Favorite square bill crankbait

[Fish the Mitt]

Another vote for the KVD Series by SK.

 

It's more of a "my local shop is always stocked, and they catch fish" type of thing. Why fix what's not broken I guess. Never seen the need to branch out on squarebills.

[Jeepin]

what hooks do you guys use to replace the hooks the kvd comes with

[Dorado]

On 3/6/2018 at 5:00 AM, ww2farmer said:

The SK KVD's are my go-to square bills.

 

They work for me year round, from 50 degree water in early spring, right through summer, and into late fall until the water temps fall back into the mid-low 40's.

 

The come through grass better than any other square bill I have ever tried.

 

I mostly use the 1.5 + 2.5, don't care for the 1.0. It catches too many rock bass, and is difficult to cast on my preferred square bill throwing gear. I have never used the large ones.

 

I keep it simple with colors, usually blue gill, orange belly craw, chart./black back, and chart. sexy shad.

 

Hooks get changed out of the package. #4 Mustad KVD elite triple grips on the 1.5, the same hook in a #2 on the 2.5

 

 

I learned a tough lesson the hard way tonight on swapping out those stocked hooks. They are garbage! I set a solid hookset on a nice 4# Largie tonight on a KVD 1.5, Chart./Black Back and she throw the hook on the second jump. I’ll pick up those Mustad hooks this weekend and do a hardware exchange on all my SK KVDs. 

[scaleface]

6 hours ago, Dorado said:

I set a solid hookset on a nice 4# Largie tonight on a KVD 1.5, Chart./Black Back and she throw the hook on the second jump.

That happens to me no matter what hook  I'm using .