Small crankbait ID

[MassYak85]

Fishing from shore this season I found this little guy hanging in a tree. It's a pretty small crankbait, possibly intended for crappie fishing but I had never seen one like it before, I cut the hooks and split rings off because they were totally rusted and broken. Has anyone ever seen one of these?

 

 

[wdp]

Looks like a Strike King Bitsy Minnow. 

[fishwizzard]

I think I found the same one last summer by the Potomac river.  

[Outdoor Zack]

1 hour ago, MassYak85 said:

Fishing from shore this season I found this little guy hanging in a tree. It's a pretty small crankbait, possibly intended for crappie fishing but I had never seen one like it before, I cut the hooks and split rings off because they were totally rusted and broken. Has anyone ever seen one of these?

 

 

 

That will slay bluegills, panfish, and little bass.  

 

I use Rebel teeny wee r's a lot

[Brayberry]

Definitely the Strike King Bitsy Minnow.  A killer crankbait for bluegill, crappie, perch, small bass

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11 hours ago, Bunnielab said:

I think I found the same one last summer by the Potomac river.  

 

Slide a short piece of surgical tubing where the hook meets the eye, and put a split tail something on the hook and go look for snake heads. I think I know who lost that...

[fishwizzard]

Interesting, so the tubing is to help hold the hook on?  I found the lure with two rusted trebles on it, but removed them.  I have been using the double hooks more and more on my small cranks and that seems like a good way to secure them a bit better.  

 

The idea of a trailer on a micro crank is breaking my fragile mind, though I want to believe. 

[Drew03cmc]

Those cranks work super well up shallow here in KS for bass. Even bigguns will eat them.

[MassYak85]

Thanks guys, now I just need some hooks for it