yo-zuri cranks???????

[haugboss]

just looking through my wish book getting ready to fill up my crank box and wondering why yozuris are so expensive
better action?
better colors ?
or do they just catch more fish??

has anybody used these?

thanks al

[TK_551]

Al,

I have walked away when looking at these due to the price. Since I am usually fishing snag infested waters, I tend to be frugal. They look pretty nice--I'm sure someone else will post with their experiences. I may try some this year.

Tom
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[Mud Puppy]

I bought one of those big suspending yo-zuri cranks last spring and never used it until the last week in Oct. I was trolling the reefs at Little Bay De Noc and decided to give it a try. Five minutes later I had a 10.5 pound walleye!

[Arkie eye jerker]

I have a friend here in Arkansas that caught a 6#, 7.5# walleye and several smaller males last week casting these below Lake Ouchaita Dam. I went Sunday to same place and only managed one small male with a shad rap. Where he was fishing there was little to snag on. I ask him what he caught the fish on thinking probably shad raps and he walked to his boat and showed me. I said what is it???? I had never seen one until then. He said it is a Yo-zuri Crystal Minnow. It had orange belly, silver side and dark back. He was sold on them.

[appleye]

I've been using yo-zuri's for the last 3 years since they came out. I love then and use them for trolling and casting, mostly here in Wyoming. I had friends with that would try everything in the box and could not keep up. They seem to work best at a fast speed, 3 to 4 mph. I had a tackle store and no one would buy because of the price so I baught them all that we had. I have since baught servral hundred $ worth. Its somthing the fish havent seen. Have had great success on Keyhole, Glendo, and Boysen with them in the diffrent forms. I would at lest try them on your home water, you never know!

[Youngeye]

Gander mountain has the crystal minnow cranks marked down to $5.79, I believe this is a pretty good price. Might want to check it out.

[paulisan1]

I am thinking about trying these lures especially since Normark shut down Storm kinda let's me know where they stand and I'll start buying someone else's stuff !

[Schnauzer]

We used the big suspending crystal minnows trolling on Mille Lacs last fall. They were outstanding! I caught my first 30" eye with one. We noticed a definite advantage over husky jerks. A perfect example was our last trip: I lost my last yozuri and went back to a husky. I must have gone 45 minutes without catching anything until I borrowed one. I had a 26" on within 45 seconds! Some of that was probably luck or chance but we did mark a difference between the two baits. If you hold a suspending yozuri next to a HJ and shake them, the yozuri vibrates and make a nice rattle. Most of the noise from the HJ is from the trebles hitting the lure. The swimming wobble on a yozuri is much more pronounced too.

I can hardly wait to try the deep divers this summer. The only downer is that price.

[Shane]

Where can you get these at? and who has the best price? do they have different sizes, running depths ect?

[Schnauzer]

Shane,

You can find them in both Cabella's and Bass Pro Shops catalogs. I know they can be ordered through cabella's website too. As far as retail is concerned - it is hit or miss. Some places carry them, others don't. Gander Mountain does and if you live close enough to a cabella's retail outlet, they have 'em too.

I believe there are three (or maybe four) sizes of crystal minnows. I think the new deep divers are available in a couple different sizes. Just look at the packaging or the back of the individual lure. If it says "Yozuri F" if is a floater, if it says "Yozuri SP" - you guessed it, they suspend.

I've only used the ones with "SP" on their backs. I don't think the regular Crystal Minnows get down far enough for typical walleye fishing. The big 5 1/4" ones I've used get down about 6-8 feet when trolled around 2 mph (gps).