Blue Streak Posted January 23, 2011 Posted January 23, 2011 Probably 90 per cent of my crank baits are silent, I never did get into the noisy ones. For a while it was difficult to find baits that did not have noise makers inside, now it seems the trend is back to silent baits again. What do you prefer and why? Quote
WanderLust Posted January 23, 2011 Posted January 23, 2011 Spooky fish or super tough bite = Silent or finesse for me. Otherwise its noise, vibration and flash. Quote
WdyCrankbait Posted January 23, 2011 Posted January 23, 2011 Good point! I was wondering the same. I have a ton of cranks that rattle, but not sure when, or where to use silent cranks. Thanks for the advice. Quote
jdw174 Posted January 23, 2011 Posted January 23, 2011 I'm about to find out. Bought a few of the new SK KVD 1.5 and 2.5 lures to try out this spring. Quote
Vinny Chase Posted January 23, 2011 Posted January 23, 2011 Good point! I was wondering the same. I have a ton of cranks that rattle, but not sure when, or where to use silent cranks. Thanks for the advice. It usually comes down to water clarity for me. Obviously when its dark/dingy water conditions I pick up a rattling crank, and vice versa. Also I exclusively fish rattles with deep cranks. I feel that the fish in that deep part of the water column are more incline to hit a bait with noise/rattling. A lot of that thinking comes from my experiences using both. Quote
bmadd Posted January 23, 2011 Posted January 23, 2011 Most of my baits are balsa without rattles. A good design can move enough water that a bass can find it easily in chocolate milk colored water. I do have some baits that have a single ticker in them but not many. You'd be surprised how much noise the split rings and hooks moving around make. Quote
whittler Posted January 23, 2011 Posted January 23, 2011 If you will just go under water sometime and listen to baits you will be amazed. Even crankbaits without rattles can be heard 8-10feet away and if a human can hear them a bass certainlly can, plus the vibration that we can't feel can be detected by the bass. A bait with a rattle can easily be heard from 50feet away, sounds like a little man with a hammer in each hand. Quote
Chaz Hickcox Posted January 23, 2011 Posted January 23, 2011 Out here in our heavily pressured water silent square bills will out perform the rattling ones. Probably because everyone is throwing noisy baits due to the dingy/murky water. IMO. Quote
Pa Angler Posted January 24, 2011 Posted January 24, 2011 I throw both letting the fish let me know what they want and they always do. Tight Lines Pa Angler Quote
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