Your confidence crankbait ...

[clayshooter]

Those are great crank baits; very dependable. In very shallow water I’ve had tremendous results with a KVD 1.5, and in medium shallow water [3-6 feet] I still do well with an old favorite: Bomber Fat A.

+1 ^^^^^

[Lund1625]

Mutt

[Rangerdeepv]

KVD square bills and a few Rapala/knock offs work. Don't throw cranks often but always have a square bill on the deck.

[Ranger354]

Bandit 200

+1

[D.Moore]

Wiggle wart and for shallow water the old Bagley BB 1, 2 and 3.

[krindgen]

Ah, so many. For a long time, down in your area, it was a Daiwa Peanut in the mid/deep diver. Before that a Bandit 100 when cranking shallow wood was hot on the Bay. I've since expanded my obsession to wood baits.

[basscat tyler]

Wiggle Wart or Head Hunter in cold water. Otherwise an Xcalibur square bill

[Jumping Jimmy]

Overall favorite is a hot mustard DT-6. Also like the older Bill Norman deep baby N.
.

[Dave75]

In the spring time I always have a Stike King 1.5 shallow tied on. As the water warms my go to is the Strike King 1.5 and a DT 6 and a DT 10.

[AKRISONER]

evergreen cr-8 in ayu

a smallmouth killer.

[bilgerat]

I'll always have a soft spot for the Bomber Square A. It was the first crank I had my breakthrough aha moment when I was teaching myself to crank and overcame my fear of throwing a treble hook bait into heavy cover on purpose.

[JohnnyA]

O.S.P. Blitz DR OR RAID Japan Goriller

[bassnpro1]

Mutt

[basfish]

DT6
KVD 1.5
Frittside 5
All 3 tied on all the time

[218_fishing]

Dt 10 or 14 - Parrot color.

[Phoenix Jim]

Rapala Dt's seem to always get the nod for me

[bassboat1]

Rock Crawler 55. Clear, rocky and steep here.

[Kevin R.]

Bomber model a. I can always get at least one off it.

[Phrog Phil]

Bandit 200 or Dt 6 with a strike king 1.5 .

[hatcreek]

If I can only have one, it's this one... year 'round producer for me.





Academy CRM in Bluegill... The old ones, not the newer models available since they re-did all the H2O series baits (they're not the same).

Luckily, I was able to snag about a dozen of them as they were being phased out. Added to the ones I already had; my stock will hopefully last through the remainder of my fishing days.