Crankin on summer nites ???

[RayP]

Col pretty much nailed my answer...short arm spinner or a bulky jig for me. I try not to use anything with treble (trouble) hooks at night.

[crappiepappy]

Actually, I've done pretty good with cranks at night, in the Summer ... well, used to, since I don't get to fish as much as I used to, these days.
I generally use one of the following :

Wiggle Wart
Hot Lips
Wee R
Bomber Model 6A

I'm usually fishing parallel to the bank, 12-18ft of water depth, stairstep rock or 45deg angled bank ... stop & go retrieve (but, only very occasional stops) ... 12lb test mono / 6.5ft Berkley Bass Hunter / Calcutta 200
I'm rarely hitting bottom, so I believe I'm catching suspended fish or cruising fish that are not oriented to feeding on bottom. But, when faced with a deep point ... I do tend to fan cast "across" the point, and attempt to drag the crank along the point bottom (and may change crank to accommodate needed running depth). I'm mostly using cranks at night, when the plastics bite is shallower than 15ft ... simply because I can cover more water, faster, with the crank. Slow falling water levels, or heavy afternoon boat traffic are a couple of factors that tend to cause the fish to hold away from the bank bottom ... and that's when the night crank bite seems to come. (on Herrington in June, anyway)

.. pappy

[walkeraviator]

I like black painted wiggle warts if i am gonna hit up the night crank bait pattern. I find this has caught a few fish, but i usually end up back with a 7" Black/Red T-Rigged worm.