What is your favorite crank to throw for walleye?
I’d have to say a #5 flicker shad is my favorite, the hollywood color.
June 5, 2012 at 4:20 am
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June 5, 2012 at 4:35 am #1073674
“What is your favorite crank to throw for walleye”?
I have to SO agree with the #5 Flicker Shad. But the Viking Purple has been our go to crank all season so far. Please understand that as a true blue Packer Fan, how hard it is to admit that anything Viking actually is good something(Lol)!
June 5, 2012 at 6:53 am #1073675On rip rap I like the #7 shad raps with the occasional RS thrown in for good measure.
On wingdams the DT series are hard to beat as are Bomber 5 & 6A’s.
June 5, 2012 at 10:17 am #1073677
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On rip rap I like the #7 shad raps with the occasional RS thrown in for good measure.
On wingdams the DT series are hard to beat as are Bomber 5 & 6A’s.
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June 5, 2012 at 10:43 am #1073680Live Target –
Lipless Gizzard Shad – 1/2oz is my #1 crank for casting and vertical jigging.#2 is the Live Target Rainbow Smelt Deep diver in the 3-1/2″ Tends to be inhaled when everything else is just getting those curiosity “nips”
#3 Rapala Rattle Trap in fire tiger.
#4 Rapala Glass Rap in the white
If I’m tossing to 3 fow or less, I’ll blow the dust off of my Jr. Thundersticks
June 5, 2012 at 10:46 am #1073681Quote:
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On rip rap I like the #7 shad raps with the occasional RS thrown in for good measure.
On wingdams the DT series are hard to beat as are Bomber 5 & 6A’s.
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X3 preferably in firetiger.
June 5, 2012 at 12:14 pm #1073703Actually, to break the mold here, I throw a mid-size fat free shad in pearl white. They smoke it in particularly on wingdams and it produces the bigger fish for me.
June 5, 2012 at 12:25 pm #1073709#5 blue jointed shad rap
June 5, 2012 at 1:44 pm #1073697Quote:
Actually, to break the mold here, I throw a mid-size fat free shad in pearl white. They smoke it in particularly on wingdams and it produces the bigger fish for me.
x2. Love those fat free shads!
-J.
June 5, 2012 at 2:54 pm #1073746#1 – X-Rap Shad
#2 – Shad Rap RS
#3 – Flicker ShadThe X-Rap Shad is a phenominal casting bait. I do really well for size on these baits for some reason.
I favor the Shad Rap RS over the regular shad rap just because it seems to be a bit tougher, and I perfer the suspending factor in most situations.
Flicker Shads are great baits, but especially the smaller ones are really tough to keep in tune! Had a great numbers bite going on the #5 flickers last year and I swear I had to re-tune every few fish. God help you if you’re bumping a #5 on the bottom, because you’ll spend more time tuning than fishing. But they’re relatively cheap and they catch fish like crazy in some situations, that’s for sure!
June 5, 2012 at 3:21 pm #1073753I will second the #6 Xrap shad rap. It suspends perfect and fishes slow and fast as well as any other bait. Best downstream bait out there but a little spendy!! DT’s are also great baits and both have enough weight to cast on a windy day with no issues. #5 flickers are great baits to troll but cannot cover water on the cast like these others
June 5, 2012 at 3:22 pm #1073754Bombers and Rapala DT’s. Started throwing the DT’s last summer. They have great weight to them and cast well into the wind. 6A Bombers have been a got to bait for a long time. Started throwing more 7A’s a couple of years ago to hit those spots deep on the tips of wingdams.
Flicker shads are good and they are cheap. They dont cast worth a darn into the wind.
June 5, 2012 at 3:33 pm #1073756Ask me this question a month from now that I’ll probably have the DTs in my top 3 again!
June 5, 2012 at 5:28 pm #1073807I haven’t fished the X Rap shad on dams yet but I burnt up the debit card pretty good the other day establishing a stock pile of them that will get some game time once the water levels go back down on 2 and 4. Good to hear they’ve been solid for you and others. I loved the way they looked trolled so I figured why not…. you can never have too many cranks, right?!
June 5, 2012 at 6:24 pm #1073819They might work pretty well when you troll them on shallow, high water current seams, too…
June 5, 2012 at 6:50 pm #1073821Shad Raps (#5 -#9), Minnow raps, husky jerks and x-raps and spend all my time grinding the bottom so glad to hear no flickers.
Mark
June 5, 2012 at 7:51 pm #1073834I use to beat the snot out of the rocks on the Croix with Wally Divers and catch fish but the bills break too easy so I havent used them in several years.
June 6, 2012 at 2:55 pm #1074051Model A Bombers #6 or #7 are hard to beat . I do like Bandit’s and Salmo Hornets at times also. Shad raps and Flickers in the Fall on rock.
June 6, 2012 at 7:58 pm #1074236I’ve been a long time fan on the DT series of cranks on wingdams, though I started really taking a liking to the ‘Crankin Rap’. Cast and retrieve like a DT but rattle like a bomber.
I’m honestly tempted to sell all my bombers. While they catch fish, I get frustrated quickly with how poor some of them run without constant tuning.Rapala’s are simply turn key – unbox, tie on, cast, reel in fish, repeat
June 6, 2012 at 8:16 pm #1074243Ive had issues with the #5 Bombers wanting to hit bottom and spin. Its not very often I even throw them anymore. Dont seem to have any issues with #6 size or larger.
Ill have to look into those crankin raps. Those are almost free, right?
June 6, 2012 at 9:01 pm #1074259Quote:
Ive had issues with the #5 Bombers wanting to hit bottom and spin. Its not very often I even throw them anymore. Dont seem to have any issues with #6 size or larger.
Ill have to look into those crankin raps. Those are almost free, right?
Im glad you mention this. Drives me crazy.
June 6, 2012 at 9:12 pm #1074264Hot’n’Tots
June 7, 2012 at 3:37 am #1074359Quote:
Ive had issues with the #5 Bombers wanting to hit bottom and spin.
The #5’s are definitely far more sensitive than the larger baits. I’ve found it doesn’t even take a bottom strike to cause the bait to kick out and spin. Just heavy current on the end of a wingie will turn them into a whirling dervish of spin once you start the retrieve. Of course in lower flow situations and at a moderate retrieve speed… I’ve caught some darn nice fish on them.
June 8, 2012 at 3:25 pm #1074750Bandit 300 series and DT’s hard to beat.
June 9, 2012 at 3:03 am #1074927Bombers have always been really good for me, Gander had DT’s on sale in a bargain bind a while back and I bought a ton of them, I haven’t had a chance to use them yet.
June 10, 2012 at 12:25 am #1075008Perch X-rap! And you better get an Xtreme net man to go with it!
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