Crank Baits Suggestion

Thanks alot Sim, the Falcon's really hold up to some punishment too. They
have three sweet latches on each box. I'm sold on em...

Warren

"SimRacer" wrote in message
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Here ya go Warren (ie: Falcon Boxes at Cabelas)

http://tinyurl.com/58935

Went to Cabelas, found the Falcons, and went to Tiny URL to shorten it up.
That URL should be valid for a month or so.

Nice looking boxes. Wal-Mart around here sells one similar, each box has
specific storage spaces for specific types of baits: shallow cranks, hard
jerkbaits, topwaters, etc. But they weren't Falcon. I want to say they
were
Shimano brand, similar to these:

http://tinyurl.com/6utja




"go-bassn" wrote in message
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Josh, don't know if you've seen the specialty utility boxes made by
Falcon
or not, but they might be the answer to your crankbait dilemna. I
started
using them this past season & they rock. I employ several to house my
cranks. These utility boxes are made for specific types of lures,
everything from cranks to jigs to spinnerbaits etc. I just use seperate
Falcon crankbait boxes for shallow/medium/deep runners, one for hard
jerkbaits & another for topwaters. These boxes make cranks very easy to
select & manage.

Search Cabelas for "Falcon Boxes", I'd post the link but it was
rediculously
long...

http://www.cabelas.com

Warren

--
Warren

http://www.warrenwolk.com
Http://www.tri-statebassmasters.com
2004 NJ B.A.S.S. Federation State Champions

"Joshuall" wrote in message
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I like fishing crank baits and I guess I know the "basics", but I have
a
ton of them. In one big box. Some of them may have procreated and made
more
of them. My box full is jammed to the top. I've got em all mixed up.
I've
tried sorting them. . . by color, by the size of the bill etc. But I
still
have a mess.

Just wondering if the group has some suggestions to make my crank bait
box
make more sense, assist me in culling out some lures. And just some
general usage suggestions, favorite lures, times of seasons for colors
etc. I know wide wobble in cold water/weather and tighter in warm, but
would lilke to get a better handle on crankbaits. So anything the
group
has to offer to help me make more sense out of my collection other
than
my current philosophy which seems to be.. "have as many smushed in
there
as possible in case some how I get into a situation that requires a
certain type and I don't have it ! g.

--
God Bless America

Josh The Bad Bear

"go-bassn" wrote in message
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Thanks alot Sim, the Falcon's really hold up to some punishment too. They
have three sweet latches on each box. I'm sold on em...

Warren


Sounds like the deal Warren. I ever get ready to replace any of my standard
boxes and look for specialized ones like those, I'll give them a look since
you have a high regard for them. I currently just use the Plano boxes that
fit in my bags and make do. So far so good with those, but I may decide to
try something new sometime. When I started building up my fishing tools
again a couple seasons ago, I focused on the rods and reels
(Daiwa-Shimano/St Croix-Fenwick), and boat, and just got some basic tackle
bags for storage. Maybe I need to redress that this "off" season before I go
out again in January? lol Nah, I'll probably just go for some new line and
replace the couple crankbaits that these toothy pickeral critters have torn
up...

"go-bassn" wrote in message
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Thanks alot Sim, the Falcon's really hold up to some punishment too. They
have three sweet latches on each box. I'm sold on em...

Warren


Sounds like the deal Warren. I ever get ready to replace any of my standard
boxes and look for specialized ones like those, I'll give them a look since
you have a high regard for them. I currently just use the Plano boxes that
fit in my bags and make do. So far so good with those, but I may decide to
try something new sometime. When I started building up my fishing tools
again a couple seasons ago, I focused on the rods and reels
(Daiwa-Shimano/St Croix-Fenwick), and boat, and just got some basic tackle
bags for storage. Maybe I need to redress that this "off" season before I go
out again in January? lol Nah, I'll probably just go for some new line and
replace the couple crankbaits that these toothy pickeral critters have torn
up...

I carry all my cranks with me at all times. One of my favorite tricks is to
throw a long-billed crank in much shallower water than it was intended to be
used in. Really stirs things up down there if the grass isn't too thick,
deadly where sand & rocks mix.

--
Warren

http://www.warrenwolk.com
Http://www.tri-statebassmasters.com
2004 NJ B.A.S.S. Federation State Champions

"Brad Coovert" wrote in message
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I fish different baits based on water temp, lake I will be at, season, etc.
and only take those baits with me. I use four 3700 Plano's to keep my
cranks
in:

1) Lipless baits
2) Suspending baits
3) Flat sided baits - Tight wobble
4) Round sided baits - Wide wobble

Seldom do I have three boxes with me at any time.

I then arrange the boxes by depth in four rows with super shallow,
shallow,
medium and deep.

As for colors, I have four color categories: craw, chartreuse, chromes and
shads.

I also like to have rattling baits (usually plastic) and non - rattling
baits
(usually wood).


Brad Coovert
Tournament Director, Greenfield Bassmasters
http://www.greenfieldbassmasters.com
Esox Rods - Hand Made In The USA
"For The Toughest Fishing Around"

I carry all my cranks with me at all times. One of my favorite tricks is to
throw a long-billed crank in much shallower water than it was intended to be
used in. Really stirs things up down there if the grass isn't too thick,
deadly where sand & rocks mix.

--
Warren

http://www.warrenwolk.com
Http://www.tri-statebassmasters.com
2004 NJ B.A.S.S. Federation State Champions

"Brad Coovert" wrote in message
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I fish different baits based on water temp, lake I will be at, season, etc.
and only take those baits with me. I use four 3700 Plano's to keep my
cranks
in:

1) Lipless baits
2) Suspending baits
3) Flat sided baits - Tight wobble
4) Round sided baits - Wide wobble

Seldom do I have three boxes with me at any time.

I then arrange the boxes by depth in four rows with super shallow,
shallow,
medium and deep.

As for colors, I have four color categories: craw, chartreuse, chromes and
shads.

I also like to have rattling baits (usually plastic) and non - rattling
baits
(usually wood).


Brad Coovert
Tournament Director, Greenfield Bassmasters
http://www.greenfieldbassmasters.com
Esox Rods - Hand Made In The USA
"For The Toughest Fishing Around"

It's what the bass say that counts right?

--
Warren

http://www.warrenwolk.com
Http://www.tri-statebassmasters.com
2004 NJ B.A.S.S. Federation State Champions

"AJH" wrote in message
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I did a little research, seems like Ronnie's right, some say tight
wobble in cold water others say wide. Guess I will try both in the
future...

It's what the bass say that counts right?

--
Warren

http://www.warrenwolk.com
Http://www.tri-statebassmasters.com
2004 NJ B.A.S.S. Federation State Champions

"AJH" wrote in message
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I did a little research, seems like Ronnie's right, some say tight
wobble in cold water others say wide. Guess I will try both in the
future...

"go-bassn" wrote in message
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I hear ya, by the time I get settled in my new house I might have to beg
for
lures at the launch-ramps next season.

--
Warren

LOL! Heard that. Buying a house (and its mortgage) is an intimidating thing,
even if you've already had one in the past. I'm sure your lure selection
will be just fine come the tourney season however. I have been asked to
actually fish in some team-tourneys around here next year myself. So I guess
if I take the plunge I won't be able to poormouth myself next year and say
"Well, I don't tourney fish, but..." lol I figure I'll try it at least once
as a non-boater and see how it goes. Apparently my insistance on fishing
just a few bodies of water until I could learn them has caught some local
attention. We'll see, maybe. I have been able to boat some quality fish
these past few months, so my patience/persistence must be paying off. I
still can't seem to put 5 good fish together for a full bag though, but I
can usually get a good one or two decent ones on-board each day at least.
Hence the team concept, maybe the boater-partner can find more qauntity to
fill out a limit for us. We'll see, it may be me asking for product samples
next year at blast-offs! ;-)

"go-bassn" wrote in message
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I hear ya, by the time I get settled in my new house I might have to beg
for
lures at the launch-ramps next season.

--
Warren

LOL! Heard that. Buying a house (and its mortgage) is an intimidating thing,
even if you've already had one in the past. I'm sure your lure selection
will be just fine come the tourney season however. I have been asked to
actually fish in some team-tourneys around here next year myself. So I guess
if I take the plunge I won't be able to poormouth myself next year and say
"Well, I don't tourney fish, but..." lol I figure I'll try it at least once
as a non-boater and see how it goes. Apparently my insistance on fishing
just a few bodies of water until I could learn them has caught some local
attention. We'll see, maybe. I have been able to boat some quality fish
these past few months, so my patience/persistence must be paying off. I
still can't seem to put 5 good fish together for a full bag though, but I
can usually get a good one or two decent ones on-board each day at least.
Hence the team concept, maybe the boater-partner can find more qauntity to
fill out a limit for us. We'll see, it may be me asking for product samples
next year at blast-offs! ;-)

"go-bassn" wrote in message
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I carry all my cranks with me at all times. One of my favorite tricks is
to
throw a long-billed crank in much shallower water than it was intended to
be
used in. Really stirs things up down there if the grass isn't too thick,
deadly where sand & rocks mix.


I agree Warren. It's worth a few snag ups here and there to bang a crankbait
off something in the water (the bottom, rocks, branches). I dunno if it
because most casual anglers just swim their baits or what, but usually I get
bit more when the bait is "swimming" into stuff.

My personal best big bass was caught in less than 2ft of water this way. I
overthrew a rat-l-trap onto a bank (cold air, cold water, fish "should've"
been deep) but some warm water runoff had the water in this particular cove
stained up. Yanked it enough to get it cleanly airborne off the bank, it
skipped off a branch sticking up out of the water about 3 feet into the
waterline, and landed right beside it, on my, the boat side of the branch. I
let it sink and sit for about 5 seconds, and within two pulls (I was
yo-yo'ing lipless cranks that day) the fish and the fight were both on.
Everyone else on the water that day were fishing jigs on deeper drop offs,
and ledges, presumably where the thermocline was. We boated that 10 lb'er
that day, and a couple that were in the 3 lb range as well and the most
other fish we saw caught were some little bitty buck bass, "maybe" keepers,
but well under that lake's slot limit (16"-20"). So even on a cold day, at
the end of February, stirring things up a little can help apparently. As
well as thinking outside the box and not thinking the rules for certain
weather conditions are set into stone. These critters are smart, and know
all the rules by now too I reckon, so I break the rules a lot just to see if
I can trick another big'un into the bought on occasion.