How To: Fish A Craw

[rubba bubba]

What I dont understand is why do some people insist on using a VERY

Crawlike" bait on a Dropshot 12-24 inches off the bottom?

I just never could understand how this could be effective

There are many baits/presentations we don't understand why they are effective but they are.  If using a craw on a drop shot produces, that's enough for me.

[Big-O]

I teach a wide spectrum (age/experience) of anglers and it amazes me that when the subject of craw worms, especially big craw worms comes up no one equates them to the Texas Rig regarding them as jig trailers only.

In my book one of the most deadly yet widely over looked big bass baits is the Texas rigged craw worm and I aint talking just flippn'/pitchin'/punchin' either but ole school bottom bumping Texas rigging.

YEP!!!! During this years Pickwick Roadtrip, myself and two of our HERO Soldiers caught around 400 quality SM and LM bass in three days with T rigged Rage Craws and 1/4 to 3/8 oz colored Tungsten. We tried to feed'em other style baits but they kept begging for T rigged CRAWS...Hate it when that happens

Big O

www.ragetail.com

[brushhoggin]

    I need to retrain my thinking. I've always considered craws to be fished towards the end of the year during the cooler months.  summer is more of  lizard season to me so this is good, widening my options, thanks for the post.

[matstone7]

I need to retrain my thinking. I've always considered craws to be fished towards the end of the year during the cooler months. summer is more of lizard season to me so this is good, widening my options, thanks for the post.

Craws are actually the very first bait of the season I begin with. They may always be there but, I was always told that as the water temp reaches 40 degrees, the crayfish begin to stir and soon become a primary food source.

[brushhoggin]

I need to retrain my thinking. I've always considered craws to be fished towards the end of the year during the cooler months. summer is more of lizard season to me so this is good, widening my options, thanks for the post.

Craws are actually the very first bait of the season I begin with. They may always be there but, I was always told that as the water temp reaches 40 degrees, the crayfish begin to stir and soon become a primary food source.

maybe cause they're relegated to hunting along the bottom before a flip, when the temps are warmer down there

[lavbasser]

What are some of your favorite weighted hooks?  Does anyone make them small enough for small plastics like a baby brush hog?

[brushhoggin]

What are some of your favorite weighted hooks? Does anyone make them small enough for small plastics like a baby brush hog?

Moaner hooks get a lot of credit. also the YUM hooks that are intended for their money minnows are good hooks

[Delaware Valley Tackle]

Excellent post...thanks for sharing! 8-)

[flippin and pitchin]

This post got my curiosity up.  I took the time to research the biology of crayfish.  They are a fascinating creature.  I didn't know there are over 400 species, they molt around late May and into June and consume their expended shell to replenish their calcium.  They are not relegated to the bottom only but spend a significant amount of time in the upper canopy of vegetation.  There's much much more.  What I learned will make me a better angler.  Thanks again for the post.

[rboat]

Great post. I am curious, how do rig the craw? Does the hook go in the narrow worm end; or with the hook in the top front end between the claws ? Thanks.

[EastTexasBassin]

Craws live on the bottom,unless they are fleeing from a predator,they are on the bottom.As fishermen /women we all know this

What I dont understand is why do some people insist on using a VERY

Crawlike" bait on a Dropshot 12-24 inches off the bottom?

I just never could understand how this could be effective

My #1 bait on the dropshot is the ragetail baby craw.  Whether or not we understand it, the fish like it.

[Red]

Great post.  The t-rigged craw has been one of my best baits this season, it is also responsible for my PB which you see in my avatar picture.  It was a Green Pumpkin Rage Craw to be exact with a colored Tungston 1/8 bullet weight.