The 2 top cranks are sorta strange. They both have a wire that protrudes from the bottom of the lip and had has a swivel with a plastic spinner blade attached.

What kind of hair brained idea was this. Anyone know who makes it and what its called?

What about the one on the bottom?

None of these baits have any markings or other identifiers.

Never seen anything like the top two.  Could it be an aftermarket add on?

the top two are luhr jenson chow hounds, unless the models with the spinners had a different name, but thats what the model is without the spinners.

Bottom is the old style Lindy Little Shadling methinks.

I actually have a couple of them top ones. Forget what there called but they where made by Luhr Jensen. I want to say late 80's early 90's, but not 100 percent on that.

They are right. The top two were called chowhounds. The bottom is a lindy little shadling.

It's a Luhr Jensen bait designed by Lee Sisson.  If you look at the Radar 10 which is still in production, you can see the similarity.  Sisson influenced baits have a signature style color scheme.

So on the "Chowhounds" what was the theory behind the Spinner and how well did they perform?

So on the "Chowhounds" what was the theory behind the Spinner and how well did they perform?

They work pretty good but really no big difference then any other quality crankbait. As far as the spinner adding more strikes, who's to say. They caught fish but no more or less then other cranks I own.

One thing I will say is that they are built pretty tough. The two I posted have been banged into a lot of rocks, you can see the battle scares on the lip of the baits, but the paint on the body seems to have held up well. Change out the hooks and you got a pretty good crank.

there are guys out there who love the chow hound cranks, but all the ones i have repainted always have the spinner cut off. I've never seen one with the spinner still on it except in pictures.