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Best Crankbait and Fav Bass worms

Post by fishingmachine » Thu Feb 12, 2009 6:09 pm

What is your guys fav crankbait I am looking to stock up for the next bass season.
Also what is your fav worms besides senkos
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RE:Best Crankbait and Fav Bass worms

Post by BassinBomber » Thu Feb 12, 2009 8:17 pm

For me, in the past, while I was "Chuckin" my go 2 Crank was the Rapala Jointed Rap in Perch Pattern,..I have all the Patterns available,..but for the "small cranks" the Perch pattern bar none has out performed the rest,..as of the end of last season though I throw more Swimbaits then anything else,..I like the challenge of locating and catching the LARGER BASS,..the biggest Smallie caught on the Jointed-Rap was 3.5 lbs and the biggest LMB was 3.15 lbs! The Perch Pattern worked very well on WaWa where there is an abundance of Perch as far as other bodies of water just "Match-The-Hatch"!

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Post by tnj8222 » Thu Feb 12, 2009 8:33 pm

to me a rapala isnt even a crankbait but a minnow plug. kinda like a jerkbait, i wouldnt call that a crankbait either. but thats just me.

i have fav cranks for different lakes. for silver i like the bandit 100 series the blue splatterback. for the lakes in king county i use a black and gold skeet reese crank that dives 6-10 feet. the most important thing in crankbait fishing. like most bass fishing tech is to make sure your lure is bumping structure.

for worms i like power worms, 7 inch+.
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RE:Best Crankbait and Fav Bass worms

Post by fishnislife » Thu Feb 12, 2009 8:44 pm

My favorite worms are the WCCT Money Worm and Western Stik, Sniper Snubs and Culprit's 10" and 12" when I go big.
LuckyCrafts or StrikeKing crankbaits are the best because of quality, but seriously, save the money and get Brad's or Storm.
Find the patterns and styles that you like to throw and then upgrade.

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Post by BassinBomber » Thu Feb 12, 2009 8:44 pm

tnj8222 wrote:to me a rapala isnt even a crankbait but a minnow plug. kinda like a jerkbait, i wouldnt call that a crankbait either. but thats just me.

i have fav cranks for different lakes. for silver i like the bandit 100 series the blue splatterback. for the lakes in king county i use a black and gold skeet reese crank that dives 6-10 feet. the most important thing in crankbait fishing. like most bass fishing tech is to make sure your lure is bumping structure.

for worms i like power worms, 7 inch+.
OK,..I'd say more like a "Rip-Bait" then!

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Post by fishingmachine » Thu Feb 12, 2009 8:47 pm

no i dont need colors
I have quite alot of rapalas
Just looking for some others

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Post by Kevin K » Thu Feb 12, 2009 8:50 pm

With respect to crankbaits, it depends. If the lake/river has any wood in it, then I prefer the Timber-Tiger cranks by Worden's because they come through wood great and also have a great action. For open water or weeds, either a lipless crank, a fat bodied crank. Minnow baits like Rapala follow. For worms, after senko-type bait, is a ribbon-tail worm/grub. Brand is less important than color.

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Post by tnj8222 » Thu Feb 12, 2009 8:50 pm

BassinBomber wrote:
tnj8222 wrote:to me a rapala isnt even a crankbait but a minnow plug. kinda like a jerkbait, i wouldnt call that a crankbait either. but thats just me.

i have fav cranks for different lakes. for silver i like the bandit 100 series the blue splatterback. for the lakes in king county i use a black and gold skeet reese crank that dives 6-10 feet. the most important thing in crankbait fishing. like most bass fishing tech is to make sure your lure is bumping structure.

for worms i like power worms, 7 inch+.
OK,..I'd say more like a "Rip-Bait" then!

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yeah, jerkbait rip bait pretty much the same thing. that perch pattern does look really good though.
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RE:Best Crankbait and Fav Bass worms

Post by kzoo » Thu Feb 12, 2009 8:52 pm

Bandits are good quality crankbaits, they usually swim well out of the packets and the finish can handle the punishment. They do have a more muffled rattle sound.

I like using strikekings eventhough I don't care for quality, the finishes comes off pretty easy and sometimes you need to tune them out of the package. The rattles are louder and a tighter wobble than bandits. I've had more luck with strike kings.

My favorite colors are fire tiger, crawfish, and blueback with a white belly. If I had to choose one color for an unknown lake, I'd use firetiger.


If you want to dropshot, I like using sniper snubs, robo worms and I'm using some of the berkley gulp products.

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Post by kevinb » Thu Feb 12, 2009 10:08 pm

Ok,you guys can give me the finger(lol) because you've heard me say it way to many times.
The Rapala X-Rap has delivered/produced so many bass for me in '08 and I hope it will continue
into '09,granted,most were average but I had a few hefty's in the mix.
As for worms...I'z got 2 get me sum beta skilz(its a work in progress)

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Post by Nik » Thu Feb 12, 2009 10:36 pm

tnj8222 wrote:
BassinBomber wrote:
tnj8222 wrote:to me a rapala isnt even a crankbait but a minnow plug. kinda like a jerkbait, i wouldnt call that a crankbait either. but thats just me.

i have fav cranks for different lakes. for silver i like the bandit 100 series the blue splatterback. for the lakes in king county i use a black and gold skeet reese crank that dives 6-10 feet. the most important thing in crankbait fishing. like most bass fishing tech is to make sure your lure is bumping structure.

for worms i like power worms, 7 inch+.
OK,..I'd say more like a "Rip-Bait" then!

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yeah, jerkbait rip bait pretty much the same thing. that perch pattern does look really good though.
What about the rapala DT series? those are certainly crankbaits. anyways one to try would be bombers. they make several different styles and most have good hooks, good paint, and run true.

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Post by Anglinarcher » Thu Feb 12, 2009 11:27 pm

There are a lot of good crank baits, so you can define crank bait as you wish and I can suggest some.

Nevertheless, I find I have a lot of the Fat Free Bombers, lots of Jointed Shad Raps and their Cabela's imatators, several Rattle Traps, with a few of just about everything else tossed in.
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Post by AaronE » Fri Feb 13, 2009 9:46 am

Every tacklebox should have at least one big fat wakebait, like this one:

http://www.tacklewarehouse.com/descpage ... L-XWB.html#

I have two of the chrome/black ones and I've caught fish every time I've used it, in both sunny conditions and wind/rain. It actually works better in wind conditions from my past experience, but it also produces when the lake looks like glass.

Joe's usually sells these cheap at their tent sales. Keep an eye out for them next time there's a tent sale - I got both of mine for like 3 bucks each.
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Post by Trent Hale » Fri Feb 13, 2009 9:55 am

I like the big cranks natural colors and the cuprit 10-12 in worms black has got to be the best color then junebug, grape shad, green pumpkin, goard green. Also try plastic craws T-riged.
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Post by Bisk1tSnGraV » Fri Feb 13, 2009 10:37 am

For worms the 5" Zero in watermelon w/ red flake was my best last year. I moved to the Yamamoto creature and am thinking it should get hit a bit. Well I am hoping anyways. I also picked up some craws to try this t-rigging and to be trailers on the jigs. WCCT hooked me up on their new craw trailers ... boy do they look sweet.
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Post by BassFanatic » Fri Feb 13, 2009 2:23 pm

Bomber Crankbaits have shown me allot of love last year, my personal bests have been caught on them.
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Post by BassDood » Fri Feb 13, 2009 2:23 pm

My favorite crank is a Fat Free Shad in Tennessee Shad color. Caught a lot of fish with that one. Next would be a Bomber Model A in Baby Bass. I got away from worms the last several years due to the amount of other plastics available. I need to start that back up and not limit myself. I do toss a lot of Yamamoto 5 in grubs rigged weedless.
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Post by fishnislife » Fri Feb 13, 2009 2:47 pm

Bigbass Dez wrote:IM BRINGING SEXXY BACK, YEP !!! YOU MUTHA FO'S DONT KNOW HOW TO ACT, YEP!!! :-$

I thought we were keeping this underwraps. #-o O-well, yes this pattern and crank produced for me this year too. Wonder were DezyPooPoo got the idea to throw it. :-#
StrikeKing Sexy Shad medium runner Fat Body. I will have to check the model # to be exact. But definitely a great crank.





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Post by Bigbass Dez » Fri Feb 13, 2009 4:35 pm

fishnislife wrote:
Bigbass Dez wrote:IM BRINGING SEXXY BACK, YEP !!! YOU MUTHA FO'S DONT KNOW HOW TO ACT, YEP!!! :-$

I thought we were keeping this underwraps. #-o O-well, yes this pattern and crank produced for me this year too. Wonder were DezyPooPoo got the idea to throw it. :-#
StrikeKing Sexy Shad medium runner Fat Body. I will have to check the model # to be exact. But definitely a great crank.





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