What is the difference between a crankbait and a minnow?
Short answer
Both are hard plastic lures, and the words are used loosely. In practice a crankbait is built around a bill that makes it dive and wobble on a steady retrieve, while a minnow is built to be worked with the rod - twitched, jerked or paused.
In detail
The distinction matters commercially because a minnow's action depends on the angler and a crankbait's depends on the mould, which changes what you have to specify.
Where this answer comes from
Part of the product record Custom crankbaits: how an OEM crankbait order works (Hard lures). The record carries the tables this answer is drawn from, the fields a factory needs before quoting, and an explicit list of what has not been verified.
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Sampled listings from the same product family (Hard lures). Reference price per unit with the MOQ stated; a quotation against your specification governs a transaction.
All crankbait listings · factory identity is released after a trade account is approved.
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- How do I specify diving depth?
- Floating, suspending or sinking - which should I order?
- Do crankbaits come with hooks?
- What MOQ should I expect for a crankbait order?
- Which finish should a value tier use?
- Can a factory make a custom crankbait at a specific diving depth?
- Why is the price band for crankbaits so narrow in your sample?
- What is the difference between a crankbait and a minnow for a buyer?
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Related reading
- What is the difference between a minnow, a crankbait and a popper?
- What is the difference between a minnow and a crankbait?
- What is the difference between a crankbait and a minnow for a buyer?
- Custom hard lures: how an OEM hard-bait order works
- Is hard lure a specification?
- Why are minnow, crankbait and popper three quotations rather than one?