I picked up a couple cedar boards at Menards just to get started carving Crankbait and jerkbaits. The first one I made turned out nicely and had a good action. If I’m getting more serious and make a consistent bait, are there better cedar bait options or do you think I can sort through boards to find enough consistency that way. Also, I’m not 100 percent confident on understanding grain for carving. Are the section where the grain isn’t visible best or the straight grain sections that are visible. Guessing the sections where the grain isn’t straight are going to be the most difficult to work with.

The older Poes were a great cedar bait IMHO