6 hours ago, Columbia Craw said:

Luhr Jensen Speed Trap

 

I have a Speed Trap and have never used it .Its in my Square Bill box too  but always get passed over . I'm starting to feel sorry for it .

KVD 1.5 Squarebill with patterns following seasonally available shallow forage and conditions (late winter / early spring = crawfish, spring to early summer = shad, summer / early fall = bluegill,  fall / early winter = shad again and finally add some chartreuse to the above for when the water gets dirty).

 

Dave

4 hours ago, scaleface said:

I have a Speed Trap and have never used it .Its in my Square Bill box too  but always get passed over . I'm starting to feel sorry for it .

 

Don't rule out the 1/8 oz. size either.  I throw it on casting gear with 10# all the time.  It's deadly when the bait is small.  I have some custom painted but that's a secret.

These pretty much cover all my shallow cranking that aren't "square" bills.

Mann's 1 minus is my all time favorite shallow bait in Baby Bass Crystaglow color.

I do have some KVD 1.5 and other random square bills but seem to have equal or better results with these.  

• Mann's 1 minus 0-1 ft.
• Bomber Shallow A  0-1 ft.
• Bomber Square A  0 – 3 ft.
• Bandit Footloose .5–1 ft.
• Bandit 100 2–5 ft.

 

 

Every time I read this d**n thread, it cost me $$$$$

5 hours ago, NHBull said:

Every time I read this d**n thread, it cost me $$$$$

Sorry, lol. But I know what you mean. Now I got 3 new cranks I wanna get & try this spring.

jackall aska sr, xcalibur xcs 200, bagley b2

 

i use the yo-zuri prisim just not in the squarebills and they have caught fish for me in the past 

Mann baby 1 minus, bandit 100 series cranks, and bagleys balsa cranks

Timber Tigers  DC8.  DC5. DC4

Bill Lewis's Echo 1.75

Top 5 (no real order)

 

1. KVD 1.5

 

2. Rebel bluegill 

 

3. Bomber square a

 

4. H20 express crs

 

5. Bandit footloose

 

 

Honorable mentions: Rebel wee r and Bass Pro XPS squarebills

 

Okay - because of this thread I picked up a KVD 1.5, as it seems to be on everyone's list. 

 

But then again...that is one of the reasons I love my Spro - seems to be a little bit different than what the fish see regularly. 

35 minutes ago, Hez said:

Okay - because of this thread I picked up a KVD 1.5, as it seems to be on everyone's list. 

 

But then again...that is one of the reasons I love my Spro - seems to be a little bit different than what the fish see regularly. 

One reason it is so popular is that it is sold everywhere including wally world......I would bet dollar for donuts that it was most folks 1st crankbait.

Lucy craft rto squarebill 

Mann's 1- here

Baby 1- is prob my favorite. I've just caught way to many fish on it - and big ones too. Only bad thing is you gotta change those stock hooks - they are turrible!!!

 

For those that love the Baby one minus, Bass Pro has a 1 FOW or less crankbait called The Egg. I've bought a few of them & they work great too. Plus they come stock with Grammy hooks. Academy also has a wakebait that's pretty decent. 

Another that I don't think has been mentioned is a 1/4 oz lipless crank. Man, I've had days where I burned a 1/4 oz RES around grass in 2-4 FOW & absolutely slayed em. 

The Strike King KVD line has good colors but the hooks are garbage and I get tire of changing them out.  Lately I have been buying Spro as they come with Gamakatsu hooks.  Some of the Yamamotos are nice too.

Gotta love those shallow running cranks. They just seem to produce whenever I tie one on. My preferred lures are:

Bandit 100 series

Poes RC1

Manns baby 1 minus

Bagleys Honey B

Bomber square bill Mod A

Rebel bluegill

Bandit 100's for me. Ive got plenty of other brands but none have caught the amount of fish the bandits have. They were pretty much my go to lure most of last year

A dark horse for me is the H20 (Academy) brand squarebill. It's a pretty cheap alternative so I don't panic if I get hung. It runs true out of the box and has decent enough hardware. Other than that I use KVD 1.0 and 1.5 in shad. 

H2O in sexy melon. 

Xcite Squarebills!

I've done pretty well with those 1/4 oz. Rebel squarebills that are $1.50 at WalMart.

 

Tom

LC 1.5 & 2.0, KVD 1.5 & 2.5, Baby Manns 1-, Square A. Those are what I mainly throw. I just picked up some 6th Sense 75x cranks that I haven't had a chance to fish with yet, but they look pretty good in the bathtub