Favorite bass crankbait!

[Ksam1234]

Hey everyone I just started using crankbaits (idk why so late) but what's everyone favorite crankbait to use! About to hit up the local cabelas and get cranking !

[Jig Man]

Bandit 300s and wiggle warts for me.

[roadwarrior]

Norman Fat Boy (Redear pattern)

 

[Looch]

The old chrome body blue back rat-l-trap. Really digging the Berkley warpig too

 

not really bass fishing but Wally divers and reef runner deep divers for trolling for walleye on Erie are my 2 favorite trolling crankbaits. You do pick up bass, both smallmouth and largemouth as well as the odd muskie doing this at certain times of the year but it's a walleye technique. Wally Divers arent bad casting lures either. 

[DCales84]

H20 Xpress line of crankbaits from Academy Sports. I've wrecked em' this year on the CRS squarebill. Good paint, hooks, and sound. Can be bought on sale for 2-3$ a piece. I also have a truckload of Strike King squarebill lures which are also great quality but at a higher price. 

[WDE]

I've found that the Academy brand H20 Express work well enough without spending much, so I don't flinch if I have to cut it off of a snag. The trebles seem to bend a little easier than I would like, however. 

 

I regularly use, and have success with, the Ghost Shad lipless and Bluegill squarebill. 

[Catt]

Bill Lewis Echo 1.75 that Rat-L-Trap sound

[BuzzHudson19c]

KVD 1.5 and lately I've been loving the Rapala scatter rap crank.

[scaleface]

How deep ? I have different favorites for different depths .

[Ksam1234]

Anyone ever had any luck with the megabass shad looking crank baits! And thanks for the input guys !

[Basseditor]

I catch more fish on a Strike King 6XD than any other crankbait. Fish it from 10-20 feet deep.

 

shallower than that, I like many different brands of baits.

[hstaple1979]

In my home lake, Strike King 5XD this time of year. Earlier in the spring I use the Strike King square bill (2.5 I think?) Black back Chartreuse color, sometimes Sexy Shad. By far my favorite crankbait.

[Ksam1234]

I picked up some kvd series in the 1.5 and xd and the rapala DT in the 6,10 and 14! So I hope works good. 

[crypt]

Mann's Baby 1-       but lately started using a lot more is Bill Lewis Echo 1.75......think it's gonna become my favorite soon.

[Gundog]

Cotton Cordell Big O. The 3 inch model in natural crawfish. The wobble catches big smallies in the springtime muddy water. 

[Bucky205]

My Favorite bait if buying new, 1/2 Oz Chrome/Blue Rattl Trap. They sink at about 1 FPS so offer lot of versatility on depth.  Vary your retrieve until you figure out what they will hit.  Once I bang the finish off I use steel wool to take the rest of the finish. A sharpie and spray paint creates the new finish and you wind up with different colors.  I tend to throw them where I probably shouldn't so they eventualy get lost.  You can buy 1/2 oz factory seconds off the web for about $1 a piece, lots of 20.  There is an assortment of crank baits in the box, but this is by far my favorite.

[Bankbeater]

In shallow water it is the Mann's 1 minus. In deeper water I have been using a 1/2 ounce rat-l-trap. 

[Jaderose]

Traps and one I can't mention because it is discontinued and I've been quietly cornering the market  on them on the 'bay.

 

[jr231]

If the shad rap is included then that's my answer by a long shot. Without a doubt my biggest bass on cranks have came on these. The jointed version as well. 

 

Might wanna try some jerkbaits. They work year round. 

[Bass & Boilermakers]

Berkeley pitbull 5.5 for me. I find it runs that perfect tricky depth between shallow and mid range that most other cranks seem to ignore. 

[bowhunter63]

Been using Baby 1 minus or Rapala DT series

[Munkin]

LC RC 1.5 

 

Allen 

[A-Jay]

There is no way I could pick just one ~ No Way.

This is one of my favorite boxes however..

A-Jay

 

[flatcreek]

Red eye shad

[Raul]

I have caught thousands with Rapala Shad Rap, Bill Lewis Rat L-Trap, Storm Wiggle Wart, I do have many other brands but those three stand above all.