Lures Named for Toledo Bend: Crankbaits, Craws, and Big Bass Colors
I fished a handful of FLW Tour events as a co-angler in the late 1990s, but my first two Bassmaster tournaments were at Toledo Bend. I fished there as a co-angler in 2001 and 2003. I earned checks both times and got an education fishing behind the likes of David Wharton and Chad Brauer.
I’d never seen such a huge and intimidatingly-timbered lake. Nor had I ever fished a lake with so much big bass potential. I’ve been back to nearby Sam Rayburn since, but it’s been over two decades since I’ve fished Toledo Bend. That has to change.
In the meantime, consider some of the following lures named after the famous reservoir spanning the Texas/Louisiana border.
6th Sense offers “Holy Toledo” in the Crush 250MD, Crush 300DD and Crush 500DD crankbaits:
Bill Lewis makes both the Original Rat-L-Trap and the Knock-N-Trap in “Toledo Gold” – and don’t sleep on “Newberry Craw” named after uber-successful East Texas Pro Dicky Newberry.
Given the region’s historical reliance on lipless crankbaits in the pre-spawn, it’s no surprise that Booyah’s One Knocker and Hard Knocker both come in their version of “Toledo Gold.”
NetBait offers the Eko Craw, the Whip Tail Shad, the Paca Chunk, the Paca Craw and the Rascal Craw in “Toledo Special.”
Finally, Santone’s Chris McCall Rayburn Swim Jig has a distinctive color called Toledo Perch.
