SPRO Little John. Citrus Shad is by far my favorite color when I can get away with using it but also use cell mate, chart/blue, nasty shad, spooky nasty and of course craw. The MD (7-9ft.) is my all around crank but I carry and throw all models of the little john from 3 foot deep to 25 foot deep I throw the Little John. I haven't found another crankbait that comes close in my opinion. As far as what lakes for me the answer is any. I have something that I can throw anywhere, even if it isn't the most productive lure, it's my confidence lure and that's worth a lot.

BRTJr22,

I buy a lot off of Ebay, but I will talk to Dieter and see if he will start producing them again. He got off into his Missing Link bug and stopped production of his Stanford Cedar baits and they are awesome. LOTS of 4, 5's and even a 9.18 have been caught on them by me. Hope this helps. Tight lines, keep safe and good luck.

Thad Rains

Bomber Foxy Mama color. From square bill to deep diver.

Like the SK models. Have also been happy with the Academy H2O brands(change hooks on smaller baits). Going up in price I have some Profound Outdoors crankbaits that I have liked using.

Bandits, 1'- 15', Citrus, blk/chart, orng craw.

For shallow crank baits the Mann's Baby 1 minus is hard to beat.

strike king, spro, cliff pace balsa flat sided cranks. Pretty much all I throw

Rapala DT6 and DT10
H2O Express CRM, CRS+
Bagley DB2

Fat free shad, Tennessee shad

Shad Rap, KVD 1.0, and the Crush 50X.

Thanks for all the input. I am making a list. I assume everyone varies their retrieves. Also interested to see how many use swivels versus tying straight to the crankbait.

No swivel or snaps for me with exception to a wiggle wart.

Squarebills = 6th Sense Crush 50, 6th Sense Movement 80, KVD 1.5 and 2.5
Lipless = Spro Aruku Shad 75, SK Red Eye shad
Mid Range depth = Rapala DT-10
Deep = SK 5XD, 6XD

As you can see the choices are wide and ranging. I throw what I have confidence in at the moment. Experiment is the best way. What works for one does not work for others. I have thrown the same bait as my partner and vise versa, one will catch while the other won't, it sometimes works that way.

If money isn�t an issue ph customs hunting p might be the best square bill ever made.... IMO