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I throw bandit 100 series usually white around general structure, and a storm thundercraw in phantom chartreuse around shallow rock piles.  That is when I am not throwing soft plastics.

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Check out thr Rapala Jointed Shad Raps!! I use the JSR-4's (shallow) and JSR-7's (deep) I have used every color and have had alot of luck with them.

Same here! Rapala Jointed Shad Raps have caught me countless numbers of trophy smallmouths. I use the 2 inch, red crawdad colored version (dives about 8 feet). Just cast it parallel to structure, crank it down, and because it suspends, reel in with a twitch pause retrieve.

My opinion: Rapala makes some of the truest running and effective crankbaits on the market. ;D :D ;D

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That's easy to answer:  All of them!!!!   I've caught smallies on all kinds of cranks---Bandits, Bomber A's, Lucky Craft, Rapalas, Normans.  My preference is the Bandits though!! ;)

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1/4 ounce Speed Traps, Bomber 1/2 ounce Fat Free Shad and Norman DLN are my favorites along with some hard to find Japanese cranks that are no longer in production  :'(

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I fish river smallies and they prefer a crayfish pattern most of the time.  I'll usually throw small to medium diving cranks and lipsless cranks Rapalas.  

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The Rapala x-rap shad was a great smallie crank for me last year.

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Check out thr Rapala Jointed Shad Raps!! I use the JSR-4's (shallow) and JSR-7's (deep) I have used every color and have had alot of luck with them.

I second this with a BIG 2!!!

I also will throw crawdad pattern year round, but more so in the fall and the spring. I find that Rebel Wee R's and Deep Wee R's also work well. The Bandit 100's are in among my top cranks also.

Good luck!

                                                      Ian

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