Here are a few more of the little round body.  It's now my fav round bait.

why does some crankbaits have a black dot and some doesn't?

what is it suppose to be or do?

I have heard it called the "kill dot". It is suposed to give the fish something to aim at. There have been studies showing that a bass will ignore a bait without one. I have caught fish on baits without one, but a whole lot more fish with one. Try an experiment. Throw a bait without one and then out one on it with a Sharpie. I did that and found some interesting results. Lets just say almost all of my baits have one in one color or another.

P.S. Nice baits Big M!!

Did you carve those too or add the paint job??  Either way great body and paint

Bass Dude, those baits are handcarved and painted by me.   The carving is my fav. part of the build.

Awesome job .  Do you have any problems with getting them to run true?

Very nice as always, BIG M. You say little- 1/4 oz.? Smaller? Let us know...

The baits are 2 inches long x 3/4 inch tall and weigh a little over 1/4oz.

Depth is 4-5 feet depending on line size and for round bodies have a tight wiggle.

Nice baits. How close to size and action are they to the Rapala Fat Raps?

All very nice.  Like that second one down a lot.

Cooter, can't compare to the fat Dt as I've never looked at one.   I have not fished with a store bought crank in nearly 5yrs.

The Fat Rap is a old balsa wood crank that looks a lot like the one you are making. I'm not sure it is in production any more but is one of the best factory made cranks I've fished with. I always check out the old lures around the flea markets for the older ones. Repaint and new hooks and their set to go.

Ill have to put some pics on here with some fish i caught on Big Mcranks not excatlly the fish i looking for but hproof his cranks are top notch. (plus we have had 35 degree water here for the past 4 weeks. Nice job as always Marty