Craw Colored Cranks

[Brendan Duffy]

I'm pretty sure there aren't crawdads in my reservoir, but maybe there are. The bass bite jigs pretty well, would they go after a craw colored crank? Would i be wasting my time with a craw colored crank? Thanks!

[Jacob Robinson]

Which reservoir are you fishing? Ive never heard of there not being crawdads in a place. I would think that they would hit a craw patterned crank. Ive never reallt thrown them much though. I stick with the shad and bream patterns mainly.

[florida strain]

i like craw patterns , even if craws aren't plentiful as in other places, they can still be caught w/ them, in the right circumstances. similar a shinner pattern in a lake that has more shad.

[Brendan Duffy]

Which reservoir are you fishing? Ive never heard of there not being crawdads in a place. I would think that they would hit a craw patterned crank. Ive never reallt thrown them much though. I stick with the shad and bream patterns mainly.

I fish a very small reservoir in southern NY that used to supply a TINY town. Maybe there are crawdads? I have no idea, how would I go about finding this out? Please excuse me if this is a rediculously stupid question.  ;D

[Jacob Robinson]

No, theres no such thing as a stupid question.

There should be crawdads in it for sure. Really the only way to find out is to try and catch one. I know people used to put meat on a string and throw it around rocks and stuff like that and leave it for a few minutes and slowly pull it in and see if there were any on the meat.

Im sure they are in there though. If not then i would still try a crawdad pattern. Ive caught bass on shad baits in places that didnt have shad in them. I dont think bass are really too picky. If it moves the right way they will inhale it.

[BobP]

Betcha there are craws living in your lake.  Yes, craw pattern cranks catch bass and spring is the classic time to throw them.

[RoLo]

I'm pretty sure there aren't crawdads in my reservoir, but maybe there are. The bass bite jigs pretty well, would they go after a craw colored crank? Would i be wasting my time with a craw colored crank? Thanks!

I'm willing to bet that crayfish inhabit your lake.

I'm also willing to bet that none of those crayfish travel through the water like a crankbait.

Roger

[hurricane_e]

I am always curious about craw colored cranks because for the most part they don't get anywhere near the bottom or act anything like a craw.  But they work!

[iceintheveins]

They work for sure, even if craws aren't that abundant. Every bass lake in my area (western colorado) has craws in it and most of them have lots of them.

[rodnreel11]

As far as some to try out, I'd recommend Koppers Live Target crankbaits.  The first ones they ever came out with were there craw colored ones.  I would choose a depth that will allow you to drudge the bottom, so if you're fishing in 5 feet of water use a crank that will dive 8-10 and really bang the bottom hard.

[retiredbosn]

Don't know why craw colored cranks work but they do, and not just worked on the bottom.  There are no shad in two of the lakes I fish but a Bomber Fat free shad in shad color works.  The main forage specie in one lake is creek chub minnow and blue gill, the other alewife.  But a shad shape and colored crank work in both lakes. Wouldn't think they would due to the different shape of the bait fish, both long and slender but a short fat shad bait still works.

[hookset on 3]

A fav. of mine has to be the Bomber Fat Free Fingerling in craw.

[BassThumb]

I'm sure there are craws.

I've had better luck with lipless cranks over billed cranks in the craw patterns.

[TommyBass]

I'm pretty sure there aren't crawdads in my reservoir, but maybe there are. The bass bite jigs pretty well, would they go after a craw colored crank? Would i be wasting my time with a craw colored crank? Thanks!

I'm willing to bet that crayfish inhabit your lake.

I'm also willing to bet that none of those crayfish travel through the water like a crankbait.

Roger

haha X 2

Crawdad color cranks are more a color thing than an acurate representation of a crawdad.  I only throw them if the water is muddy, similar to when you would throw chartruese. 

Bass hit chartruese cranks and I havnt seen any neon yellow fish swimming around. 

Just throw it, you would catch fish on it even if a crayfish hasn't been within 5 miles of your lake.