Question on other crank baits

[ebijack]

I don't put much into what is on the radio, way to much BS. For me, I run baits that produce for me. I've sold a few hundred baits and colors that never produced for me. I guess that comes from the many years of fishing tourney's. I want to be the first to know what is working, not the last if that makes sense. Also once you get a few fish, you need to dial in what the fish want once you get those few. With all the factors that are involved with speed, depth and lastly color. You then also have the bait size and what triggers bites. For me, I will absolutely state bait size does matter on each day. Which also points to the shape of the bait. You can get any bait to what ever depth you want fairly easily. I've run tot's for a lot of years, and find they do not produce like they used to when the water was much dirtier before zebra's. On average, the minnow shape baits produce a whole lot better in the colder water times. Warmer temps they still produce. For me I won't buy any perfect 10's as they are similar to Smithwicks and I sold boxes of those as I never caught a fish on them, just like thundersticks. I am not saying they don't work, they do for some of my friends. They just never produced for me. So I won't waste my time anymore running them. But shape and size do matter. I've had a few years where the Rapala tail dancers deep divers were better than any other RR or husky for our catch rate. Haven't had a good day with them in over 3 yrs. But I still try them, as I know in the right conditions they will produce. I don't go out and only put out a spread of one lure type/size, I cover the water column with different baits. Then dial in from there. There are a lot of days where the size of DDHJ's greatly matters. Not the color.
But that is my experience.