just getting into square billed crank baits. looking for some time time tested colors.

I have a rapala dtfat 3 in firetiger chartreuse 1/2 oz. was looking for another.

also didnt realize the dtfat 3 is a silent runner. 

thanks guys

t

dtFAT03 in olive shiner is my favorite crankbait. anything in a natural looking silver or gold color is fine by me.

Sexy Shad

Olive green with a white belly is money too.

For square bill shallow divers I almost exclusively throw firetiger or black back with chartruese body. Red craw ain't bad either

Bluegill or Redear

Hot Mustard

Olive Shiner is a good one, too.

pearl white and red colors

Tennessee Shad

Chartreuse Black Back

Down here in the Mobile Delta I have great success with anything in a black splatterback. Especially a Bandit 100. 

Brown with black stripes down the side and an oragne belly. I have a Cotten Cordell big O in this pattern and that lure has caught me many quality fish. I use it in both clear and stained water with success. Second would be a blue and silver with a white bottom.

Tennessee Shad

Chartreuse Black Back

X2 The Excalibur has some really good looking XCS's in these two colors. I also like the citrus shad from them as well. In Rapala colors I would most certainly go with their Parrot, Hot Mustard, or Chartreuse Shad.

In the case of the DT Fat03, I like the orange belly, gold side, brown back color Rapala calls "Crawdad". Second would be brown back/chart belly.

Chartreuse w/ blue back and red craw.... if i get a third option it would be white with blue back. The blue back CB's are thrown around docks and lay downs and the craw is thrown around rocks.

I like the Lucky Craft RC 1.5 in the Ghost color & Copper Green, I've done extremely well with these baits.

1. Something that looks like a shad.

2. Something that looks like a crawdad.

3. Something that looks like a bluegill/green sunfish/redear/bream.

Tom

BTW the DT Fat03 is a great crank to start with, but branch out a little, there are days when that big bait with wide wobble just doesn't seem to interest them. You don't need to spend a ton of dough, Bandit 100's are a good smaller square bill, and they often work very well for me on days the DT Fat03 is not catchng much.

Rootbeer , white.

Crawdad with orange belly, sexy shad

Lucky Craft

Chartruese Shad

Aurora Green Perch

Bandit

Blue Back Herring

Original Perch

KVD Square Bill

Sexy Blue Back Herring

Blue Gill or Tenn Shad ( Don't like the purple under the bill on Tenn Shad)

Chartreuse w/ black back

White

also another fan of the rootbeer

Red Ear, Norman Fat Boy

Red Ear, Norman Fat Boy

RW!!  :-X

hah jk

i really like lucky craft's copper green also, i have a mini SR in that color and it crushes.

1-anything bluegill

2-anything shad

anyone have any luck with a baby bass colored one?

1-anything bluegill

2-anything shad

anyone have any luck with a baby bass colored one?

Baby bass is one of my favorite colors, along with pearl black back.

Blue back Chartreuse (Parrot?)

Black Back Chartreuse