I just got a couple Fishco crankbaits today. They body is wood and the lip is made by something like circuit board which is interesting. My only concern is I tried it in my fish tank and found they are slow sinking. I've never fished any wood crankbaits so are they supposed to be like this?

I just got a couple Fishco crankbaits today. They body is wood and the lip is made by something like circuit board which is interesting. My only concern is I tried it in my fish tank and found they are slow sinking. I've never fished any wood crankbaits so are they supposed to be like this?

 

Hard to say. Some cranks are designed to float and others to sink. Obviously, they're supposed to be like that if your crank was designed to sink or it could be a defective floater.

Give it a try.

 

You may clobber the bass with it or skunk out.

 

Will be interesting to read what happened when you fished it.

Hard to say. Some cranks are designed to float and others to sink. Obviously, they're supposed to be like that if your crank was designed to sink or it could be a defective floater.

 

 

Give it a try.

 

You may clobber the bass with it or skunk out.

 

Will be interesting to read what happened when you fished it.

Thanks for the reply. Got more information of this bait. They are custom made to be slow sinking. The place I usually fish has very shallow water so it might be hard to give it a try in a short time. Just wondering the advantage of this design compared to lipless crankbait?

Since the crankbait has a lip and likely a different body profile, it probably has a different action. More wobbly as opposed to a lipless crank's "wiggle." That difference in action could be what it takes to get fish to strike. 

 

Just wondering the advantage of this design compared to lipless crankbait?

 

I don't know what your lure looks like, but the Rapala Countdown is a sinking lure that is nothing like a standard lipless crankbait but it'll catch anything that swims and there's a good chance that your Fishco will too. You can use it in shallow water by running it just under the surface.