I'm pretty sure there aren't crawdads in my reservoir, but maybe there are. The bass bite jigs pretty well, would they go after a craw colored crank? Would i be wasting my time with a craw colored crank? Thanks!

Which reservoir are you fishing? Ive never heard of there not being crawdads in a place. I would think that they would hit a craw patterned crank. Ive never reallt thrown them much though. I stick with the shad and bream patterns mainly.

i like craw patterns , even if craws aren't plentiful as in other places, they can still be caught w/ them, in the right circumstances. similar a shinner pattern in a lake that has more shad.

Which reservoir are you fishing? Ive never heard of there not being crawdads in a place. I would think that they would hit a craw patterned crank. Ive never reallt thrown them much though. I stick with the shad and bream patterns mainly.

I fish a very small reservoir in southern NY that used to supply a TINY town. Maybe there are crawdads? I have no idea, how would I go about finding this out? Please excuse me if this is a rediculously stupid question.  ;D

No, theres no such thing as a stupid question.

There should be crawdads in it for sure. Really the only way to find out is to try and catch one. I know people used to put meat on a string and throw it around rocks and stuff like that and leave it for a few minutes and slowly pull it in and see if there were any on the meat.

Im sure they are in there though. If not then i would still try a crawdad pattern. Ive caught bass on shad baits in places that didnt have shad in them. I dont think bass are really too picky. If it moves the right way they will inhale it.

Betcha there are craws living in your lake.  Yes, craw pattern cranks catch bass and spring is the classic time to throw them.

I'm pretty sure there aren't crawdads in my reservoir, but maybe there are. The bass bite jigs pretty well, would they go after a craw colored crank? Would i be wasting my time with a craw colored crank? Thanks!

I'm willing to bet that crayfish inhabit your lake.

I'm also willing to bet that none of those crayfish travel through the water like a crankbait.

Roger

I am always curious about craw colored cranks because for the most part they don't get anywhere near the bottom or act anything like a craw.  But they work!

They work for sure, even if craws aren't that abundant. Every bass lake in my area (western colorado) has craws in it and most of them have lots of them.

As far as some to try out, I'd recommend Koppers Live Target crankbaits.  The first ones they ever came out with were there craw colored ones.  I would choose a depth that will allow you to drudge the bottom, so if you're fishing in 5 feet of water use a crank that will dive 8-10 and really bang the bottom hard.

Don't know why craw colored cranks work but they do, and not just worked on the bottom.  There are no shad in two of the lakes I fish but a Bomber Fat free shad in shad color works.  The main forage specie in one lake is creek chub minnow and blue gill, the other alewife.  But a shad shape and colored crank work in both lakes. Wouldn't think they would due to the different shape of the bait fish, both long and slender but a short fat shad bait still works.

A fav. of mine has to be the Bomber Fat Free Fingerling in craw.

I'm sure there are craws.

I've had better luck with lipless cranks over billed cranks in the craw patterns.

I'm pretty sure there aren't crawdads in my reservoir, but maybe there are. The bass bite jigs pretty well, would they go after a craw colored crank? Would i be wasting my time with a craw colored crank? Thanks!

I'm willing to bet that crayfish inhabit your lake.

I'm also willing to bet that none of those crayfish travel through the water like a crankbait.

Roger

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Crawdad color cranks are more a color thing than an acurate representation of a crawdad.  I only throw them if the water is muddy, similar to when you would throw chartruese. 

Bass hit chartruese cranks and I havnt seen any neon yellow fish swimming around. 

Just throw it, you would catch fish on it even if a crayfish hasn't been within 5 miles of your lake.