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FREE FISHER · Lipless Crankbaits

FREE FISHER Blank Unpainted Minnow Crankbait, 7 cm, 5.7 g, 20-Pack

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Color: 20pcs 7cm 5.7g

Item weight
5.7 g

Quick take

Unpainted ABS plastic crankbait and jerkbait blanks with internal steel balls, ready for custom painting.

This is an unpainted plastic crankbait body for anglers who want to paint their own lure designs. Steel balls inside the body make a rattle that can help draw fish in. The 20-count pack of 7 cm bodies weighing 5.7 g suits bass, panfish, perch, trout and walleye, and each one is ready for custom colors and patterns.

Best for

  • Anglers who enjoy custom painting and hand-tying lures
  • Creating specific color patterns for local conditions
  • Making lures with sentimental or custom designs

Skip if

  • You want ready-to-fish lures
  • You are new to lure fishing and painting

Strengths

  • Realistic minnow shape with vivid swimming action in water
  • Internal steel balls create noise to attract fish
  • Sealing material prevents water leakage during fishing

Trade-offs

  • Requires painting and finishing before use
  • Painting skill affects final lure performance and appearance
  • Adding eyes and tuning takes time and effort

Fishing fit

Techniques
  • Casting
Skill level
  • Advanced

Specifications

Specifications
Typeblank crankbait
Length7 cm
Weight5.7 g
Count20

When and where to fish it

Lipless crankbaits are often fished in early spring and in fall, over grass flats and shallow points.

Season
  • Spring
  • Fall
Water
  • Pond
  • Lake
  • Reservoir
  • River
Water temperature
  • Cold (under 50°F)
  • Cool (50 to 60°F)
Fished from
  • Bank
  • Boat
  • Kayak

How to fish it

A lipless crankbait sinks, so you choose its depth by counting it down, then reel it, rip it or lift and drop it.

Count down and reel

  1. Cast and count as the lure sinks, about a foot a second, until it reaches the depth you want.
  2. Reel at a steady pace, fast enough to feel the lure vibrate.
  3. Speed up or slow down to hold it just above the grass or the bottom.

Ripping it out of grass

  1. Reel the lure so it ticks the tops of submerged grass.
  2. When it bogs down in the grass, snap the rod to rip it free.
  3. Be ready as it breaks loose; strikes often come right then.

Yo-yo

  1. Let the lure sink to the bottom on a tight line.
  2. Lift the rod to pull the lure up a few feet, then lower it and let the lure flutter back down.
  3. Watch the line on the fall; most strikes come as it drops.

How deep and around what

Cover
  • Open water
  • Grass

About this type

A lipless crankbait is a flat-sided, sinking hard bait that vibrates tightly when it is reeled.

It has no diving lip, so it runs as deep as you let it fall and casts a long way for its size.

Most hold rattles, and the line ties on the back, which keeps the nose down and the body shaking on the retrieve.

Compared with Crankbaits: A lipped crankbait floats at rest and dives to a set depth; a lipless one sinks and is fished at whatever depth you count it down to.

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