crankbaits

[MNBassguy]

What crankbaits do you all use for smallies?color?size?I'm looking to add to my collection for this up coming season!

[IDbasser]

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.

[SuburbanBassaholic301]

well generally the same cranks i'll use for largies. except the smallmouth are usually in clearer water so ill go with natural colors like the ghost minnow. or a bandit 200 in louisianna shad or crawfish color.

[riverfisher]

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.

[roadwarrior]

The answer is...

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[U.W BronzeBack Hunter]

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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

[Bronzefly]

I like norman deep little n's - they seem to be good cranks for smallies in the fall and spring.

[Bass Dude]

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!!

[MNBassguy]

I got a few bandits and there are fish catchers.What about the flatt max series?

Thanks guys for the comments!  

[up north basser]

storm wiggle warts seem to do well up here!Blu/blk-back

[roadwarrior]

Welcome aboard!

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[Bantam1]

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  :'(

[MNBassguy]

Speed traps I got 4 of them i dont throw that often what color do you prefer?

[Jig Thrower]

rapala dt series in the crayfish color

[jack1]

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.  

[BARON49_Northern NY]

My personal favorite Smallmouth crankbaits are a Bomber 4A in any of the crawfish patterns and a chrome black back Rattletrap when they are on the flats feeding.

[kevin07]

Cant go wrong with a crayfish color bomber, hitting rocks on the bottom really triggers the strikes.

[Mac1]

I love bouncing a crawfish colored wiggle wart off the rocks and a silver shad rap in and around cabbage.

[JohnC]

Bomber Model A or Fat As in Silver Shad, Firetiger or Dark Brown Craw

[budaman]

little john crankbait pb&J color

Rattle trap red craw

nothing like it ;D

[ww2farmer]

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

[Mobydick]

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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

[bassmaster3000]

Strike King sexy shad in 3/4 oz. ;D