Hard baits: Medium-diving crankbaits

The all-round crankbait: a round or coffin lip that runs 1.5–3.5 m (5–12 ft), for points, riprap, channel swings and the middle depths most fish live in.

ItemDetail
Depth1.5–3.5 m (5–12 ft)
Body5–8 cm (2–3"), medium wobble
WherePoints, riprap, road beds, grass edges, channel swings
SeasonPre-spawn, post-spawn, fall; the first bait to cover new water
Rod / line7'–7'3" (2.13–2.21 m) moderate; 10–14 lb fluorocarbon
ModelsRapala DT 6 / 10, Strike King 5XD, Bomber Fat Free Shad, Norman Deep Little N, Megabass Deep-X

Match the depth to the bottom you want to tick, not to the fish: a bait that runs 30 cm (1 ft) too deep is bumping, one 30 cm too shallow is swimming past.

Top 10 dans quatre marchés

États-Unis

  1. SPRO Mike McClelland RkCrawler 55 Crankbait — $13.99. Tackle Warehouse 'Medium Diving Crankbaits (6-10')' > Round Bill section (123 items) sorted by Popularity: #1; 9-14 ft (2.7-4.3 m), 2.17 in (55 mm), 1/2 oz (14 g); round-bill mid-depth crank with a wide wobble and knocking sound; #5 Gamakatsu trebles; 4.9/5 avg (9 reviews)
  2. Rapala DT6 Series Crankbaits — $10.99. Tackle Warehouse 'Medium Diving Crankbaits (6-10')' > Round Bill section (123 items) sorted by Popularity: #2; 6 ft (1.8 m), 2 in (51 mm), 3/8 oz (10.6 g); balsa DT with a thin polycarbonate round lip, dives fast to a preset 6 ft; 5.0/5 avg (4 reviews)
  3. Rapala DT10 Series Crankbaits — $10.99. Tackle Warehouse 'Medium Diving Crankbaits (6-10')' > Round Bill section (123 items) sorted by Popularity: #3; 10 ft (3 m), 2-1/4 in (57 mm), 3/5 oz (17 g); balsa DT with internal weights and a thin lip, side-to-side balsa action to 10 ft
  4. Bandit Lures 200 Series Crankbait — $7.99. Tackle Warehouse 'Medium Diving Crankbaits (6-10')' > Round Bill section (123 items) sorted by Popularity: #4; 4-8 ft (1.2-2.4 m), 2 in (51 mm), 1/4 oz (7 g), floating; compact shad-shaped round-bill crank with a wide wobble in the 4-8 ft band
  5. Rapala DT8 Series Crankbaits — $10.00 - $10.99. Tackle Warehouse 'Medium Diving Crankbaits (6-10')' > Round Bill section (123 items) sorted by Popularity: #5; 8 ft (2.4 m), 2 in (51 mm), 3/8 oz (10.6 g); balsa DT with a quick-dive nose-down posture to 8 ft
  6. Strike King Pro Model 3XD Crankbaits — $8.99. Tackle Warehouse 'Medium Diving Crankbaits (6-10')' > Round Bill section (123 items) sorted by Popularity: #6; 10-12 ft (3-3.7 m), 2 in (51 mm), 7/16 oz (12.4 g); small-body XD crank with a long round lip reaching 10-12 ft; 4.2/5 avg (5 reviews)
  7. Megabass Super-Z Z2 Crankbaits — $19.99. Tackle Warehouse 'Medium Diving Crankbaits (6-10')' > Round Bill section (123 items) sorted by Popularity: #7; 10 ft (3 m), 2 in (51 mm), 1/4 oz (7 g), floating; finesse-size JDM crank with a hard-contact bill that dives to 10 ft; 5.0/5 avg (1 reviews)
  8. Bandit Lures 300 Series Crankbait — $7.99. Tackle Warehouse 'Medium Diving Crankbaits (6-10')' > Round Bill section (123 items) sorted by Popularity: #8; 8-12 ft (2.4-3.7 m), 2 in (51 mm), 3/8 oz (10.6 g), floating; the deeper Bandit: same 2 in body, longer lip, 8-12 ft; 5.0/5 avg (2 reviews)
  9. Bomber Next Gen Fat Free Shad Jr. Crankbait — $4.99. Tackle Warehouse 'Medium Diving Crankbaits (6-10')' > Round Bill section (123 items) sorted by Popularity: #9; 8-12 ft (2.4-3.7 m), 2-1/2 in (64 mm), 5/8 oz (17.7 g); tight-wiggling shad crank with a sweeping dive plane for the 8-12 ft mid range
  10. Norman Deep Little N Crankbait — $6.97 - $8.99. Tackle Warehouse 'Medium Diving Crankbaits (6-10')' > Round Bill section (123 items) sorted by Popularity: #10; 9-12 ft (2.7-3.7 m), 2.5 in (64 mm), 3/8 oz (10.6 g), floating; angled round bill, medium-wide wobble, hits the 9-12 ft sweet spot; 5.0/5 avg (3 reviews)

Canada

  1. Berkley Flicker Shad 7 Jointed — C$12.99. anglingsports.ca 'Crankbaits' collection, best-selling sort #4 of 97; fishingworld.ca 'CRANKBAIT' collection, best-selling sort #19 of 50; runs 2.7–3.4 m (9–11 ft) trolled; 2-3/4" / 5/16 oz; shad crank, mainly trolled for walleye
  2. Berkley Dredger 8.5 — C$14.99. anglingsports.ca 'Crankbaits' collection, best-selling sort #6 of 97; runs 2.6 m (8.5 ft); 2-1/4" / 3/8 oz; round-lip medium diver
  3. Berkley Money Badger — C$12.99–C$13.99. fishingworld.ca 'CRANKBAIT' collection, best-selling sort #5 of 50; anglingsports.ca 'Crankbaits' collection, best-selling sort #16 of 97; runs 2.4–3 m (8–10 ft); 2-1/2" / 1/2 oz; hybrid baitfish-crayfish body, round lip
  4. Rapala DT10 — C$13.99. anglingsports.ca 'Crankbaits' collection, best-selling sort #13 of 97; fishingworld.ca 'CRANKBAIT' collection, best-selling sort #44 of 50; runs 3 m (10 ft); 2-1/4" / 3/5 oz; Dives-To balsa, round lip
  5. Rapala Shad Rap Elite — C$17.99. fishingworld.ca 'CRANKBAIT' collection, best-selling sort #12 of 50; anglingsports.ca 'Crankbaits' collection, best-selling sort #33 of 97; runs 1.5–2.4 m (5–8 ft); 75 mm / 1/2 oz; plastic Shad Rap profile with weight-transfer
  6. 6th Sense Crush Mini 25MD — C$10.99. anglingsports.ca 'Crankbaits' collection, best-selling sort #18 of 97; runs 1.5–2.1 m (5–7 ft); 2"; MD = medium-diving Crush Mini
  7. Rapala DT6 — C$13.99. anglingsports.ca 'Crankbaits' collection, best-selling sort #20 of 97; runs 1.8 m (6 ft); 2" / 3/8 oz; Dives-To balsa, round lip
  8. Strike King Gravel Dawg 10 — C$13.99. anglingsports.ca 'Top Water' collection, best-selling sort #31 of 136; runs 3 m (10 ft); 2-1/2" / 1/2 oz; medium-diving 1.5-profile crank (store lists it under Top Water)
  9. Yo-Zuri Hardcore 3+ 70F — C$12.99. anglingsports.ca 'Crankbaits' collection, best-selling sort #25 of 97; runs 3 m (10 ft); 70 mm / 1/2 oz; 3+ = 3 m class round-lip diver
  10. Megabass Super-Z Z2 — C$23.99. fishingworld.ca 'CRANKBAIT' collection, best-selling sort #14 of 50; runs 2 m (6.5 ft); 54 mm / 9/16 oz; Z2 = mid Super-Z

Japon

  1. Smith Dipsy Doo 1 — ¥1,760 (naturum list price). naturum 'クランクベイト' (Crankbaits) category, best-selling sort #2; 1.8 m max (spec); 55 mm / 8 g; round-lip system crank
  2. Daiwa T.D. Hyper Crank Jr. Ti — ¥1,868 (naturum list price). naturum 'クランクベイト' (Crankbaits) category, best-selling sort #4; about 3.0 m (spec); 50 mm / 7.4 g; titanium round lip
  3. Evergreen Piccolo F — ¥1,287 (naturum list price). naturum 'クランクベイト' (Crankbaits) category, best-selling sort #7; 1.3-1.6 m (spec); 40 mm / 6.5 g; small round-lip crank
  4. Grass Roots Lil Bit — ¥2,090 (naturum list price). naturum 'クランクベイト' (Crankbaits) category, best-selling sort #9; 1.5 m (spec); 46 mm / 5.5 g; round lip
  5. mibro Derringer MR — ¥1,980 (naturum list price). naturum 'クランクベイト' (Crankbaits) category, best-selling sort #12; 1.8 m (spec); 43 mm / 7.7 g; medium runner
  6. Deps Evoke 1.8 — ¥1,830 (naturum list price). naturum 'クランクベイト' (Crankbaits) category, best-selling sort #14; 1.8 m (spec); 55 mm / 12 g; medium crank
  7. O.S.P Tiny Blitz DR — ¥1,760 (naturum list price). naturum 'クランクベイト' (Crankbaits) category, best-selling sort #18; up to 3.4 m full cast (spec); 45 mm / 6.7 g; deep-runner of a small crank
  8. Megabass Big-M 2.0 — ¥2,530 (naturum list price). naturum 'クランクベイト' (Crankbaits) category, best-selling sort #22 (also keyword 'フラットサイド' #6); 2.0 m (spec); 126 mm / 2 oz; magnum flat-sided crank, 2 m class
  9. Deps Evoke 3.0 — ¥2,338 (naturum list price). naturum 'クランクベイト' (Crankbaits) category, best-selling sort #23; 3.0 m on 12-16 lb (spec); 80 mm / 28 g; 3 m class
  10. ISM Meteoros — ¥2,310 (naturum list price). naturum 'クランクベイト' (Crankbaits) category, best-selling sort #25; 0.3-2 m (spec); 95 mm / 36 g; magnum crank

Chine

  1. Rapala 乐伯乐 DT10 追命 Crankbait (DT10/14 可选) — ¥75 / item. Taobao list page 'crankbait' sorted by sales (fetched 2026-09-28): position 13 of 20; shop 林城路亚. DT10 filed as medium (3 m); the same listing also sells DT14 (4.2 m, deep). Cropped to the lure above the spec table.
  2. Jackall Master Crank 47MR — ¥95 / item. Taobao list page 'square bill' sorted by sales (fetched 2026-09-28): position 8 of 20; shop 北京瑞诚钓具. Jackall Master Crank 47 MR (mid-range) crankbait; cropped from the listing to the lure on grey.
  3. Fishtank 蜻蜓 小妖系列 深潜胖子 — ¥32 / item. Taobao list page 'deep-diving crankbait' sorted by sales (fetched 2026-09-28): position 1 of 20; shop 蜻蜓路亚直营店. Sold as a deep crank, but the listing states 2.5 m, so it is filed as medium; cropped to the lure, colour row and captions removed.
  4. This is 路亚 (shop) 日系 Crank 潜深 3m 长舌板摇滚小胖子 10 g 浮水 — ¥16 / item. Taobao list page 'long-bill crankbait' sorted by sales (fetched 2026-09-28): position 20 of 20; shop This is 路亚. Long-lip floating crank claimed to reach 3 m; cropped from the listing, "3Dholographic" caption removed.

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Hard baits

Sub-surface hard baits by what makes them move: crankbaits with a lip (squarebill, medium, deep, flat-sided), lipless crankbaits, jerkbaits (suspending, floating, deep), hard swimbaits (glide baits with one joint, multi-jointed swimbaits), spybaits, and the topwater hard baits: poppers, walking baits, prop baits, wake baits.

  1. Crankbaits
  2. Deep-diving crankbaits
  3. Medium-diving crankbaits
  4. Squarebill crankbaits
  5. Flat-sided crankbaits
  6. Topwater hard baits
  7. Poppers
  8. Prop baits
  9. Walking baits (walk-the-dog)
  10. Wake baits
  11. Jerkbaits
  12. Suspending jerkbaits
  13. Water temperature and buoyancy tuning
  14. Nose split ring and loop knot
  15. Jump the slack and rod work
  16. Jerkbait colour and rattle selection
  17. Jerkbait rod, reel and line formula
  18. Jerkbait treble hook sizes and feathered tails
  19. Floating jerkbaits
  20. Slow-sinking jerkbaits
  21. Sinking jerkbaits
  22. Deep-diving jerkbaits
  23. Hard swimbaits
  24. Glide baits (single joint)
  25. Multi-jointed swimbaits
  26. Lipless crankbaits (VIB)
  27. Spybaits
  28. Choosing a hard bait: mechanism, depth, season

Hard baits