Looking for your favorites in a Shallow squarebill that works best in grass flats. Want it to dive 0-2 feet and just touch the top of the grass but dont want a wake bait. There was a tread a little while back where alot of the people recommended the same shallow crank but cant find it. Whats your favorites....?

The Strike King KVD Shallow Squarebill 1.5 Crankbait ~

A-Jay

 

Mann's 1- is another alternative

 

1-minus 

Bass Pro Shops The Egg. 

 

Bandit Footloose. And they're on sale at TW. Keep in mind these aren't big baits. 

 

 

Jackal zero footer.

 

Allen 

Mann’s 1- haven’t found anything that works as well

Mann 1- and the Evergreen CR-1

6th Sense Movement 80

Mann's -1; KVD Shallow Square bill are both excellent.

 

Any shallow running crankbaits will do.

 

Now, as an alternative, remove the rear hook from a 1/4 ounce lipless crankbait and throw that.

 

By removing the rear hook you will avoid a lot of snags.

Awesome! Thanks Guys! The Manns -1 looks like the ticket. What colors produces best for ya? Liking the baby bass and fireshad....

The Norman Fat Boy fished on mono line would be a good choice for more aggressive fish. KVD Shallows also work well all year round.

@robbiez111  One-Minus caught my PB Largemouth (on avatar). Fireshad Crystaglow was the pattern. It’s an all-time classic hardbait!

KVD Shallow has been berry berry good to me.

On 12/25/2018 at 3:07 PM, A-Jay said:

The Strike King KVD Shallow Squarebill 1.5 Crankbait ~

A-Jay

 

+1 ... KVD did it right .

I love the 1 Minus series!! There are actually 3 different sizes so pay attention to what you are getting. There is the baby 1 minus which is 2.25" long and 1/4oz most are talking about. The mid 1 minus which is 2.75" long and is 3/8oz and the regular 1 minus which is big at 3.25" long and 5/8oz.  If you like the baby size there is another that I really like, the Mann's Baby X, it is the same body as the baby 1 minus but it has a square bill and dives 2' instead of 1'. The square bill is more like a small rectangle and gives the bait some awesome deflection capabilities.

My favorite currently in production is the Mann's 1- in gray ghost or fireshad.  Brown Craw is also a good color around here.  My all-time favorite shallow running bait is the Storm sub-wart. 

I've never met a Mann's 1- that I couldn't break in about 10 casts or less... Seriously, I might just be unlucky, but I've broken at least 4 bills of my Mann's baits.

 

Better (IMO) options:

 

Bandit 100 or Footloose. The 100 goes deeper, but swimming it slowly will get you the desired depth, plus you can make it 'plunge' into little pockets.

 

Megabass Griffon 0 will give you sheer numbers. It's a tiny bait, but big ones will gobble it up too.

 

Bagley Bulgin' B series is a wakebait that is a little harder to find, but is also a fantastic bait for me. Also fragile, but I've had better luck with them than the Manns...