Red Craw Cranks After the Spawn

[iceintheveins]

We had a later spawn this year, and so in one lake they are just now wrapping up and into their postspawn mentality. Do you guys still do well with red craw colored cranks this time of the year, or is that more of a spring and fall type color? The water clarity is stained to heavily stained, about 2 to 4 feet of visibility.

[Bluebasser86]

I like a red craw crankbait anytime the water has a heavy stain to it. I've done very well during the summer months with a red craw crank in muddy water. 

[smalljaw67]

I sometimes feel that Bluebasser86 has a fishing style that is very close to my own!!  I fish a couple of lakes that are stained all year and those places my number one crankbait color is red craw no matter if it is Spring, Summer, or Fall. For some reason it seems that pattern works if off color water better than most, the exception is when it gets muddy, that is when I go away from red and use a chartreuse with a black back, but heavy stain I go with red or red craw.

[papajoe222]

In many of the waters I fish in Wisconsin, the water has a greenish tint and a red or orange colored crank is the first color I tie on. 

Dont get the idea that the water needs to be stained, or muddy in order for one to produce during the summer. You're imitating a craw and as long as you're working it slowly and banging it off cover or the bottom, it does a good job of doing just that.  A great time to switch to a craw colored crank is on heavily pressured waters where the fish see a lot of shad or perch colored cranks. It's not only something natural looking, but it's different from what the fish are seeing regularly.  

[iceintheveins]

Thanks guys, I will put a couple in my starting lineup box early tomorrow from my main cranking box. They have caught me plenty of fish this year, especially earlier.

[Spankey]

Great post. I've been working reds into my Crankbait fishing a bit more the last few years. Trying to build a confidence in it. Been working out some in tidal. 

[Bankbeater]

Earlier this year a friend of mine put me on to using red or orange baits in muddy water.  Now I keep a couple in the box just in case.

[RoLo]

 

KVD is not particularly color-conscious (adverts aside of course), but Kevin has stated

that he believes that bass in Texas seem to prefer red cranks during the pre-spawn.

I personally have never identified any color favoritism, but will lean to lighter colors in clear water

and darker colors in dark water, regardless of seasonal period. 

 

Roger

[iceintheveins]

Not much of a crank bite today period, a couple TINY ones on a fire tiger bomber fat a and a firecraw model A.

[Spankey]

4 hours ago, iceintheveins said:

Not much of a crank bite today period, a couple TINY ones on a fire tiger bomber fat a and a firecraw model A.

We've been getting a lot of rain, heavy to stained is the norm now. My colors of choice also along with a few other chartreuse patterns. We just got hit hard again overnight and early am. I'll throw some red this weekend. I got hooked some on red the last years from you guys talking about it. 

 

In my area ive never seen red a part of the craw fishes life. Orange yes but never red. I got to talk red with Ish Monroe one time for a short while but I'm sure he was referring to tidal situations. So that's where I've been breaking them out some. 

[NHBull]

For shallow cranks, I really don't think it matters as much as think.

 

I throw a good deal of red, but others have equal luck on tiger, chartreuse, white bellies.

 

 

[Maico1]

"Rayburn Red" is a classic color and don't be afraid to throw it all year long.....