Wood Crankbaits

[Jrob78]

I've recently started buying some wooden crankbaits. I've got some that are made of cedar and some that are balsa.

I know that Rapala has been making balsa baits for years, I have a bunch of the DT series as well as a few DT Flats and Fats. I recently purchased 2 Zoom WEC balsa baits also. I understand that Bagley has started producing their original line of balsa baits and Bomber offers the Model B balsa crankbait.

There are also companies making cedar baits. I have 2 Cedar baits from a company called Stanford, they are beautiful, handmade baits that have foil finishes and are tank tested and tuned by the maker. Poes also makes Cedar baits. I have been scoring some Poes cedar baits on Ebay.

There are also newer companies like AR Lures, Brians Crankbaits, CP Custom Baits, Stanford Lures and many others who are making top quality wooden crankbaits and top water baits. I was wondering how many of you guys fish wooden crankbaits over plastic baits and what are some of the specific baits you like? When would you fish a wooden bait over a plastic bait? Are there specific times or situations where you feel wood out performs plastic? Are there specific times or situations where you feel cedar out performs balsa or vice versa? I plan to fish these baits more this season to try to answer some of these questions for myself but am interested in your opinions.

Here are a few of the baits I've picked up recently. Some Poes, 1 of the Zoom baits and the 2 Stanford Lures baits.