I know this has been brought up before,but since im new to throwing crankbaits,I want to find out what everyones personal favorite is in a crankbait.

I just dont know why but im stuck on the Bomber/Bill Dance Fat Free Shad Family. I dont know if its because thats the first crank I threw and had success with or if its the different sizes for different applications these baits offer,but I just love em.

I have caught 1 fish on a Tennesse Shad colored Strike King series 4,but the Fat Free Shad family just gets it for me,at this point in my early crankbait experience.

The bomber family of crankbaits are my personal favorites. If i had to narrow it down to just one it would be the flat A.

IMO Fat Free Shads are a fine bait to be hung up on.

Norman Deep Little N, or the Little N.  Love the Mad N as well.

Shallow favorite : Lucky Craft RC 1.5

Mid favorite: Rapala DT 6

Deep favorite: Norman DD22 (if I keep catching fish on the Spro Lil John DD it might overtake it soon)

Lucky Craft RC 1.5. Sure it costs more than others, but it outperforms all other shallow runners.

My favorite is the Rapala Shad Rap.  I use lots of the others in different shapes , color and the dept that they run.  But seems for me the Shad Rap will produce when others will not.

Zoom WEC Sweet Pea.

Rapala DT 4

Bandit 100 series

H20 express

Spro little john

    -gk

I dig the Norman line of cranks.

Big M SB1

Its a lipless crankbait. but the Rapala Clakin' Rap

Impossible for me to have one favorite because cranks are my go to bait and you need many to cover different depth ranges...

0-1'  Baby 1 Minus

2'-4'  Lucky Craft RC 1.5 (Silent)- I love this bait, okay this is my favorite

6'   Rapala DT 6

7'-9'  Storm Wiggle Wart

10'    Rapala DT 10/ Lucky Craft RC 2.5DD

10'-13'  C Flash 44 Mag

12'-15'  Bandit 700 Series

14'-16'  Jackall Muscle Deep 15 Plus

15'-19'  Strike Series 6XD

Lipless- Strike King Red Eye Shad

   Spro Aruka Shad

   Sebile Flat Shad

Primus...you said the RC 1.5 (Silent)....

Why not the rattling version???

Probably due to the fact that I fish a lot of clear water and the bait seems to send out the right pressure waves to call out bass. I've also done well with the larger sizes (2.5 & 3.5) using it at night. If you haven't tried these yet BPS usually has them on sale a couple of times a year for about $10 which is when I usually pick up a few.

My very first "hot crankbaits" were and still are;

    Lure   

Rapala orginal floater blue #7  (nicknamed bluemax)

Rebel popr  blue

Manns baby 1 minus Browncrawdad (plain not shiney)

(This is nicknamed the Hank Parker special because we first seen him use it in NH on tv.)

Bomber cranks

darkbrowncraw

redcraw

darkgreencraw

firecraw

silvershad

firetiger

Some bomber colors/sizes are being discontinued.

Norman Thin "N" cranks

Reddear

Bluegill  ect there all hot

BPS TOPnocker in chartruese

Of all time would be the original Cordell Big-O that came out in the early 70's. I caught a ton of fish on those.

My favorite to use now would be the Mann's 1 minus in Brown Crawdad. That lure seems to work anywhere.

So I have heard about the + series from Manns.Like a 10+ would dive 10+ feet. What are the Minus series of baits,how does the - get incorporated in with the number?

Man this a tough one.  I really like Lucky Craft and Zoom W.E.C crankbaits, but the only bad thing is that they are really expensive so I don't have many of them. 

Also, the Spro Little John series is quickly climbing the list.

Bandit 100's and 200's, Strike King series 1 and 3, and for super skinny water Manns Baby 1 Minus.

I really don't do alot of crank bait fishing since I shore fish alot but I think a DT6 in silver shad is always lethal....

Rapala DT series, but if i only had one crankbait for the rest of my life it would be a Norman deep little N in redear.

Lucky Craft RC 1.5. Sure it costs more than others, but it outperforms all other shallow runners.

My most productive crank by FAR. 

My favorite is the Rapala Shad Rap. I use lots of the others in different shapes , color and the dept that they run. But seems for me the Shad Rap will produce when others will not.

isn't that considered to be a jerk bait??

Probably due to the fact that I fish a lot of clear water and the bait seems to send out the right pressure waves to call out bass. I've also done well with the larger sizes (2.5 & 3.5) using it at night. If you haven't tried these yet BPS usually has them on sale a couple of times a year for about $10 which is when I usually pick up a few.

Thanks...I forgot about the clear/stained/muddy waters where rattles aren't needed in clear.