Does anyone else love themselves a super shallow crankbait bite? Which ones do you throw and what do you throw them on? I throw and have thrown the Duo Kabuki 50 SSR, Bandit Footloose and Megabass Griffon Zero. I'm going to grab a couple Yozuri SSR here in the next few weeks, but was curious what others are out there. 

 

I throw them on my 6'10" M MF Ark Lancer Pro and Kastking Megajaws Elite with 12lb Contra mono, same as I use for smaller (sub-1/2oz) topwaters. 

My favorite here and a Real Sleeper in the category, is the Rapala X-Rap Sub Walk ~

 Casts great, barely runs 12 inches down, can be worked easily to walk the dog (at any speed) - Sub-Surface and perhaps it's best attribute, besides suspending on the hesitation - it has a very attractive side roll right before the suspension on the pause.

All of this makes it very suitable in shallow water or in the skinny water over cover, when fish seem hesitant to commit to a surface bait and a jerk bait runs too deep. 

The Sub-Walk has accounted for many bass for me.

A-Jay

 

Original Floating Rapala fish slowly.

14 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

My favorite here and a Real Sleeper in the category, is the Rapala X-Rap Sub Walk ~

A-Jay

 

 

I have one I use a lot. It is a great lure for some of the waters I fish and is usually in my box.  

 

 

Mann's Baby 1!

 

They just flat out catch fish. 

Bomber Long A

Like these?

1 hour ago, AmmoGuy said:

Mann's Baby 1!

 

They just flat out catch fish. 

this........best hardbait I own.....

2 hours ago, A-Jay said:

My favorite here and a Real Sleeper in the category, is the Rapala X-Rap Sub Walk ~

 Casts great, barely runs 12 inches down, can be worked easily to walk the dog (at any speed) - Sub-Surface and perhaps it's best attribute, besides suspending on the hesitation - it has a very attractive side roll right before the suspension on the pause.

All of this makes it very suitable in shallow water or in the skinny water over cover, when fish seem hesitant to commit to a surface bait and a jerk bait runs too deep. 

The Sub-Walk has accounted for many bass for me.

A-Jay

 

Do you work it more with rod action, or by reeling it in?

4 minutes ago, BrianMDTX said:

Do you work it more with rod action, or by reeling it in?

With the rod for sure.

Like a jerkbait mostly. 

It has a sweet little roll or shimmy right before it comes to a stop on the pause.

I feel like it's an important aspect of it's triggering deal.

So I make sure to include several 'stops' per retrieve.

A considerable percentage of bites come not so much on the pause,

but immediately after - like on the very next movement.

I change out the hooks & hardware - unusually plus size at least the front treble anyway.

Box on the left - top two rows

A-Jay

 

37 minutes ago, crypt said:

this........best hardbait I own.....

X2

48 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

With the rod for sure.

Like a jerkbait mostly. 

It has a sweet little roll or shimmy right before it comes to a stop on the pause.

I feel like it's an important aspect of it's triggering deal.

So I make sure to include several 'stops' per retrieve.

A considerable percentage of bites come not so much on the pause,

but immediately after - like on the very next movement.

I change out the hooks & hardware - unusually plus size at least the front treble anyway.

Box on the left - top two rows

A-Jay

 

That may be the ticket for shallow ponds. I’ll have to pick one or two up! 

6 minutes ago, BrianMDTX said:

That may be the ticket for shallow ponds. I’ll have to pick one or two up! 

Good Luck.

I'd like to kindly recommend 10 - 12 lb MONO if using revolving spool gear.

A-Jay

The enlightenment seems non stop here.

Have never considered a really shallow crank outside of Original floating Rapala.

 

1 hour ago, Columbia Craw said:

Like these?

Maybe like the 1st, 3rd and bottom on the left. The others have a depth around 2 to 5 feet. I'm primarily asking about the 0 to 1ft range.

I like to throw a rebel crawdad and a googan mini banger. In creeks I do love a rapala (like others have said).

My favorite was a Mann's 1- but this year I started using a 6th Sense Movement 80 X.  The Movement 80 X deflects off of trees better than any crankbait I have ever fished.  The Movement is now in the starting line up.  The Manns 1- has been moved to my injured reserve crankbait box.  Always ready to go, but doesn't ever get in the game.

1 hour ago, A-Jay said:

Good Luck.

I'd like to kindly recommend 10 - 12 lb MONO if using revolving spool gear.

A-Jay

Perfect. As I have the perfect rig spooled with 10 lb. Big Game. 

5 hours ago, A-Jay said:

My favorite here and a Real Sleeper in the category, is the Rapala X-Rap Sub Walk ~

 Casts great, barely runs 12 inches down, can be worked easily to walk the dog (at any speed) - Sub-Surface and perhaps it's best attribute, besides suspending on the hesitation - it has a very attractive side roll right before the suspension on the pause.

All of this makes it very suitable in shallow water or in the skinny water over cover, when fish seem hesitant to commit to a surface bait and a jerk bait runs too deep. 

The Sub-Walk has accounted for many bass for me.

A-Jay

 

I may have to try these XRap Sub Walks. I bought a bunch of shallow KVD 1.5 from you and have yet to fish them. They will get thrown this summer though. 

I really like the kvd 1.5 shallow..says it dives 3ft but on 15lb big game I'd say its maybe half that.

60mm Berkley Wakebull in MF Bluegill has been my best producing shallow crankbait for the last couple of years.

Discontinued Storm Subwart. Still have 5 of them in various colors, including one in the original packaging.

 

Closest comparison I can find nowadays is the Bass Pro XPS Super Shallow Crank. It comes with really stout trebles in a variety of colors for only $3.99.

6 hours ago, A-Jay said:

It has a sweet little roll or shimmy right before it comes to a stop on the pause

The bass pro "the egg" does the same thing when it floats up.  It rolls as it floats the way a red eye wiggles on the fall.

With regards to the Mann's 1 Minus, is it the Baby size only or do the Mid and Regular size work just as well?  Where I am going to fish it, I really need it not to go more than a foot or so deep.  

 

51 minutes ago, Happybeerbuzz said:

With regards to the Mann's 1 Minus, is it the Baby size only or do the Mid and Regular size work just as well?  Where I am going to fish it, I really need it not to go more than a foot or so deep.  

 

 

I've never seen any reason to stray from the Baby 1-. I'm sure the Mid is good too though.