Forums59
Topics1,055,786
Posts14,258,225
Members144,572
|
Most Online39,925 Dec 30th, 2023
|
|
Fire or Tiger looking crank baits
#9371213
10/04/13 05:51 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 258
EM-Steve
OP
Angler
|
OP
Angler
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 258 |
So I always see these Tiger or Fire crank baits when I am shopping for some tackle.
When do you throw this type of crank bait? Spring, Fall, Full moon? Is it emulating a craw fish even though it shaped like a bait fish?
Is it worth owning a a few?
|
|
Re: Fire or Tiger looking crank baits
[Re: EM-Steve]
#9371225
10/04/13 06:00 PM
|
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 6,850
Ban-D
TFF Celebrity
|
TFF Celebrity
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 6,850 |
Firetiger has been a forgot about color imo. I don't even buy them anymore. I found a 1.5 a while back and threw it and caught several fish with it. If anything it imitates a blugill to me since there are so many different species.try it around boat docks and rocks any time of the year in murky water. Then again I personally only throw shad patterns all year in all water colors. Confidence is key.
|
|
Re: Fire or Tiger looking crank baits
[Re: EM-Steve]
#9371381
10/04/13 07:20 PM
|
Joined: Jul 2013
Posts: 5,902
Bissett
TFF Celebrity
|
TFF Celebrity
Joined: Jul 2013
Posts: 5,902 |
^^^^ What he said. All about confidence
|
|
Re: Fire or Tiger looking crank baits
[Re: EM-Steve]
#9371438
10/04/13 07:47 PM
|
Joined: Jun 2013
Posts: 918
ColoradoTransplant
Pro Angler
|
Pro Angler
Joined: Jun 2013
Posts: 918 |
I have used em in clear and muddy water and they work... alot of the time when I am out trolling I will use an array of different patterns of the same lure, and it seems like some days the neon colors / fire tiger (whatever you wanna call em) work better than natural colors...
I have had especially good luck with those colors in crawdaddy crankbaits... I guess it may be because of the far out colors that can occur naturally in craws
I guess it just depends though on what the fish are hungry for...
|
|
Re: Fire or Tiger looking crank baits
[Re: EM-Steve]
#9371540
10/04/13 08:28 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 2,135
Cass Caldwell
Extreme Angler
|
Extreme Angler
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 2,135 |
I think they look like a bluegill to the bass. I won a tournament on a firetiger Bandit last year and beat the guy in second place by 4 pounds; best tourney I've ever had. Obviously, I have a lot of confidence in it now.
|
|
Re: Fire or Tiger looking crank baits
[Re: EM-Steve]
#9371549
10/04/13 08:32 PM
|
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 5,545
timwins31
TFF Celebrity
|
TFF Celebrity
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 5,545 |
I still have a handfull of Bagleys Killer B1s, mostly in firetiger. The best shallow crank I've ever used.
|
|
Re: Fire or Tiger looking crank baits
[Re: EM-Steve]
#9371570
10/04/13 08:40 PM
|
Joined: May 2002
Posts: 2,882
Barn
Extreme Angler
|
Extreme Angler
Joined: May 2002
Posts: 2,882 |
I have caught a ton of fish on firetiger Bomber Model A. In the spring or when the water in stained to murky. However, it's worth a try anytime. 
|
|
Re: Fire or Tiger looking crank baits
[Re: EM-Steve]
#9371705
10/04/13 09:42 PM
|
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 4,533
bigbass94
TFF Team Angler
|
TFF Team Angler
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 4,533 |
If the water is murky, firetiger is hard to beat
"If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles." - Doug Larson
|
|
Re: Fire or Tiger looking crank baits
[Re: bigbass94]
#9371728
10/04/13 09:49 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 126
HornedFrogBass2014
Outdoorsman
|
Outdoorsman
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 126 |
Agreed. I usually like shad patterns, but firetiger whenever the water is really murky is an awesome color.
Fight 'em till hell freezes over, then fight 'em on the ice
|
|
Re: Fire or Tiger looking crank baits
[Re: EM-Steve]
#9372515
10/05/13 04:11 AM
|
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 6,014
Bayou Burner
TFF Celebrity
|
TFF Celebrity
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 6,014 |
Love that Color!
I have a Spro Fat John Crank in that color that gets worked out weekly.
"Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway."
John Wayne
ADHAERO VIRTUTI
|
|
Re: Fire or Tiger looking crank baits
[Re: EM-Steve]
#9377415
10/07/13 12:11 PM
|
Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 1,514
engine1129
Extreme Angler
|
Extreme Angler
Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 1,514 |
i love em in murky water..they have produced for me on t wok and on fork...all about the confidence
|
|
Re: Fire or Tiger looking crank baits
[Re: EM-Steve]
#9377548
10/07/13 01:19 PM
|
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 1,219
Choogie Chunker
Extreme Angler
|
Extreme Angler
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 1,219 |
I like the color in dingy water too. It has always been a good one.
'91 Skeeter 200SX Yamaha 200 ................................ It's hard to stumble when you're on your knees. ................................................ I'm not old. My bobbers just float a little lower than they used to.
|
|
Re: Fire or Tiger looking crank baits
[Re: EM-Steve]
#9377686
10/07/13 02:19 PM
|
Joined: Jun 2013
Posts: 998
Hookset Brother- Martin
Pro Angler
|
Pro Angler
Joined: Jun 2013
Posts: 998 |
I prefer green tiger in stained water after it rains!
"Hookset Brothers" Fishing For PTSD Recovery
|
|
Re: Fire or Tiger looking crank baits
[Re: EM-Steve]
#9378146
10/07/13 05:13 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 258
EM-Steve
OP
Angler
|
OP
Angler
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 258 |
When I said fire tiger I did not know it was a neon green color with black stripes. I assumed it was the the bright red colored crankbaits that I guess are supposed to resemble craws?
Picked up the green fire tiger at academy over the weekend, Threw it this morning around rip rap and points and nothing.
|
|
Re: Fire or Tiger looking crank baits
[Re: EM-Steve]
#9378200
10/07/13 05:38 PM
|
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 5,545
timwins31
TFF Celebrity
|
TFF Celebrity
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 5,545 |
Oh I see. . .I use red craw pattern cranks year round in the shallows. Yes it's supposed to look like a crawdad. Usually work best when you can grind them into the bottom. For me they are especially deadly in the spring. Bomber makes my favorite craw pattern on a crank, Fat As are awesome - and cheap enough to throw in the thick stuff.
|
|
Moderated by banker-always fishing, chickenman, Derek 🐝, Duck_Hunter, Fish Killer, J-2, Jacob, Jons3825, JustWingem, Nocona Brian, Toon-Troller, Uncle Zeek, Weekender1
|