Shallow Crankbaits

[vaparrothead]

Did a search on subject and didn't find anything to help me so here's the question.  I've been using a Mann's minus one crank for shallow fishing.  I don't know of any other cranks that run that shallow; can anyone recommend any other shallow running cranks?  

Thanks,

[Avalonjohn44]

The best out there, as far as I'm concerned, (and I Own and use LC and Megabass lures) is the inexpensive little Bandit 100 and Bandit Footloose cranks.  There are a million colors to chose from, I have never had a problem with them running true, and their hooks are great and sharp out of the box.  They are very sturdy too, and thier paint holds up very well.  The only problem I've ever had with bandits is the same problem I have with Mann's.  They sometimes get a scummy glue residue on their bills out of the box.  This rubs off though, and is only a slight bother.

The 100 series goes from0-4 feet, and the Footloose series dives only to 1 foot.  

There are some square lipped Bagley B-1s that work very well too, but for price, color selection, and ease of obtaining them, the Bandit is the best out there.  Mann's also has a new premium version of their minus series out there, but I was not too impressed with their looks so have not tried them.  I don't know if Bomber makes a very shallow bait, but I do not catch the amount of fish on similar sized bombers as I do on Bandits.

[vaparrothead]

Thanks Avalon; just the kind of good information I can always find on this site.  I'll find some Bandits and give 'em a try.  

[flyphisher #]

Shallow cranks I use the most:

Norman fatboy

Rapala DT3 and DT6

Ole Woody shallow runners

Lucky craft flat cb's

Bandit flat maxx....

[Fishin49er]

Bomber Square A

[roadwarrior]

My PB was fooled by a Norman Fat Boy, bluegill pattern.

The Bomber Square A is a fish magnet.

I bought the Lucky Craft Rick Clunn 2.5 & 3.5 but haven't actually fished them yet.

Tak won the Classic a couple of years ago fishing the Bagley BII.

[erice97699]

NAILED A 6 POUND PLUS ON A LC RICK CLUNN AMERICAN SHAD YESTERDAY...

LC MAKES A SSR MODEL THAT IS SUPER SHALLOW

I ALSO LIKE THE FOOT LOOSE BANDIT CRANK BAITS

ERIC

[Raul]

Shallow Shad Rap

SubWart

Bug Eye Bait

XPS Shallow Crank

BPS has a bunch of shallow runners in it 's line of Lazer Eye cranks.

Bagleys Bs

[FishTank]

My favorite is the Moonsault SSR in Ghost Minnow.

[Deuceu72]

I like the bandits as well, and also will throw a Strike King 1X.........

[Guest whittler]

When fishing shallow, especially shallow cover, I like wood baits that displace alot of water and no rattles. For plastic baits the Norman Fat Boy and Bomber square lip are hard to beat. For wood baits here is my favorite.

[logger]

Bagley Small Fry (they make 2 bream colors and crappie patterns) They make them 0-1ft, 0-4ft, Awesome baits. Cabelas has them for $6, but I found mine in a sale bin at BPS for $2.50.

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/links/link.jsp?id=0037595113575a&type=product&cmCat=search&returnPage=search-results1.jsp&QueryText=bagley+small+fry&N=4887&Ntk=Products&Ntx=mode+matchall&Nty=1&Ntt=bagley+small+fry&noImage=0

[Munkin]

0-1' Mann's baby 1- is the best hands down but that Bagelys bream like logger posted works well for lake LM. For 3-5' Bandit 100 has been my go to bait for 3 years but this year my #1 crank is that LC RC 1.5. So far this year about 75% of my fish have been caught on the LC bait.

Allen

[mike bat]

i just picked up 4 bomber balsa b lures a few weeks back ...... they are sweet they run real shallow ,,, like a foot or two down ...... i love em   and the action is sweet ,,, i wanna chomp them when i see them .... ;D

[Stringjam]

Sisson Slim Willie - - completely different action than you will normally see in a shallow flat-sided bait, you can almost get jerkbait-like action out of it.  Nobody uses them for some reason.

Catching Concepts FPC2 - - another flat-sided bait with a really crazy action.

There aren't a lot of crankbaits that run less than 1' no matter what - - most of the ones listed so far in this thread will dive much deeper depending on retrieve, so if you are JUST looking for baits that you can reel at any speed and distance that run less than a foot, I would look at the Bandit 100 or other cranks with a near-vertical lip, if not, you have a lot more options.  

The old Rapala shallow Fat Rap with the vertical lip is a great finesse crank for shallow water - - they're discontinued though and getting harder to find, they still pop up on ebay pretty regularly though.  

[Bankbeater]

Storm makes a sub-wart that runs about a foot deep.

[MALTESE FALCON]

My favorite shallow crankbaits are:

shallow Shad Raps

Bomber square "A"

Cotton Cordell "Big O"

Rattlin Raps #05 or #07

Falcon

[Guest Bountiful_Waters]

Bandit 100's are my search bait. I love the rootbeer color. Big selection, low price, good sharp hooks. There are a number of custom painted bandits on ebay that are quite unique if you're in to that.

[Anglin]

give the bomber Model B a try, i've personally had a lot of succes with both the bomber model B's and the bandit 100's

[The_Natural]

I throw quite a few, and my favorites are:

RC 1.5

BDS 1 and 2

Moonsault CB50 and CB100

Bandit 100

Bagley B2

WEC Wobbler

I'm probably forgetting a couple, but I routinely throw those.  I've been hammering them on the BDS1 lately...

[NEBassMan]

Love the Mann's Baby 1-, but also really like the Bomber Square A.

Jason

[Cajun1977]

[Pond-Pro]

I realy like the Norman Fatboy in bluegill.

Also I liked my bomber Square A's until my hooks rusted.  

Cajun, what cb is in the top picture?