Echo 1.75

[WdyCrankbait]

Hey everyone,

    I wanted to ask how many people use these squarebills?  I used one today for the first time and thought it was pretty interesting.  Meaning, it is a % bigger than the KVD 1.5, (as to be expected) but the action was not what I thought, in a good way.  A lot more wobble in the head and tail of the lure on retrieve.  I did not catch anything on it, but no trouble casting it a ways out there as to be expected. 

Any other thoughts, or success stories with these?

Wdy

[Catt]

Don't do it!

It's a trick!

They want to get your arm broke!

[WdyCrankbait]

Mmmm, I do miss Louisiana's cooking, music, people, and bass fishing!  I wish ***atic could be tagged in this post.  I know he would chime in.  (Josh is a bass catching machine!)

[Cgolf]

Don't have the pictures to back it up, but they worked really well for me last year. The echo definitely has a different action than other squarebills I have tossed. The only downside is mine didn't like to be burned back. Essentially it is a fat flat bait which is quite different from other flat cranks I have seen.

[WdyCrankbait]

I agree CGolf, I think around some rocks or branches bouncing them off structure like that could be the ticket with the unique wobble it has.

[smalljaw67]

I only just got some and was mainly due to my buddy catch 3 nice ones in 3 cast while we caught nothing. The other thing was that every fish he has caught with that crank has been hooked really well, he told me out of the 30 or so fish he caught on it in the month he had it, that he hasn't lost a single fish, and the ones I saw him catch were no different, they were hooked solid, so I got 2 of them for this year. I got the chartreuse shiner pattern and the stump knocker pattern, I don't think I need a clear water option as I don't see that bait being used in anything but stained and dirty warer because it has a really wide and fast wobble and it is loud just like the traps.

[Catt]

53 minutes ago, smalljaw67 said:

I got the chartreuse shiner pattern and the stump knocker pattern, I don't think I need a clear water option as I don't see that bait being used in anything but stained and dirty warer because it has a really wide and fast wobble and it is loud just like the traps.

I've caught around 50 bass on em & all in clear cold water.

I think like the Trap they'll be a killer in cold water regardless of water clarity.

[Bluebasser86]

Have not caught a bass on one yet, but this dude ate it about as deep as a drum can get a crank, not even sure how this happens.

[kdfiter]

I just bought 3 of these this winter ,can't wait to try them  out 

[WdyCrankbait]

Welcome to Bass Resource kdfiter!

[Paul Roberts]

On 2/22/2016 at 0:47 AM, Bluebasser86 said:

Have not caught a bass on one yet, but this dude ate it about as deep as a drum can get a crank, not even sure how this happens.

Since you asked...

"Buccal pressure" -suction. Bluegills, being mostly mid-water suction feeders, produce some of the highest BP's bc of their small mouth and powerful muscles. Drum are primarily benthic suction feeders feeding on insect larvae and as a group drums are known to specialize on mollusks. However, as freshwater drum get big, they become more piscivorous, and their morphology actually changes with the mouth angling more upward. They certainly have the equipment to generate some serious suction.

[Bluebasser86]

20 minutes ago, Paul Roberts said:

Since you asked...

"Buccal pressure" -suction. Bluegills, being mostly mid-water suction feeders, produce some of the highest BP's bc of their small mouth and powerful muscles. Drum are primarily benthic suction feeders feeding on insect larvae and as a group drums are known to specialize on mollusks. However, as freshwater drum get big, they become more piscivorous, and their morphology actually changes with the mouth angling more upward. They certainly have the equipment to generate some serious suction.

Interesting. I promise this guy had some serious "Buccal pressure", and he did so with the quickness. He wasn't even that big either. 

 

[Paul Roberts]

2 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Interesting. I promise this guy had some serious "Buccal pressure", and he did so with the quickness. He wasn't even that big either. 

 

LOL, that is, as you said, "ridiculous!" And impressive. That drum had reached adult (piscivore) morphology: more terminal mouth and deep shoulders.

Ever try to catch a little fish with your hands? They can see, they can feel the water pressure around them, and if you manage to get lucky, they're slippery. Piscivorous fishes -whether its a bass or drum- are impressive. I used to do some falconry with a master falconer. What made him shake his head was not all that speed but what experienced birds could do in-close in a fraction of a second.

[corn-on-the-rob]

1 hour ago, Paul Roberts said:

Since you asked...

"Buccal pressure" -suction. Bluegills, being mostly mid-water suction feeders, produce some of the highest BP's bc of their small mouth and powerful muscles. Drum are primarily benthic suction feeders feeding on insect larvae and as a group drums are known to specialize on mollusks. However, as freshwater drum get big, they become more piscivorous, and their morphology actually changes with the mouth angling more upward. They certainly have the equipment to generate some serious suction.

Yea, on Erie, the jigging drum bite is very distinctive, either you get hit on the lift, or one very large thump when it's on the bottom. It's cool to know why now, thanks!