Thread: Crappie crankbaits

I was bass fishing on Norman with a spinnerbait 1/4 oz. and caught a crappie on it.

Crankbaits work great for white crappie in the summertime

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Like G said they do great trolling in the summer! They are a ton of fun!

I caught a 14.5" black crappie on Barkley today pulling a pink 220 Arkie behind one of tenncrappie's planer boards. Cranks can be death from mid 50s water temps up to low 90s and back down.

I use cranks also. They can be purchased for less than $1.00 a piece if you don't mind painting them and adding the hardware yourself.

I saw some tiny crank baits on amazon for less that a dollar a piece. Anyone ever use these Chinese things?

That's where a lot of ours come from anyway. I have used some from wlure and have caught a lot of fish with them. Don't let anyone tell you it isn't a numbers game either. It depends on the waters you fish and how you fish. I have had some days catching over 50, and other days get 5. Point is it can be done. I kept going back through the school and watching all the rods go down, one after the other. My granddaughter loves fishing this way.

You bet we use cranks, especially during the warmer summer months. Don't use much of the tiny cranks
you see at BPS, but rather Bandit 300's, Arkie 350's,Cadron Creek 300's and now have added some of the
Strike King Slab Hammer cranks as well as the Slab Hammer 3XD cranks to the collection. Very successful
program for crappie! Tight Lines - Dave