Could you do it with one brand, sure.  But like many others, I fish various brands, but tend to stick with certain baits from each to make up my aresenal.  SK makes great baits, use quite a few, but they do not make a balsa bait....hence need to pick up a different companies bait. With so many good companies out there, it's hard not to fish just one brand and having options with various baits for the same depth can make a big difference.  Crank A may catch a few fish, but your buddy has crank B which has a little different action then A and is killing it.  If you don't have crank B in your arsenal, well you get to catch a few while he catches a lot.  Been there, seen it.  So if you choose to fish one brand, hey your choice, but I'll choose to fish several for my arsenal so I have the options when needed.

You can do it with multiple companies, such as Megabass, Strike King, Manns, Lucky Craft, Bomber, and Rapala, just to name some.

  Yes

I found that when learning to Crank that one brand across various depths is working for me.  Here's by Crankbait box ... covers me from 3 FOW all the way down to about 20 FOW.

 

The thing about crankbaits is that they are all unique. Two lures may be identical (brand, model, color), but they may run totally different. Because of this, part of fishing and experimenting with crankbaits is trying to find that lucky crankbait, or better yet that magic crankbait. Some cranks are special, be it their individual wobble or the way they are tuned, and they are just a fish magnet. I like rapala, specifically the rapala fat rap. Rapala's line up could cover alot of cranking situations.     

I found that when learning to Crank that one brand across various depths is working for me.  Here's by Crankbait box ... covers me from 3 FOW all the way down to about 20 FOW.

 

 

That's all the cranks you have?! I have a box that same size just for squarebills, and it doesn't even hold all of them.

That's all the cranks you have?! I have a box that same size just for squarebills, and it doesn't even hold all of them.

Congratulations.

One bait that I would always want to have in my box that many of the bigger companies do not have a good copy of is the Wiggle Wart.  There are others but when I play this out in my head I keep getting stuck on the Wart.

That's all the cranks you have?! I have a box that same size just for squarebills, and it doesn't even hold all of them.

Good for you ... This is the box I use for tournaments as a co-angler.  I have a few more in other boxes.

i hope i'm not limiting myself.....I just like Duo cranks....they're gorgeous.....one could say they *wait for it*.....CAUGHT me pretty well 

Many crankbait companies offer a full line of baits that run from 0 to 20+ feet. I've been thinking.....instead of having a crankbait box with a hodge-podge of several brands, designs, shapes, etc., what's your thoughts of using ONE brand? Example: Spro's line of cranks will cover any depth you want to hit. So why not have only Spro's in your box? Thanks in advance for your time.

 

I will answer what you asked and try to stay on topic without going into anything else:

My reasoning is simple, I don't believe one company makes the best squarebill, mid depth crank, deep diving crank FOR ME.  For what I like doing for the way I want a bait to run and what I want to do with a bait I don't think ONE COMPANY covers it all.  For me to be fully effective (as used in topic name) I need to have the confidence of multiple brands for multiple situations.  That is my own personal reasoning for what I do.  With the utmost honesty I don't see a point or benefit to limiting yourself to one brand of lures be it hardbaits or softbaits. 

Strike King have been brought up as well as Lucky Craft... in my eyes both companies make great baits.  I don't think one company's full line is better than the other.  Price is obviously going to be a factor between the two and I will never down talk anyone who has utmost confidence in the lower cost option.  I have more confidence in a DD22 vs a Lucky Craft 20foot crank...  That is just for me from trial and error as many different situations I can be in. 

I hope you've gotten an answer that pleases you.  Have fun fishing and find the ones you like best!

  O K guys.

This is how lures work.

 

They catch you.

You still have to get the fish to bite it.

That's all the cranks you have?! I have a box that same size just for squarebills, and it doesn't even hold all of them.

 

 

 

...by the way it doesn't matter how many crankbaits you have if you still can't catch a fish on them.

BTW Felix77, I like your box...............looks like mine. You don't need a boat full, you just need ones your confident in.

BTW Felix77, I like your box...............looks like mine. You don't need a boat full, you just need ones your confident in.

I wish my crankbait box looked like y'all's. Lol. Mine's a little pitiful at the moment...

I wish my crankbait box looked like y'all's. Lol. Mine's a little pitiful at the moment...image.jpg

Look at it this way, I have maybe 20 times what you have, and from that all i just fish with maybe 20 cranks, the rest is just to bragg ..... Well, I don't bragg, I just overwhelm and make you feel miserable cuz you're crankbait poor. Back on the subject, actually the only thing Rapala lacks is a Jitterbug like topwater.

I found that when learning to Crank that one brand across various depths is working for me.  Here's by Crankbait box ... covers me from 3 FOW all the way down to about 20 FOW.

 

I wish I was that organized.

I wish I was that organized.

No kidding!!! I have just enough that it makes it hard to organize in a 3600 box!

Its not the size of your crank box that matters its how you work the cranks inside.

I wish I was that organized.

 

I am that organized, but I put more baits per compartment, gotta carry more ya know.    Not that I´m actually going to fish with them.

No kidding!!! I have just enough that it makes it hard to organize in a 3600 box!

I'm pretty organized, but have about half the baits you have. Still covers all my bases! (Flat sides, round sides, square bills, wakes, mid depth, shallow, deep) I'm good for everything I encounter.

i hope i'm not limiting myself.....I just like Duo cranks....they're gorgeous.....one could say they *wait for it*.....CAUGHT me pretty well

they have me to. Beautiful baits

I wish I was that organized.

 

 

No kidding!!! I have just enough that it makes it hard to organize in a 3600 box!

 

 

LOL ... this is what happens when you have about 6 months in between casts.  One of my winter projects is to organize tackle.  This was reorganized just a few weeks ago from a plain 3700 I had and I added two new lures for next year ... 1.5 shallow and the Lucky Shad.

 

Having Moved to Florida 12 years ago, and spending alot of times on the Kissimmee chain and other lakes that feature pro tournaments, I can say with certainty that many pro's (can't speak about all of them, maybe about a dozen, and a few that have cut us off on the shoreline so I know exactly what they were using)  and they are rarely using tackle from sponsers, but when they are at the dock, they usually have all the lures that are sponsers on deck for people to see. 

 

I know KVD won a Classic throwing a Smithwick Rogue at the same time he had the kVD Strike King Jerkbait out on the market, but the Rogue is a lure that every pro carries since it is unmatched in it's action and at the end of the day all Pro's will use the tool that is going to get the job done, not every company has a lure or color that may match the conditions being fished. 

 

I am sure I could use all Crankbaits by say Pradco and be good since it covers Bomber,Excalibur,Cotton Cordell, Heddon, Luhr Jensen, Bandit, and I am sure I am forgetting a few, but I would be lost without some Sebile lures, Timber Tigers, Reaction Strike, and Rapala just to name a few, almost every company has a lure or bait that I really like, and I also like buying new lures since they are fun to fish and also look at, but maybe I am crazy. I love buying crankbaits and I am a guy who throws a crank maybe 10% of the time, yet I have over 500, so I am crazy and have a disease, but it is healthier than other  addictions. I love going on Tackle warehouse and buying the new Molix Popper, Yo-zuri 3d series, Evolve Hardbaits, and always pick up a cool swimbait and topwater from companies I never use like Duo, Ima etc....If anyone wants to know the best topwater bait if conditions are tough here is a hint...Ima Skimmer, has impressed me more than any new bait or lure I have purchased in years, it is fantastic for pressured fish and I fish it in phosphate pits over 25 feet and they kill it from that deep...

I started off having only Rapala's  and they are still my favorite..... But I have learned that I need to get some other name brands to cover a wide variety of uses and scenarios