Super User scaleface Posted September 12, 2019 Super User Posted September 12, 2019 19 minutes ago, endless said: so is chartreuse still a great choice or or not so great deep? Yes . I use firetiger a lot . Often I select color by what becomes untangled first . Quote
Super User WRB Posted September 12, 2019 Super User Posted September 12, 2019 The only way you will know how the rod performs with various crankbaits is go fishing and try them. Caution: the bait monkey invented crank baits. Colors can be confusing way too many choices. Where I fish the water clarity is good and both LMB and Smallmouth are sight feeders so using colors similar to the Threadfin Shad baitfish and crawdads are high percentage colors; ghost pearl white with silver stripes and dark brown/black with red. The problem is nearly every color will catch some bass, each lake will have it's predominate color. Tom 2 Quote
endless Posted September 13, 2019 Author Posted September 13, 2019 23 hours ago, WRB said: The only way you will know how the rod performs with various crankbaits is go fishing and try them. Caution: the bait monkey invented crank baits. Colors can be confusing way too many choices. Where I fish the water clarity is good and both LMB and Smallmouth are sight feeders so using colors similar to the Threadfin Shad baitfish and crawdads are high percentage colors; ghost pearl white with silver stripes and dark brown/black with red. The problem is nearly every color will catch some bass, each lake will have it's predominate color. Tom Hopefully the rod does well if not I guess I’ll try my other rods. I need to get another reel so I can switch my Curado back to my Crucial rod. I've had luck at the Lake by the house with Chartreuse. I haven’t tried any other color choice like Bluegill. The lake as I know does not have any shad and their not sure if will stick any from what I’ve read. looking at 6th Sense man they got some beautiful color choices but not in all depth far as lures... Quote
Super User scaleface Posted September 13, 2019 Super User Posted September 13, 2019 16 minutes ago, endless said: The lake as I know does not have any shad and their not sure if will stick any from what I’ve read. Doesnt make a bit of difference , shad patterns still looks like baitfish . 1 Quote
endless Posted September 13, 2019 Author Posted September 13, 2019 24 minutes ago, scaleface said: Doesnt make a bit of difference , shad patterns still looks like baitfish . I didn’t think so but was wondering should I target other bait fish like bluegills, crappie.. I was looking at this one 1 Quote
Super User scaleface Posted September 13, 2019 Super User Posted September 13, 2019 That looks like s good one . I have a lot of success on baits with a flash of chartreuse like that one . My all time favorite squarebill has a color scheme very similar . 1 Quote
Tony johnson Posted September 14, 2019 Posted September 14, 2019 i really like the 10xd and duo g87 Quote
Super User WRB Posted September 16, 2019 Super User Posted September 16, 2019 Looks like your rod worked ok! Tom 1 Quote
Bassattackr Posted September 16, 2019 Posted September 16, 2019 6XD is a good staple but I'm getting away from them now. It's old having to tune almost every one out of the box because it wants to run to one side or the other and they pull harder than others out there. I like the Profound Z Boss series and the 6th Sense Cloud series. Much better quality crankbaits. Quote
endless Posted September 16, 2019 Author Posted September 16, 2019 I got some 6th sense coming... hopefully be here tonight or tomorrow. This one seems to run fine. WRB- it did pretty well... the Dredger’s was noticeable though.. the 6XD and DD22 was fine.. Quote
primetime Posted September 21, 2019 Posted September 21, 2019 Ive been working on my deep cranking skills the past few years, and because there are so many brands out there and I am sure most are good, I have tried to minimize by box to the ones I have done well with and have confidence in, and also the ones that have been around the longest, cause they still make em and sell em for a reason. People buy them. I use the Strike King XD series both silent and rattling as my go to because Its what most people use and they flat out work. I like one bright color, and one in a white color but not sure color matters all that much. Bomber #7A is an awesome crankbait. Has a tighter action, the bill dance citrus shad and firetiger both seem to work well and the brown craw color. The Norman DD 22, and my favorite lately is the Rapala DT 16 which you can get down deeper if you need it by either long lining, or using 8lb test fluoro. Something about the Finesse action seems to make it work well when sometimes they won't hit the others. I know the Berkley cranks are popular as mentioned, and the Spro as well. They are all good options. Then the bigger shad raps are also good baits not just for the cold.....I like throwin them on spinning gear and light line, here in florida it gives them a different look I think. Quote
Shimano_1 Posted September 22, 2019 Posted September 22, 2019 If I had to choose one it would be the rapala dt. Have caught em pretty good on the strike king XD as well. Haven't used a lot of them tho as I seem to not do much deep cranking Quote
frogflogger Posted September 22, 2019 Posted September 22, 2019 Once I tried the dredgers I sold 14 other deep divers - seems with Fritts help Berkley hit a home run for me. Quote
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