Crankbaits suggestions?

[MichaelAngelo]

(08-10-2013 03:54 PM)OldTimer Wrote:  Besides trolling in weedy lakes - they're good when speed retrieved along the outside deep-water edges of tall standing weeds.

I find success as well using them to fish below myself (downstream) in a river - where the current aids both the action and the diving characteristics. (This is used a lot out west for "drop-backing" steelhead)

Great for casting on the granite and sand bottom lakes of our near north, where there are NO weeds and little timber. A lot of strikes come after the lure deflects off a boulder or the bottom.

OT

Great things I'll definitely keep in mind.

Now it comes down to buliding an "arsenal" of crankbaits. Really... I wish they came with swap-out lips instead of lips glued into place. If I want to fish a specific shad rap... I'll have to buy one shallow one medium and one deep diving ... add to that an array of colours/styles/weights plus the fact that they're usually $9-$13 each and it's a disaster! I wouldn't be surprised if crankbaits were the top money makers for the industry.

Meanwhile I can fish a plastic on a jighead for less than a dollar or a mepps for $4 and fish any depth I want. I really need to see some clear advantages for crankbaits over other lures. Perhaps it is their true-to-life baitfish profile and coloration that makes them popular targets for fish.... but a plastic swimbait also shares the profile of a bait fish and comes in a variety of colours.