I want to spend WISELY . . . and EFFICIENTLY . . . RkCrawler Or Wiggle Wart???

[dtrs5kprs]

1 minute ago, abkeenan said:

Can't really add much to what dwiebenga and Dave said.  

Craw patterns are all you need for TR, no need to stray. RK's need no upgrades and are good to go out of the pack. They come standard with Gammy trebles. Warts on the other hand need better hooks. Not a big VMC (stock hooks on the Wart) guy so I put some Owner stingers on them size 5.

Only color I will add to is the V209 in the Wart (Natural Red Craw). It's my favorite color. Rapala of course screwed the pooch on it with their rendition of the 209 but it still works fine. IF you REALLY feel like being "frisky" you can drop about $50+ on a Pre-Rap V209.

I'll add that if you aren't accustomed to cranking you MUST be ticking bottom to get bit. If you aren't grinding, you ain't catchin'. This of course lends it's to getting hung up more.....

......Thus brings me to my last point....get you a lure retriever. Will pay for itself within the first hour of you cranking on TR. I highly recommend getting the David Fritz model that Lew's now reintroduced on the market last year. I have the same one (old blue original) that I've had since the mid 90s. I have it on a retractable dog leash with the metal clip epoxied shut on it. It never leaves my tacklebox/boat.

http://www.lews.com/acc-getrbacklureretrieve.php

V209 and V29 are awfully good up the rivers, or in mud. Also the new version red that was a BPS exclusive at first.

You couldn't touch any of my V209 or V29 pre Raps for $50. 

[176champion]

Here's few colors i have in WW..I have maybe 2 rock crawlers and about 8 wiggle warts.

[abkeenan]

1 minute ago, 176champion said:

Here's few colors i have in WW..I have maybe 2 rock crawlers and about 8 wiggle warts.

Just about all you need right there on the Western Wart Front.

[Ham]

<4 foot I'm throwing a square bill

4-6 WW

>6 or when I want to catch a fish Rock Crawler 

im not a Wart guy. Get some greens and browns

Rock Crawler : Spring Craw, Phantom Green, Phantom Brown, Green Craw, Molting Craw

[dblades]

As much as I like the phantom colors, I really think the natural brown craw and the V210  have put the most and bigger fish in my boat. 

[dtrs5kprs]

4 minutes ago, dblades said:

As much as I like the phantom colors, I really think the natural brown craw and the V210  have put the most and bigger fish in my boat. 

Shush about that V210 now. Also the other color I didn't mention. Brett knows that one.

[wareaglecamo]

wow! . . . EVERYTHING makes perfect sense . . . most impressive thing to me about all of the responses, there seems to be a great deal of AGREEMENT among all of you VETERAN CRANKERS out there which ends up being a TIME and MONEY SAVER for those NOVICE CRANKERS like myself . . . thanks again for willingly contributing such valuable information . . . VERY MUCH APPRECIATED!!!

[dtrs5kprs]

2 minutes ago, wareaglecamo said:

wow! . . . EVERYTHING makes perfect sense . . . most impressive thing to me about all of the responses, there seems to be a great deal of AGREEMENT among all of you VETERAN CRANKERS out there which ends up being a TIME and MONEY SAVER for those NOVICE CRANKERS like myself . . . thanks again for willingly contributing such valuable information . . . VERY MUCH APPRECIATED!!!

It's not that we're veteran crankers as much as veterans at wasting money on the wrong baits, colors, etc. 

[vernon]

20 hours ago, wareaglecamo said:

wow! . . . EVERYTHING makes perfect sense . . . most impressive thing to me about all of the responses, there seems to be a great deal of AGREEMENT among all of you VETERAN CRANKERS out there which ends up being a TIME and MONEY SAVER for those NOVICE CRANKERS like myself . . . thanks again for willingly contributing such valuable information . . . VERY MUCH APPRECIATED!!!

These guys are the greatest.  Although in my case they know that I represent zero threat to the fish population regardless of how much information they share so the tend to be very kind.

I gotta say though, they have made it possible for me to waste far less money when it comes to purchasing the stuff that I won't catch fish with.

Which, I might add, enables me to spend more money on gas running all over the lake while I'm not catching fish.  Win - win!

[wareaglecamo]

didn't think I'd be doing a lot of laughing on this gloomy, windy and cold day in Springfield MO . . . but you guys have changed all that . . . lol