CRANKBAIT-CAN YOU IDENTIFY THIS bait?

[Cranks4fun]

I just bought this lightly used flat balsa (I think) crankbait. The eyes, red gill slits and the small black dot are glued on and have a clear-coat finish over them. You can feel the edge of those. The eyes are "sparkley" stick-on type. The Diving bill looks like Lexan or some clear plastic (It's NOT circuit board). the bait is flat, in case that is not obvious from the picture. I think it is a custom or limited run  (semi-custom/ small shop) bait. Can anyone identify it? 

[shovelmouth83]

looks like a old rapala crank.

[Bluebasser86]

Looks like a Stanford Cedar plug.

[lo n slo]

maybe an old Poe’s Balsa Wood crankbait?

[Cranks4fun]

Thank you guys, for trying. It is not a Poe's or an old Rapala. It is thinner than the thinnest Poe's, even the Pro RC series. I am going to look at the Stanford Cedar plugs and compare it. Thanks again. If you find any more close comparisons, please share them and I'll do a Google image search.

[Backroad Angler]

Honestly it looks like a strike king somethin?

[soflabasser]

LOOKS LIKE A GOOD CRANKBAIT FOR MURKY WATER

[WRB]

Doesn't look like a Stanford, they have a coffin shape deep diving bill and the head top is too rounded. It looks like a home made from a wooden kit to me.

Tom

[Avalonjohn44]

The dot at the bottom reminds me of a Georgia Gulp Crank, but the eyes are all wrong. I'm stumped. The wavy back makes me suspect WRB is correct.

[Cranks4fun]

Thanks for taking a stab at it, guys. It could be a homemade crankbait but if so, the guy was very good. The hangers are lined up very straight and and the bait was slotted perfectly for the bill connection unlike some Poe's and Bagley's cranks you find. I think I will coat it with 2-ton clear epoxy like I do some of my Shad Raps to make them more chip resistant. It might turn out to be one of those sleeper baits I use for special situations.

[islandbass]

Looks custom built to me and reminiscent of the rapala and Bagley flat cranks and even a few I made. 

 

Sadly, I can construct them but can’t paint worth a dam (intentionally misspelled,lol).

[Munkin]

Stnford would be the closest but this looks custom.

 

Allen

[Bluebasser86]

A guy can buy preformed wood blanks and paint them himself, as well as a wide array of lip sizes and styles. I wouldn't be surprised if that's what you have.

[Harold Scoggins]

47 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said:

A guy can buy preformed wood blanks and paint them himself, as well as a wide array of lip sizes and styles. I wouldn't be surprised if that's what you have.

X2

I tried my hand at making cranks once, never did master the airbrush. These are a few crank bodies available at some tackle supply stores.

[islandbass]

5 minutes ago, Harold Scoggins said:

X2

I tried my hand at making cranks once, never did master the airbrush. These are a few crank bodies available at some tackle supply stores.

Indeed. I did mine (made 3 flatsiders) from scratch before I remembered I could have bought them online lol. Still can’t paint a darn. 

 

Hopefully i I posted the pic corrected. The crankbait with the red chevrons caught a 20+” rainbow trout. 

 

The teetch are are reminiscent of WWII fighter jets and my trademark. ?

 

The bass one I haven’t really fished with because I’m too chicken to lose it. 

 

The black top silver belly minnow went 2 for 3 on its first time out, in the rain. I might make a few over the upcoming winter break. 

 

They’re all made through wire vs screw eyes on because they’re balsa baits. 

 

 

 

[Scott F]

7 hours ago, islandbass said:

Indeed. I did mine (made 3 flatsiders) from scratch before I remembered I could have bought them online lol. Still can’t paint a darn. 

 

Hopefully i I posted the pic corrected. The crankbait with the red chevrons caught a 20+” rainbow trout. 

 

The teetch are are reminiscent of WWII fighter jets and my trademark. ?

 

The bass one I haven’t really fished with because I’m too chicken to lose it. 

 

The black top silver belly minnow went 2 for 3 on its first time out, in the rain. I might make a few over the upcoming winter break. 

 

They’re all made through wire vs screw eyes on because they’re balsa baits. 

 

 

 

Your paint jobs are just fine. The bass don’t care. Perfectly painted baits impress other fishermen more than they impress fish.

[Cranks4fun]

Thanks again for trying to help me, guys.

I'd be afraid to use that yellow crank that Islandbass painted. I wouldn't want to get bit!  Seriously though, Those do look cool. I hope you catch something on them.

I have two other flat balsa baits that I was never able to identify. I'll give them all a whirl and hopefully find a sleeper that I can use to humiliate my fishing buddies! I have a couple that I already want to keep under lock and key and I only fish them with braid for fear of losing them.

Last night I lost a Spro Little John MD knockoff (one of those Chinese copies with lighter rattles and solid black eye). I through it around some feeding white bass and a gar bit it shook his head and swam away with it. It was the very first cast with the thing! Gar were only created to be garden fertilizer and archery practice targets!