Huckfinn38 Posted February 10, 2024 Posted February 10, 2024 Below i have a list of different crank bait brands. If you were to limit yourself on to 7 of the brands which would you choose? Rapala Spro 6th Sense Berkley Azuma Duel Hardcore MR, 3+, & 4 Megabass Deep Strike King Bill Lewis ATV squarebills River2Sea Tactical DD 1 Quote
Huckfinn38 Posted February 10, 2024 Author Posted February 10, 2024 I would choose: Rapala Spro 6th Sense Berkley Azuma Duel Hardcore MR, 3+, & 4 Megabass Deep i think with Rapala and Berkley you are covered pretty much in ever category from shallow square bills to flat sides to deep divers. Spro has flatsides that dive up to 20+ ft which makes them somewhat unique 6th sense is getting to where Rapala and Berkley are with multiple categories covered from shallow square bills to deep divers to flatsides. Only issue i have with them is i dont like how big their deeper diving baits get. I love azuma colors and the Boss Square Bills, Boss 6 , Boss 8, and Boss 10 are great baits. I have caught a lot of fish on Boss 10. Only issue i have with them is their deep divers get rather large once you get above a Boss 10. i dont know why but i love these Duel Hardcore MR, 3+, and 4+. I can throw them a mile. Lastly id choose the megabass deep series. Tighter wobble in colder water and great colors 1 Quote
Super User king fisher Posted February 10, 2024 Super User Posted February 10, 2024 Rapala 6th Sense Bomber 1 Quote
Super User casts_by_fly Posted February 10, 2024 Super User Posted February 10, 2024 I’ll take you to two because that’s what I have and fish in my box- rapala and strike king. From the OG tiny 4 up to a dt-20 you’ve got the entire water column covered with wide and skinny. Throw in some SK red eye shads and the assorted ‘other’ that you prefer and you’re not missing anything. Quote
Huckfinn38 Posted February 10, 2024 Author Posted February 10, 2024 20 minutes ago, casts_by_fly said: I’ll take you to two because that’s what I have and fish in my box- rapala and strike king. From the OG tiny 4 up to a dt-20 you’ve got the entire water column covered with wide and skinny. Throw in some SK red eye shads and the assorted ‘other’ that you prefer and you’re not missing anything. Yeah you can have pretty much everything covered with Rapala and Berkley and Rapala and Strike King. Im doing this more because im trying to thin the herd plus get input from others. Quote
Super User casts_by_fly Posted February 11, 2024 Super User Posted February 11, 2024 If your goal is to take what you have and thin it down, then the question is what do you use every trip/month/year? Keep what you use, drop what you don’t. If you already own them though, it doesn’t matter what brand they are. Pick the ones you use and like and expand them. Take the ones you never use and sell them. Quote
Super User Munkin Posted February 11, 2024 Super User Posted February 11, 2024 Lucky Craft Mann's Bandit Strike King Rebel Daiwa Rapala If I had to pick 7 these are the Top 7 companies I go with. Allen Quote
txchaser Posted February 11, 2024 Posted February 11, 2024 6th Sense, Jackall, Duel, assuming jerkbaits aren't included. Mostly for shallow, mid, and deep respectively. Adding jerkbaits, LC and Shimano. Quote
Super User Columbia Craw Posted February 11, 2024 Super User Posted February 11, 2024 6th Sense Strike King Normans Rapala Quote
Super User Catt Posted February 11, 2024 Super User Posted February 11, 2024 6th Sense...he done 😉 2 Quote
Terry_ Posted February 11, 2024 Posted February 11, 2024 Rapala PH Customs Lucky Craft Strike King Every way I will utilize a crankbait is covered with these 4 Quote
Super User Bird Posted February 11, 2024 Super User Posted February 11, 2024 Azuma Spro 6th sense Rapala Bomber Without looking, I believe that's all I have in the crank box. Quote
Super User Bankbeater Posted February 11, 2024 Super User Posted February 11, 2024 Bomber Cotton Cordell Strike King Bandit Quote
KP Duty Posted February 11, 2024 Posted February 11, 2024 I could easily just use 2...Lucky Craft and Black Label 💪 Quote
Mbirdsley Posted February 11, 2024 Posted February 11, 2024 these are my top 6 and what i will reach for and use 90 % of the time spro strike king KVD’s rapala usually. early season Norman lucky craft 6th sense i also own mega bass, berkley, and others. however, those 6 are what i gravitate to using and buying. the DD 22’s are slowly negating a reason to buy the deep diving mega bass. be got twins in the way and can’t be buying $20-$25 cranks. Quote
Super User FishTank Posted February 12, 2024 Super User Posted February 12, 2024 Megabass OSP Deps Evergreen Lucky Craft Spro Strike King - 6XD only Ninshine 1 Quote
Pat Brown Posted February 12, 2024 Posted February 12, 2024 I could get my hard bait stuff done with just strike King but I also love 6th Sense, Berkley and Rapala. Quote
Super User scaleface Posted February 12, 2024 Super User Posted February 12, 2024 I've been cranking for a long time. I'm not brand loyal. Use a lot of Berkelys, Rapalas, Rebels, Bombers, Storm, Normans... A lot of older baits get thrown. Quote
KDW96 Posted February 12, 2024 Posted February 12, 2024 Every day carriers are my Bill Lewis-ECHOs Quote
FrnkNsteen Posted February 12, 2024 Posted February 12, 2024 The majority of what are in my crank boxes are: Rapala Strike King Berkley Spro Bomber Bandit A few other random items, but I mainly use the top 4 Quote
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