dont get me wrong, im not against natural patterns. when i do find myself looking for a natural, i always end up turning to silver. whenever i use live bait, mainly minnows, i have great success on 3-4 inch shiners. my largest walleyes have all come on soft plastics (i fish them 75% of the time i would guess so the numbers are skewed) and the next few came on silver shiners. so it only follows when i reach for a natural pattern crank i look for silver. i find it a little more attractive and reflective so its easier to see.

this year during our trip, i plan to do a lot more walleye targeted trolling than previous years. that means staying out well past dark and running cranks over the reefs and deep areas near dropoffs. i picked up a few new cranks for this application to give myself more variety in coloration and rattle/no rattle. previously my arsenal for this style of trolling was a blue/silver shad body x rap XRS8, firetiger shad rap SR7, deep down husky jerk gold DHJ10, a parrot shad rap, and a glass ghost x rap XRD08.

since then, i have added... a moss shiner x rap XRS08, purpledescent shad rap SR07, a hot tiger shad rap SR09, a silver blue shad rap SRRS07, a firetiger trolls to minnow 15ft, firetiger tail dancer 20ft, and a scheels pro pack of flicker shads in yellow perch, hot tiger, and firetiger.