There is a lot of competent shallow cranks out there; too many really.  The Bagley Balsa B #2 and Rapala DT Fat 3 are often overlooked and they really shouldn't be because they are dynamite.  The DT-4, while not a squarebill, can lay a serious beat down on a lot of shallow cranks when it comes to straight up fish catching.

I've fished a lot of squarebills. The ones I've had the most success with are KVD 1.5's, River2Sea Ish Monroe series, Storm Arashi Squarebills, and Xcalibur. I've heard great things about the LuckEStrike Rick Clunn squarebills too.

I've fished a lot of squarebills. The ones I've had the most success with are KVD 1.5's, River2Sea Ish Monroe series, and Xcalibur. I've heard great things about the LuckEStrike Rick Clunn squarebills too.

 

From my experience with the Rick Clunn square bills they are terrible.

 

Bought 3 one day and none ran true out of the box, 2 broke the bill in timber, one of them sank tail down for some reason, I tried to boat flip a 3 pounder and one of the treble snapped off the 3rd... I find it hard to believe I got 3 duds, but I do know some people who like them I guess...

favorite colors?

 

I like the oxbow and black/chartreuse

From my experience with the Rick Clunn square bills they are terrible.

 

Bought 3 one day and none ran true out of the box, 2 broke the bill in timber, one of them sank tail down for some reason, I tried to boat flip a 3 pounder and one of the treble snapped off the 3rd... I find it hard to believe I got 3 duds, but I do know some people who like them I guess...

 

That's odd since I've had the exact opposite experience.  Tried one from the MTB one month and it seemed to come through cover better and more consistent than the KVDs.  I've picked up about a dozen of them over the last couple weeks and had some great fishing days on the Mississippi.  Haven't had any issues at all, even boat flipped a couple 3s and a 4 this weekend on them.  Wonder if they had a bad batch of them go out?

 

It's either those or the KVDs for me.  Get a little tired of the KVDs because some of them seem to snag up REALLY easy if you don't replace with a short shank trebel, although I would say the majoirty of them run true and work nice right out of the box.

ive had more success using the Jackall Aska than any other squarebill, I do like the kvds also

KVD 1.5, Storm Arashi, and the Luckey Craft Clunn now Omari 1.5

LC bds3 and bds4, kvd 1.5 and 2.5.  Shad colors and craw colors.