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Just curious about what other crank baits folks have consistant luck with targeting crappie besides the tried and true bandits. I'm a big fan of the bandits. I haven't been real successful trolling cranks yet (haven't tried it a lot), but what success I've had has been with the Bandits or the BP Crappie Maxx Bandit clones.
What are your other go-to cranks for crappie?
flicker shad and rebels
X2 on the Flicker Shad #7 size
Rebels work well and have some great colors. Watch this site. Every once in a while they put em on sale for $1.99
http://www.overstockbait.com/Rebel-C...-R-p/dc935.htm
try out the Arkie Crappie Cranks sometime....
Check this thread http://www.crappie.com/crappie/showt...aded-Okatibbee
they are pushing them.
The one that most over looked!! One of the best baits ever built!! Had to rent them when they came out!! The # 11 Rapala minnow in silver or gold!! Yes for crappie!!!
flicker shad works well for me and is not high priced
flickers, get them at menards of all places
flicker shad and wiggle warts work great also
Flicker shad, Rebel crankR and them little Arkie cranks on push poles will tear them up.
Rapala Shad Rap
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Originally Posted by tnridge
We use wiggle warts. They will catch anything.
already said but I like the Rapala//shadrap dd15, I also use wiggle warts, and flicker shad
No contest for me. #4 Rapala Rattling/Suspending Shad Rap 25ft behind a 3/4 oz snap weight.
Kicks the snot out of the Bandits for me on Table Rock.
I still run 300 bandits on the long lines though to keep a mix out there.
Jointed shad rap JSR05--2", 1/4 oz. goes down to 12 to 13 ft. This is the first crank bait that I caught a crappie on just casting one eveing and not trolling..That got me into trolling for crappie with cranks. Plain ole shad raps work very well, too, as does the Storm Wiggle Wart, but still like the Bandit 300, sometimes on cloudy days the shallower running 200.
Husker
A Storm Product, but not the Wart. My favorite trolling bait for ANYTHING is the original Hot 'n Tot. They have a brutally tight wiggle, and with 5# PowerPro, they run 16'-17' deep. The chartreuse, purple w/gray scale belly, yellow herringbone, green crawfish and brown crawfish were all very good, but my super secret paint job is better than anything, anywhere, anyhow. I bought plus or minus, 400 of them for $2.00 when Rapala bought Storm, and Bass Pro discontinued the original. My lovely bride to be helped me go through the piles in the clearance bins.
Still have several; in a safe deposit box in case anyone has evil ideas. nonono
Dynomite is the best
great choices guys
I don't mind a cotton cordell from wally world. A lot of the time you canfind them on the bottom shelf on clearance for a couple of bucks and they catch crappie for me. Other than that what they said ^^^
X2 on the Hot N Tot