New Megabass Sleeper Craw

[skidemn]

The new Megabass Sleeper Craw was recently released and I was able to get my hands on some so I thought I'd give my review. Like many people, I watched all the hype videos and was a little excited to give them a try. The most popular colors like Grass Craw were sold out, but I was able to get green pumpkin/blue flake and midnight craw which is black with red flake. The bait comes in one size and is 5/8oz, but that's about the same weight as a regular 3/8oz or 1/2oz jig after adding a trailer, so it fishes lighter than the label would imply.

The stout jig hook has a slightly upward point and is super sticky sharp, and sits in an easily collapsible hollow hook chamber, that gives way when bit. The hook point sits right at the top edge of the hook chamber, so while it is a little weedless, any slightly forceful contact will get the point digging in quickly—whether that be a fish or a tree branch!

The bait has floating claws so it sits in the water in a natural position with the claws slightly elevated, but not exaggerated like a lot of floating craw jig trailers. The Sleeper Craw sinks pretty level so it looks real when you cast or hop it. The little rear tail edges act like stabilizer fins and also stir up the bottom into little puff of smoke, just like a real crawdad, when you give it a little pop. I was lucky enough to fish this bait in gin-clear water where I could see bottom in 15+ feet so I was able to easily see how it responded to dragging, hopping, twitching, etc. and it was so realistic looking that it was unlikely any other craw style bait I've fished.

We were on a predominantly smallmouth fishery and I was throwing the bait in the same place as my buddy, who was fishing the dropshot around docks and overhanging decks, as well as the edges of private launch ramps in 2 to 10 feet of water. While my buddy had more consistent action on the dropshot, probably a 2:1 ratio, but he had lots of small fish in the 12" or less range, while I never had a fish under 15" on it. In fact, I had mostly 2.5-3lb fish with over 20 landed, including our biggest largemouth at 3.04lbs and our second largest smallmouth at 4.01lbs. Additionally, unlike the soft tick bite on the dropshot, the Sleeper Craw fish were super aggressive, either slamming it like they wanted to kill it, or completely choking it and swimming away. I'm short, it was way more fun to fish than the dropshot or shakey head, and I now have a ton of confidence in this bait, so I'll be throwing it a whole lot more!











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[Capt. BassinLou]

Thank you for the review! Appreciate you sharing that information with us!  Nice bass btw.

[FoolishMoose]

Thank you for the review. I have only tried it once so far, no bites. I will give her a try again soon.

[SenkoSam]

Nice article and great shots!

[caddyjoe77]

man oh man how i would love to get into some brownies like that!!

[Redleg79]

Looks a bit like the Katana Kraw that Do-It has a mold for. I have a few and now im really anxious to try it out.

[BassingBen93]

What was your setup rod and line?

[Pat Dilling]

Great report!

[skidemn]

What was your setup rod and line?

I was running a Dobyn's DX744C and Shimano Metanium, with 20lb Sunline SX1 green braid and Sunline Sniper FC 16lb fluorocarbon leader.


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