Strike king hybrid hunter...

[DitchPanda]

Explain this crank bait to me. What is so special about this thing? I've seen several pros say to use it differently then other cranks...so...what are you supposed to do with it?

[Columbia Craw]

It’s a copy of the 6th Sense Swank 77 which has been out for at least a couple years.  It’s like a deeper running wake bait.  The 77 works around pads pretty well on heavy line or shallow rocks. 

[DitchPanda]

32 minutes ago, Columbia Craw said:

It’s a copy of the 6th Sense Swank 77 which has been out for at least a couple years.  It’s like a deeper running wake bait.  The 77 works around pads pretty well on heavy line or shallow rocks. 

I heard its a copy of an old strike pro crank bait that came out before 6th sense was even a company. I heard Todd Castledine who is a Texas pro helped design the hybrid hunter based off that old strike pro bait. I'm pretty sure that 6th sense is a Texas company. Maybe that style bait is a regional thing? Anyway yeah I'm wondering where and how to fish this thing.

[Columbia Craw]

I’m pretty sure the right angle lip design goes back to the Creek Chub Minnow era. Regardless,  it’s a different action for sure.

[pauldconyers]

I'm bringing this thread back to life. Got a Bass Pro flyer in the mail today and saw this bait in there. Being a Strike King fan boy I was surprised I had not heard about it. Anyone got their hands on it yet? Any reports on it?

[E-rude dude]

I thought it was a copy of Rapala Shallow Rap?

[KDW96]

1 hour ago, E-rude dude said:

I thought it was a copy of Rapala Shallow Rap?

I agree. As Rapala has had this stlye of lip for a very long time. Much longer than 6th sense has been around.

[Bluebasser86]

The Rapala bait has a very suble wobble, the 6th Sense bait has an extremely hard wobble. I imagine that the Strike King would follow the 6th Sense.

[pauldconyers]

1 minute ago, Bluebasser86 said:

The Rapala bait has a very suble wobble, the 6th Sense bait has an extremely hard wobble. I imagine that the Strike King would follow the 6th Sense.

I figured you would be weighing on this, assuming you have and use a Swank 77X. If I wanted to pick up one of the SK models for use around here to try out would you recommend the regular size that is 3.5" long and 5/6 oz or the junior that is 3" long and 1/2 oz? I would be trying it on my 7' glass crank rod with one of those Curado DC's you worked on with 12lb sniper.

[DitchPanda]

According to Todd Castledine its a copy of a long discontinued bait by Strike Pro I believe...it came out way before the rapala or 6th sense.

[Bluebasser86]

2 hours ago, pauldconyers said:

I figured you would be weighing on this, assuming you have and use a Swank 77X. If I wanted to pick up one of the SK models for use around here to try out would you recommend the regular size that is 3.5" long and 5/6 oz or the junior that is 3" long and 1/2 oz? I would be trying it on my 7' glass crank rod with one of those Curado DC's you worked on with 12lb sniper.

I don't fish the Swank 77 anymore, but I have fished one a bit. IMO, it's a big, noisy bait designed to draw attention, so I'd opt for the larger bait. 

[Spankey]

Mark Zona had a show recently where that was kind of the feature bait. But he’s a Strike King guy. And bottom line was to sell that bait. 
 

Pick a pattern you like and try one. Not real expensive, nothing to loose. I could be wrong but now that you guys are mentioning the Texas stuff that’s where he was fishing it. 
 

I fish the Rapala that is close. Try it good luck. 

[Fishes in trees]

Looks to me like just another square bill variant.  I'd fish it like a square bill.  The pimp the bait paragraphs mention to bounce it along the bottom.  OK, as long as the bottom is within 5 feet because that's the alleged diving depth.   The paragraphs also mention that it comes through grass better than other baits.  

I don't know about that.   I own many discontinued Timber Tigers and they come through wood and brush great.   They don't come through grass/weeds/vegetation great.   They gather up a big ball of the stuff, just like every other crank bait I've tried to throw through vegetation.   So I guess this bait would gather up a smaller wad of vegetation.  I just don't believe that the bait will come through vegetation clean and I don't have  a spare $10 to find out right now.    Someone ought to buy this bait and fish it for a while and report.

[E-rude dude]

8 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

I don't fish the Swank 77 anymore, but I have fished one a bit. IMO, it's a big, noisy bait designed to draw attention, so I'd opt for the larger bait. 

I fish a lot of 6th sense cranks. Except this one^. Yet to catch anything on it. 
The wake80 is my best bait from them in weedy clear water lakes in summer. That bait makes a lot of noise and is best fished just sub surface for my lake.

[JK Jake]

I don't have much experience throwing it. I do know that it is a very popular bait on Sam Rayburn right now.

[Biglittle8]

On 4/20/2021 at 8:41 PM, Bluebasser86 said:

I imagine that the Strike King would follow the 6th Sense.

It does, I have and use the Jr. A bit. I've had mixed results. Not my favorite bait, but I do catch fish on it.

[detroit1]

Strike King Spence Scout.