Arkie Lures Contest - get a crank bait and write a review....read more...

Please read everything, this one is a little complex, but will be a good one for sure.

When I open this thread up later today (between 8 and 9 pm tonight), the first 6 members that post to this thread will get an "all new 350 Series Arkie Crank Bait".

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You will have two weeks to review the brand spanking new 350 Series Arkie Crank Bait and post it here in this thread.

The six reviews will be judged and will compete for the following prize packages:

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First place gets 6, "350 Series Arkie Crank Baits" including ScottV's infamous Okatibee Special and the Super "G" approved Chrome Clown.



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Runner up gets 6, "220 Series Arkie Crank Baits".


Disclaimer: Prizes and Rules subject to change without notice.

First 6 posters get a free crank bait to review. This thread is now open.

I'll give it a whirl!

I,m your Huckleberry !! Love those Arkies !

Putting my name in the hat!

I can write a mean review

I can write a review also

If I cld figure out how

We have six takers. Ok guys, please do me a favor and send a pm to ArkieJigs directly. That's the member name, ArkieJigs. Pm your mailing address to ArkieJigs and include a comment about being selected to recieve their new crank bait. Thanks all. This will be fun. Good luck.

http://www.crappie.com/crappie/images/icons/icon1.png 350 Arkie

Made it to Lake Harris in North Carolina for a test run of the brand new 350 series Arkie crank bait. It is a fine looking bait with the red hooks right from the package with some very sharp hooks, had some minor blood loss to prove that. Now to the lake test. We ran a two rod test, one with the 350 Arkie and one with a proven crappie crank bait in a simular color we will call Brand X. We let out about 35 feet of line on both rods and started trolling at around 1.8 to 2.0. The 350 Arkie tracked well and had what I would call a tight wobble. We trolled for a little over an hour catching 11 fish, would have ran the test a little longer but Brand X is now part of the lake structure. Brand X caught 5 fish and the new 350 Arkie caught 6 fish. The fish were a mixed bag of crappie, perch and cats. I think it will be a fine rattling crappie crank bait, cannot wait to try it in some of my favorite colors.

I received the Arkie 350 crank quickly and was eager to get it in the water. The hooks were sharp and I like the red color. ( some of the cranks used are in a photo below. The 350 is the uppermost crank) I set up to push cranks on four poles using 2.5 ounce weights. Trip one I pushed through a stump field in 12' of water, the stumps reach up 6' from the bottom. Fish were holding from the top of the stumps to the bottom. The results were allot of small fish. The small crappie and small stripes hit the 350 crank with gusto. In fact they seemed to prefer the larger crank to the smaller ones I was pushing. I moved off the stumps and pushed over a grass bed in 8' of water. No crappie there but picked up a bass and a catfish. Trip #2. Moved to a deep inlet into a backwater from the river. Depth was 17' with large tree tops all in the bottom and grass on the sides. The tops were loaded with crappie. The only problem was they were small. Caught several small crappie and more small stripes then I cared to reel in. The channel was so narrow I was down the pushing two poles. Second part of trip two I was determined to put the Arkie 350 crank in front of some good sized crappie. I headed to the main river to a stand of flooded timber in 20 to 30 fow. Trolled for two miles and only marked a couple of fish on the sonar the rest was a barren wasteland void of any fish. Trip # 3 another stand of flooded timber in 20 fow ended with the same results. My lake do to an early warm up followed by cold snaps have caused the fish to try and spawn later than normal. Which has made them next to impossible to pattern. In summary the Arkie 350 performed well, ran straight, true and caught fish. I plowed it through stump fields with not so much as a snag. The same went for the flooded timber. I will be pushing the Arkie 350 crank again when the fish become more stable and back on there normal pattern. It is a great crank in a good color all the fish below were caught on the 350 crank which is nestled in a Plano box awaiting the chance at another trip.




Thanks Arkie and Crappie.com for allowing me the chance to review this great new crank. Sincerely, DockShootinJack

This contest will close at the end of the week, please get your reports in. Thanks.

I got my Arkie 350 crankbait in the mail and opened it to find a quality looking bait with extra sharp red hooks and a very nice paint job.

I ran 2 test, The first was from the boat pulling from the side on a 6 1/2 spinning rod. I noticed right off the wobble this bait had as the rod pulsed from what seemed to be a wider wobble than other brands I have tried. I managed 4 fish on it that day but the conditions could have been better for testing due to post spawn and very windy conditions

The overall rating I gave it was above average in every area mentioned.

The next test I did was a little out of the box but I chose to do this because of that very reason. I went to a small lake I bream fish with some friends on occasion located in a upper class subdivision a friend who lives there allows us to fish. Lake size was around 4 acres. I proceeded to walk the bank and casting the Arkie 350 with the same set up I used in test number 1.
The fish hammered the bait crappie and small bass . I caught around 15 is my guess as I lost count. I knew from other test the bait was a shew in pushing or pulling from reading other reviews and I think it is for casting also.

The bill of the Arkie seemed shorter than another brand I have used in the past but I noticed how quick it dove in the casting test.
In conclusion I found the Arkie 350 to be above quality in craftmanship and preformed very very well in my test.

I would like to thank C.C. and Arkie for allowing me to test this bait and I will be adding more to my collection of crappie baits soon. My cellphone is old and I could not see the screen in the sunlight to take pictures, please forgive me.

Ok, Thanks to you guys for your reviews!&nbsp; Great Job.<br>and the winner of the crankbait package is.............<br><br><br><br>Dockshootinjack<br> <br><br>Now the second place review... we have to call a tie.&nbsp; Two good reviews....so, we will send you both a second place prize pack of 220 series baits.<br><br><br>Thanks a bunch guys!&nbsp; We really appreciate it.<br><br>Arkie!

We appreciate you allowing us the opportunity to review your products. Thank you for your support of the website we enjoy so much.

Dockshootinjack is the winner, and there is tie for second between TN Johnboy and Riverdog.

Please PM Shineehineekid your mailing addresses. Thank you so much for holding this contest Mitch.