So say you’re new to fishing or new to crankbait fishing, at least. You Google the word “crankbait” and in 0.9 seconds, 8.1 million results pop up (that’s literally what will happen, I just did it). That’s a whole lot of information that can be quite intimidating. We live in an age where there’s honestly a little too much info out there. Fortunately here at Wired2fish, the information we publish gets shuffled to the top of the deck quite often, thanks to the continued support and readership of all of you.
This is a responsibility we take very seriously and an opportunity for which I am personally thankful— to have the chance to impart a little knowledge I’ve gained along the way to hopefully help a newcomer to the sport make sense of a lot of this info and shorten the learning curve a bit. That’s what we’re going to do today. In this piece, we’re going to take a look at 3 great crankbaits I believe are great for beginners.
These baits are easy to use and will catch fish right out of the gate, which makes them perfect for newcomers to cranking. But their consistency and fish-catching characteristics also ensure they’ll stay with you throughout your life. I’ve been on this planet for almost 35 years and fishing most of that time; these are 3 baits I’d still feel confident throwing today even as I’m becoming quite seasoned, as is evidenced by the salt-and-pepper in my beard to which my nieces keep referring. But that’s a whole other story. Let’s get through this one first.