spinnerbait vs lipless crank

[florida strain]

what works best for you.. i prefer a lipless crank over a spinnerbait

[Raul]

Neither works better than the other for me.

[Tin]

There are a ton of factors that go into that. It all depends on the lake, conditions, ect ect...

[ToledoEF]

Depends, they work better than the other at different times lol!

[florida strain]

i know thy both have a place and time , but i catch more on a lipless at least 3:1 catch ratio but im not a spinnerbait expert , alot of people swear by the spinnerbait , but i produce more with a lipless crank

[Grey Wolf]

Sounds to me like you don't fish spinner baits enough to make a qualified evaluation.

[Fishes in trees]

For me, they are both situational baits - for different situations.  I'll use a spinnerbait when there is too much stuff - brush, cover or vegetation,  for a rattle bait to come through clean.  Using a rattlebait to tick the tops of the grass is different.

[Catt]

Two different tools for two different applications 

[Raul]

The lure you use the most for different reasons will be the most productive so you can 't say it 's better X than Y.

Let 's put an example, I 've got tons of soft plastic baits in all shapes, forms, sizes and colors, all of them catch fish but most of the time I fish a straight tail worm, so a straight tail worm ( nowdays, Zoom Trickworm, back then when dinosaurs ruled the earth Mann 's Jelly Worm ) is my most productive soft plastic bait.

In my experience the percentages of what I catch and with what I catch it between the main 3 baits: cranks, spinners and soft plastics/jigs are pretty much even, 30% cranks, 30% spinnerbaits, 30% soft plastics/jigs, 10% other baits.

[florida strain]

The lure you use the most for different reasons will be the most productive so you can 't say it 's better X than Y.

Let 's put an example, I 've got tons of soft plastic baits in all shapes, forms, sizes and colors, all of them catch fish but most of the time I fish a straight tail worm, so a straight tail worm ( nowdays, Zoom Trickworm, back then when dinosaurs ruled the earth Mann 's Jelly Worm ) is my most productive soft plastic bait.

In my experience the percentages of what I catch and with what I catch it between the main 3 baits: cranks, spinners and soft plastics/jigs are pretty much even, 30% cranks, 30% spinnerbaits, 30% soft plastics/jigs, 10% other baits.

i agree mabey i should have made a poll.. if someone knows how to add a poll  ..please add poll

[Chaz Hickcox]

The lure you use the most for different reasons will be the most productive so you can 't say it 's better X than Y.

Let 's put an example, I 've got tons of soft plastic baits in all shapes, forms, sizes and colors, all of them catch fish but most of the time I fish a straight tail worm, so a straight tail worm ( nowdays, Zoom Trickworm, back then when dinosaurs ruled the earth Mann 's Jelly Worm ) is my most productive soft plastic bait.

In my experience the percentages of what I catch and with what I catch it between the main 3 baits: cranks, spinners and soft plastics/jigs are pretty much even, 30% cranks, 30% spinnerbaits, 30% soft plastics/jigs, 10% other baits.

X2 To compare these two baits is to compare Apples to Oranges

[Josh Bassman]

Two different tools for two different applications

Help me out. I do pretty good with a spinnerbait, but don't use my lipless cranks very much... there is dust on them. I would like to catch some fish with a lipless. How would you use a lipess crank in a deep water lake? I mostly fish long points. Thanks.

[Big Bait Fishing]

Two different tools for two different applications

Help me out. I do pretty good with a spinnerbait, but don't use my lipless cranks very much... there is dust on them. I would like to catch some fish with a lipless. How would you use a lipess crank in a deep water lake? I mostly fish long points. Thanks.

for deep lakes , wich is where i throw my lipless crankbaits the most , i throw the 3/4 oz. red eye shad and cast it out as far as i can and then just let it shimmy it's way down till it hits bottom then start a fairly slow retrieve with litle pauses to let it fall back down to the depth i want to work it at . i find that fished slow is the most productive retrieve for me .... 

[Catt]

Two different tools for two different applications

Help me out. I do pretty good with a spinner bait, but don't use my lipless cranks very much... there is dust on them. I would like to catch some fish with a lipless. How would you use a lipess crank in a deep water lake? I mostly fish long points. Thanks.

Your first problem is you have to get them suckers wet!

I would start by throwing a lipless crank in the same places you throw & under the same conditions as a spinner bait.

Don't be fooled into thinking a lipless crank baits are only deep water tools, I throw one in 18-24" of water by simply hold my rod tip high while continuing a steady retrieve.

[BassThumb]

Two different tools for two different applications

Help me out. I do pretty good with a spinner bait, but don't use my lipless cranks very much... there is dust on them. I would like to catch some fish with a lipless. How would you use a lipess crank in a deep water lake? I mostly fish long points. Thanks.

Your first problem is you have to get them suckers wet!

I would start by throwing a lipless crank in the same places you throw & under the same conditions as a spinner bait.

Don't be fooled into thinking a lipless crank baits are only deep water tools, I throw one in 18-24" of water by simply hold my rod tip high while continuing a steady retrieve.

Exactly. I fish lipless cranks in shallow water all the time and rip them free when they snag on weeds.  Along with a jig, these may be the 3 most versatile lures in my tackle boxes.

[Josh Bassman]

"Your first problem is you have to get them suckers wet!"

LOL, Thanks Catt

I'll try dipping them in the water next outting... baby steps.

I will just have a force myself to use them. Maybe I won't bring anything but lipless cranks.

[florida strain]

thanks for the input

[rat-l-trapper]

Spinnerbaits produce less than any other lure for me. Lipless cranks catch more than anything else for me though.

[roch1]

Both work equally well for me. I will fish what the conditions call for, but there is something about throwing a lipless that I love over the spinnerbait.

[quantumtrue]

for me the spinnerbait is far more productive but I think its just a situational bait also and everyone has always got there go to bait as well

[CAdeltaLipRipper]

It really depends on what situation you're fishing.They both work well in stained or murky water, but sometimes the bass prefer the flash of a spinnerbait or can see it better or other times they would hit the shallow crankbait because of the noise (assuming it has ratttles in it) or on somedays they'll eat them both up.

[florida strain]

Sounds to me like you don't fish spinner baits enough to make a qualified evaluation.

maybe you or someone could help me find ''THE ONE'' brand,blade,skirt,weight w/or w/out trailers or trailer hooks would be helpful,  ..i fish mostly stained vegetated  water..

[quantumtrue]

dont really know if you like them or not but i have had the most success with the terminator titanium in a 1/2 ounce chartreuse/white skirt and no trailer the titanium frame of the spinnerbait seem to withhold the abuse of banging against structure