Bagley Balsa B3

While my shallow diving crankbait is always changing I always have a few B3s. While I have grown fond of some plastic square bills lately the B3 cannot be beat in the shallowest water. Most of the plastic square bills this size dive to 5-6 ft range while the buoyant balsa keeps the B3 at the 3ft range. Also when stopped it floats up quickly away from snags. When fishing grass I like the other square bills as well as the bagleys but for fish wood you cant beat a wood crankbait. This is the only bait I throw around shallow laydowns when I am looking for big bites. With wooden crankbaits castability is a concern but with the size of the B3 that's not a problem. The colors on these baits aren't great but they are mainly a bait for murky water and the Chartreuse Black is fine for most of the time. The only thing is these baits get banged up easy but that's part of using wooden baits. I suggest you cover any cracks with some type of sealant. I use fingernail polish but anything will work. They aren't the most versatile baits but they are the best big crankbaits I have used for fishing less than 3ft deep around wood. Not only that I would say they are the best bait for power fishing big fish around shallow wood. A common scenario in some areas. sb-mrbassky1