Jointed Variations

Lol, look at the satisfied look on that pike's face! Looks like he hit it hard too!

Cool photo. I love seeing homemade baits in the mouths of fish. So of the 3 lip styles, which works the best? Did you learn any great lip size/shape/angle findings that you can share with us?

@ Waterlogged , they all work nice , but have different actions and diving depths , the green one dives quite shallow , 2 to 4 feet , has a very pronounced wobble and tail-shake , whereas the orange lure digs down 15 feet(trolled , found out by means of my sonar) and only wiggles moderately , the silver bait is somewhere inbetween in running depth , but due to the "triangular" lip its action is also quite pronounced .

On occasion of another crankbait model(two identical , same lip , but one jointed) I also found out , that the jointed lure would always run qite a bit shallower than it's single counterpart .

If you want to learn more about crankbaits and how to fish them , I suggest to purchase the book "Crankbait Secrets" by Joe Bucher , Krause Publications , ISBN 0-87341-729-1 , I find it a great book , even for experienced anglers , written in easy words , but yet full of information(no lurebuilding !) . Even myself , that English is not my motherlanguage , didn't have greater problems with Joe's easy way of explaining .