While the deep diving crankbait bite is usually short lived on most lakes, it can be a matter of showing the fish something different, even sneaky at times. So I constantly experiment with all the deep crankbaits on the market. I’ve seen days where one school of fish only reacted to one crankbait, and the next school of fish wouldn’t touch it. But they beat the paint off another crank.

In my experiments this year, I stumbled onto a couple more cranks that I like for changing things up. One of those is the new DUO Realis G87 20A. These Japanese designed crank was engineered to get to depths beyond 20 feet in a hurry and stay there throughout a long cast. And maybe the most significant part of the bait is how far it can be cast.