wood crankbaits

[deep-cranker]

Does any body have a favorite brand of wooden cranks?

[Avalonjohn44]

Bagley is my favorite.  They rake the fish in for me, and at the same time, are collectible.  They are a little prices, from 6-11 bucks apiece.  There are many custom balsa baits that are even pricier, but for me, nothing beats a Bagley.  

Rapala is my second fav, and more attainable than bagley baits.  The DT series is awesome, and the original countdown minnow is a go to bait.

[Hookemdown.]

Rapala's are wooden?

[deep-cranker]

Rapala makes both plastic and wooden baits.  So far my favorites are bagley and lee sisson

[MemphisFisherman]

old school poes

[basspro48]

Bagley and lee sisson produce for me year round, but my favorite crank for winter fishing is the original wooden rapala shadrap.

[MALTESE FALCON]

Another vote for the original Shad Rap. They just flat-out put fish in the boat.

Falcon

[bassmaster8100]

www.smitybait.com, check this guy out , he makes some great custom wooden cranks. He mainly deals in muskie lure but does have a few bass lures that I have had alot of luck on

[.dsaavedra.]

original floating rapala

[BASS fisherman]

I like a quality custom made wooden crank over mass produced wooden cranks any day.  Whittler on this site makes some of the best cranks I have ever used.  My personal favorite is the model 11 which isn't listed on his site.  I call it the "peanut" crank because it resembles the shape of a crooked peanut.  I have caught more fish on the model 11 than probably all my other cranks combined.  

http://jm-woodcraft.cabanova.com/

[CJ]

Rapala and Bagley's are some common favorites.Whittler makes some great custom lures as well.Check out his link in the above post!Wally G also makes some great custom crankbaits.Check em' out www.wallygbaits.com

[Guest avid]

Bagleys are good for off the shelf.

but http://www.carolinachip.com/Carolina_Chips.htm are real works of art and great fish catchers.

[Shadrac]

This is a little off topic...but I have always wondered why none of these guys don't make a knock off of the top water baits by Sisson and Bagley- the rat fink was a great top water bass bait- and they get about $30 each on eBay

if anyone knows of someone who makes a a Rat Fink could you post it?

thanks

Shadrac

[TournyFish001]

I like the reaction innovations method crank-

[Stringjam]

I find myself moving away from wooden baits more and more in favor of well designed plastic baits - I get tired of wooden bait maintenance, and watching $20 plugs crack and split, but there are still some wooden cranks that I haven't found replacements for...

Namely the Poe's 400, 400 Plus designs (my favorite being the Poe's Competition Cedars 4400 - a 400 Plus design).   These are still my most productive, and in my opinion, most perfectly designed deep crankbaits in life (for my personal preferences, anyway).   The 4500 LR is also a design that is, IMO, unmatched for a true 20' diving plug.

Another wooden bait that I really dig is the Lee Sisson Slim Willie, in both the diving and shallow versions:

   

 

[bubbler]

rapalas are good. i use these cranks in shallow water the most bcause they are boyant and can be floaqted over cover

[deep-cranker]

I wonder if poe's is going to come out any shallow Competition Cedars?

[Stringjam]

I wonder if poe's has a shallow compition ceder crank?

Not that I know of.......I've seen some square-billed Poe's from way back, though.......very rarely one will pop up on Ebay every now and then.   It looks like they used the 200 body and stuck a square lip in it.