Is This Lure a Cheat Code?? Breaking Down The Hottest Craw Lure to Hit The Market!!

It’s not one of the best crawfish imitations, it is the BEST of them all. I first started fishing it about a month after it was released, and I was skeptical but hyped by the marketing videos I saw. It took about 15 minutes to learn what it does and how to best work it, and then BOOM, the bites started coming. I spent my first 3 days fishing it in Parker AZ, and caught several dozen smallmouth and some largemouth as well. I’m not sure color even matters, as I bought 6 different colors and caught fish on five different ones so far. The technique that works best for me is to drag it like a football jig, then at the end of my drag give it a little pop to jump it off the bottom and let it glide a short distance. Reel up slack, then repeat. The bites are not subtle, they smash this thing with a vengeance!

Thanks Ben. I appreciate it when you do a breakdown on a "single bait" like this, and the one you did on the Kanata-great one. Very eye opening information there. I'm an old guy, but always learning. Thanks again.

Awesome tackleotaku, in deeper waters the Perfect Pitch has helped me with the Sleeper craws.On sandy bottoms with gravel. A great man once said." You can do a ton of 💩 with the Perfect Pitch" 🎣🙏😎

My lake in Ontario has a lot of black blue yabbies! So when you showed the ghost craw I said, “bingo!”

The Sleeper Craw has became my favorite soft plastic crawfish lure. It was the reason it got me 2nd place in a local smallmouth tournament this past weekend. Workin the sleeper craw on a dark sleeper rod paired with a Shimano Chronarch MGL using 15lb Abraz X help me land 19 smallie which shot me up to 2nd on the leader board. Great content Ben, love the tips especially on the color selection! Keep the vids coming guys, it’s always awesome info! #tightlines

This is hands down my favorite lure. I listened to Ben and bought the dark sleeper specifically for this bait and it is sooo dope. The sleeper craw is literally tik tok to a teenager for smallmouth.

After watching your video on spinnerbaits I purchased the dark sleeper. I can't wait to try this sleeper crawfish out on it!

Ben, I fish them on an X-bites and have had great success! I may look at a Dark sleeper down the road! I drag mine a little too.

great editing i love the clips and slides really helps!!!

I like the Daiwa Steez AGS Sensor for this and all compact jigs. Paired up with a color matching previous gen Steez SV TW. Thanks Griff for the advice

Great video! I wish I saw this before I had my first Sleeper in my bag as I didn't know it was elastomer and it melted before I could even use it! lol Happy Tuesday guys and thanks again for everything! Cheers and welcome to the camera crew Kalin! 🍻🍺

I use the Dark Sleeper rod for fishing the Sleeper Craw. I bend the hook up a smidge for better hook up ratios.

Nice video! Can you throw the sleeper craw on the windbuster? Or is it not strong enough?

No smallies in my local Texas lake, but large mouth definitely hit it. Using a tach shaft and 16 lb FC sniper. Will consider to maybe use a softer rod but my thought was to better ensure that hook buries into the roof of the mouth on hookset, and that's been the case. Another less costly (per bait) rig is the Reins 2.5" craw. I'm throwing that on BFS gear with 8 pound flouro, 1/0 Owner heavy wire offset hook, and pegged 1/16 oz strike king tungsten weight. Only downside there is the Reins craw is super fragile.

Gonna fish the Delaware River in PA next week. Very clean, clear moving water. What color(s)? No idea what cover craws really are there)

I’ve been fishing the sleeper craw since it came out and it’s legit. Caught my first Muskie on it as well😂

Great information thank you. Bassmd

I don’t have the dark sleeper rod yet, but I do have a BMG, and because it’s parabolic I’ve been smokin em on Sleeper Craws and Sleeper Gills!

The GLF Juvy Craw is the deal. I was catching at least 10 smallmouth to every 1 of my buds using SC

Great video Ben ! I fish with a med heavy mod fast , most of the time they bite in the falling, or when I do a big pull, they react to that, it’s so realistic that I caught my pb catfish, even tough I was not expecting that bite 😂 , also guys, don’t get scared to use it if you lose one clamp or both, they will bite, a helpless craw will be a easier meal for them.