits for both rock and weedlines, and great hooking percentage. It's the most weedless crankbait I've ever used, and its bouyancy keeps it from snagging rocks when trolling. Easily my top producing crank.
It looks like Steve and Matt must have been writing their posts at the same time I was. Good to see some other Believer fans out there.
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Location: Oconto Falls, WI | Without a doubt the Triple D, Bagley DB08, and Cisco Kids. They all just plain catch fish. Triple D's and Bagleys are great in cooler water temps (but still awesome in warm water as well), and the Cisco Kids I like when not wanting a suspending bait. Triple D's and Bagleys are very easy to "work", and the cisco kid just has a certain action to it that the fish love. |
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Location: Minnetonka , MN. | Jake 1) I have a lot of them
2) I don't like my right arm
3) The fish like them (will have to try the oil thing) |
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| Slammers for deep presentations.
Cranes for twitchin'.
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Location: Davenport, IA | My favorite crankbaits are cranes and big game twitchbaits. They are both lightweigh (not durable) balsa wood. The big game cranks run a little deeper than the cranes. There is so much you can do w/ these baits. They are very versatile and catch fish too. |
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Location: north central wisconsin | Jakes for most of my river situations. Cranes a close second there.
Jointed Depth Raiders for trolling and night fishing.
All around favorite for casting in clearer and most natural lakes is the Hi Fin Trophy Diver. Very versital lure that I can weight to acheive different actions, running depths, and degree of buoyancy.
I like the newer grannies too and did well with them in 03, but need to experiment more with them for more than one season before they become a true favorite. |
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| SLAMMERS.
I am particularly fond of the deep divers, but will be happy with any of the 12 or so that I have.
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Location: Winnipeg | Jakes and grandmas all the way!!! |
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Location: Eastern Ontario | Definatly has to be the Believer, it catches a tonne of fish and the biggest of them. I can't wait to get my 13 inchers.
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Location: Just above the thermoclime | For shallow to mid depth, Terminator Crankbaits (T3's are awesome)
For deep water, Ernies & Depth raider.
Color depends on the environment - I don't lock myself in to a specific color. I do tend to prefer darker tones though. |
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Location: Neenah, WI |
Cranes and Big Game crankbaits work great in the 1 to 6 ft range after that the Triple DDD pretty much takes over.
TR Twitchers are pretty nice also.
Hook em' Hard
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Location: Ogden, Ut | Favorite or most productive? My fav is currently a 6" Slammer in perch color - I absolutely love the bait, it looks good in and out of the water and you can work it almost any way you want. The problem is the fish have been less than impressed...probably operator error.
My most productive is a tie between (this should peobably go in the 'crankbaits...don't laugh at me' thread, but oh well) a J-13 Rapala in firetiger and a Berkley Frenzy in firecraw. Lots of fish (up to 44") on both, the Frenzy makes me especially nervous as they certainly aren't the most durable of baits.
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Location: Pulaski, WI | Anyone like the Shark from Riverrun or the Super Stalker? |
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Location: Chicago, Beverly | Does it have to be a Musky Bait? If not first and foremost the Mann's Baby 1 Minus...it has seen some Pike and musky, in addition to tons of bass. Otherwise if we are talking just musky, 7.5" Jointed magna strike Garndma's, Rapala Super Shad Raps, Believers/Swim Whizz's. Why? Because they all work great for me. I have to get me some of those Countdown Super Shad raps though...Too bad no-one in the USA sells the darn things... |
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Location: NeverNever Lake | 9" original Grandma. Big fish seem to really be drawn to em. Way easier to work than a Jake. |
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Location: Madtown, WI | Depends on the applications!!!
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Triple D all around best for my confidence! Awesome tool. Love the depthraders when I want to grind rocks and make some noise...Jakes too.
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Location: menasha wi 54952 | Travis said it best......CiscoKids......a great all around crankbait. Crank it deep or bend the lip for some serious shallow twitchin!!! |
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| Juggernaut 8 inch Boomerang, hands down the best action I have ever seen on a crank, and you can twitch it to boot. I cought 3 in late september at a lake I will not disclose. Downside is you can rarely find them cause the guy who makes them only makes so many a year and lives in WV . If anyone knows how I can hook up with Mr. Juggernaut let me know. |
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Location: Kawartha Lakes, Ontario | Without a doubt the Believer is my #1 crankbait because of its versatility. I can troll it down to 21 feet to reach deeper structure or up as high as 6 feet to cover shallow weedlines and rock shoals. I can cast it and crank or twitch it. I can even slowly crawl it across the surface. It's a deadly lure that catches big fish no matter where or how you fish it. |
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Location: New Berlin,Wisconsin,53151 | I like a 10" Jake, You can fish twitch it shallow or crank it to the depths...get tired of casting and you have a bait that will troll 15 to 20 ft. Big baits catch big fish. |
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Location: MPLS, MN | Grandmas and Depthraiders. Because I had the most success on them. |
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Location: IL | My new Kieth Eldrap SUPER CUSTOM Triple D is my new favorite. This top secret version of the Trip D is insane!! We call it the "S.O.Trip D".
THANKS to all that posted Triple D.. that means a lot to us at ERC(seriously) |
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Location: Southern W.Va. | Don't laugh but a 7" Cordell Red Fin has moved more fish than anything in my box. A 5" Slammer in Perch color as caught the most. I'll raise them on the Red Fin and then switch to the Slammer.
Works for me!!
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Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin | Good to see you back Mauser !!! |
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| without a doubt,woodies are the best for lake st. clair. 5and a half for spring 6 for summer. carp best colour |
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Location: Presque Isle Wisconsin | TripleD- Makes all the right moves and can be modified by hook weight to rise-suspend-sink
Original Ernie- Great structural contact and back out capability.Nice erractic action can be acheived over open water
Sinking Shark ( Straight model ) Big fish lure when fished deep. The twin leader attachments give it an unparreled set of options and actions
Cisco Kid-Great open water bait with good action in the right hands
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Location: Chicago, IL | DDD |
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| The old 9" grandmas are second to none at triggering fish. Since my supply continues to dwindle due to broken lips, the 10" Jake is filling in very nicely. I don't care for the lip on the new grandmas. I also catch fish on DR's, Ernies, and Bagleys. Can't wait to try a couple DD's this summer, I think they'll really rip.
J.Sloan
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Location: Appleton, WI | There's so many good crankbaits out there. The most consistent producers for me have been Jointed Shallow Raiders, Depth Raiders, Cisco Kids, Triple D's, Jakes and Believers. Jointed Believers have been the money makers for me as of lately.
catch ya later,
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Location: Black Creek, WI | I'm addicted to erratic action yet am a total control freak with lures. I want to fish fast and I want to fish slow. I fish deep.... I fish shallow..... and often want to do both at the same time. I target aggressive fish but often end up finessing reluctant fish. I don't have a lot of time, so changing lures often is not an option. Oh yeah... and I am brutal on baits so I need something with excellent durability to withstand my abuse, neglect, and tinkering habits. That is why I like crankbaits. I have many favorite cranks... but the two most well known are probably the TripleD and the Jake.
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