Lucky Craft LV-200 ~ Lipless Crankbait

Model: LV-200
Type: Sinking, Knocker
Weight: 5/8 oz (18g)
Length: 3" (72.5mm)
Factory Hooks: #4 Belly, #6 Tail VMC Black Nickel
Depth: Approx. 8-10 feet

Most all lipless cranks vibrate rapidly when retrieved, but not all rattle.

The LV-200 is one of the rare ones that doesn't rattle. It's known as a 'single knocker' type lipless bait. Instead of rattling, the LV-200 emits a steady tom-tom beat from a single heavy metal ball affixed to a loose metal plate inside. The LV-200 is a knocking type instead of a rattling type.

The LV200 emits a single-thump like a heartbeat as opposed to the incessant, raucous chatter of  'normal' rattling baits.

The non-rattling LV-200 has helped me catch buckets of 'extra' bass whenever I use lipless lures. It's so simple yet deadly. I first go down a bank and pull the initial receptive fish with a 'normal' high-chattering bait such as the noisy LV-500 or LVR D-7, etc. This initial noisiness 'wakes up' the bass so to speak. Once fish are exposed to fan-casting with high-chatterers, it can quickly become counterproductive to go back down the same bank again with the same high-chattering baits. The repeated noisiness (an attractant at first), can become a repellant that only serves to alienate fish by continuing to throw the very loud, harsh rattle baits. So what I do next is go down the same bank again with the quieter, single-thumping LV-200, often helping myself to catch another few good fish with this non-rattling approach the second time. It's a similar profile, similar vibration without the high-chatter. A few more fish always seem to fall for it.

The LV-200 can be the winning ticket when everyone and their uncle (or even your own self) has been bombarding the bass with noisy rattling baits.

Best of all, almost no one else uses them. The LV-200 is a virtually unknown and unused Lucky Craft bait.

So if you're looking for a secret lure that really does produce (especially when fish have been shown too many of the noisier models), there you have it. The LV-200 is a non-rattling lipless bait that performs well where you or other anglers have already peppered the bass with noisier lipless baits.

Lucky Craft Crankbait Color Considerations

Lucky Craft is legendary for it's artful, natural baitfish colors. You won't see a lot of red throat splashes, red eyes or other gaudy lipstick. They're not known for their bright chartreuse-based, fire tiger or other bold color patterns.

Where Lucky Craft lures excel, what they do better than other vendors, are complex yet natural finishes. Along those lines, the four most popular colors across most every Lucky Craft product model are:

1. Chartreuse Shad (color #250) is said to be 'the' most popular Lucky Craft color. If you had to limit yourself to just one color, Chartreuse Shad is it.

2. Ghost Minnow (color #238) is considered the most popular clear water color in the Lucky Craft line-up.

3. Aurora Black (color #052) is flashy, yes, but not nearly as flashy as MS American Shad. Aurora Black is much more subdued and subtle.

4. MS American Shad (color #270) is a high flash color for when fish want a lot of flash in a lure. It's one of Lucky Craft's (or any other vendor's) most beautiful colors. It is truly a special experience to fish with it. The 'MS' means 'Magic Scales'.

MS Herring (color #254) is another of the most beautiful of all Lucky Craft colors. It is similar to MS American Shad in that they are both high flash colors. However, MS Herring does not come in every crankbait model. It is not available in the LV-200, LV-300 or LV-500. It is available in the LVR D-7 and LVR D-10.

Mad Craw (color #286) and Spring Craw (color #070) are quite popular colors for lipped crankbaits and lipless too.

Lucky Craft LV-200 ~ Lipless ~ Ghost Minnow

Lucky Craft LV-200 ~ Lipless ~ Chartreuse Shad

Lucky Craft LV-200 ~ Lipless ~ MS American Shad