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Get more bites when fishing small waters with the morsel-sized Strike King® Bitsy Minnow crankbait. Just right for trout, crappie, and panfish in creeks and ponds, this lure features a unique action, detailed finish, and reflective eyes that make the Bitsy Minnow design absolutely irresistible to fish. Super tip: Try one on light line for finicky cold-front bass!
Strike King performance for smaller waters
Great for trout, crappie, and panfish in creeks and ponds
Unique action, detailed finish, and reflective eyes
A good bet for finicky cold-front bass
Web ID: 29847
Rated 5 out of
5 by
MrB1981 from
First Ever Crankbait Catch!Bought about a month ago to use with ultralight setup while fishing on vacation in Upstate New York. Never had any success with crankbaits in the past, but this thing flat out catches fish. Obviously it is a shallow runner, but performs well along the banks of the waterways I fish in. The bass love it.
Date published: 2018-06-01
Rated 2 out of
5 by
DaninMN from
Some work, some don't. Good BPS customer support.I really like using this bait for trout in small streams. I got one off Amazon and subsequently ordered 3 more from BP in different colors. To my amazement, none of the 3 worked; that is, they didn't run straight and came to the surface as soon as the retrieve started. BP is sending 3 new ones without asking for the others back. I wish they would. I got the feeling the lady on the phone thought I was just trying to get free stuff. So when they work, they're good. But how in the world I got 3 defective lures I don't know. We'll see if the new ones work.
Date published: 2017-06-24
Rated 5 out of
5 by
BassManFran from
Fantastic lil Sq billThese are fantastic for Crappies, Bluegill and BASS. And Pickerel here in NJ.
I use mostly the Ghost (White) color one.
Slow crank them and the fish really go after them.
My go too Crappie lure bare none.
Date published: 2017-04-11
Rated 3 out of
5 by
Halfwinter from
Fun but...I picked up a bitsy crank, and in short order I became a believer. It's a great little crank for catching panfish - it attracts hard strikes from big bull bluegill.
However I lost my bitsy and I went to the store to pick up a replacement, plus two more. It was at this moment that I realized the bitsy crank was not as good as I had at first thought.
Unlike most strike king products these bitsy cranks have a huge amount of variation between them... Of the 3 cranks I picked up: only 1 ran like my first. One was a bust no matter how I tuned it, and the third one broke it's lip in half some time between when I bought it, put it in my tackle box, and the next time I opened up my tackle box to pull out one of my new cranks realized that it must have come cracked and just broke, or else it broke simply from being knocked around in my tackle box a bit.
Other than that - they're fun little lures and work, but pick up a few and weed out the ones that *actually* give the right type of buzz in the water.
Date published: 2016-05-21
Rated 5 out of
5 by
carls736 from
well worth the moneytried them out this past weekend,caugth quite afew nice sized bluegills.Also caught some smaller bass on them. would recommend them!!
Date published: 2016-05-13
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Bass901 from
Big Fun Comes In Little PackagesIf you know where some panfish hang out, now you know what to catch 'em with! The Bitsy Minnow will get you some action. I use a 6ft light action rod and 4 lb. Trilene XL and it casts the Bitsy Minnow easily. You could use 6 lb, but it will shorten your casting distance.
I use a size #1 BPS Fast Lock snap, but don't use a BB swivel/snap because the extra weight up front will cause the Bitsy Minnow to foul hook your line on about every 3rd or 4th cast. Other than that, just snap one on and go fishin, but take some needle nosed pliers along to get those little bitty hooks out.
Date published: 2016-03-05
Rated 5 out of
5 by
PhantomWolfX from
Crappie surpiseOn my way from fishing a pond for bass with crankbaits, I decided to try just a few casts with this lure on some shallow stagnated water, just to see if there was anything in it, looking more to spook some minnows more than actually catch anything, I did manage to get to crappies and some bites that didn't set from that water in just a few minutes.
Date published: 2016-02-08
Rated 4 out of
5 by
365basser from
Love/hateThis little square bill catches fish on tough days and good days… But you may have to buy a couple to get one that's perfect. For some reason I cannot manage to get some of these things to swim straight ...the tiniest adjustment on the loop will change it all... I'm talking one Thou of an inch n its swimmin either perfect or wayy off to one side. I still catch fish when it swims sideways but wish they would spend more time in quality control
Does the strike king bitsy minnow crankbait have rattles in it?
Asked by: Herringking
This product does not rattle.
Answered by: BPSResource5
Date published: 2018-02-13
what's the best way to get the nini crankbaits to go deeper?
Asked by: kitchenpassguy
A split shot an inch or two from it on your line. The size, smallest, unless you want it to get a bit deeper.
But you want to swim it close to the bottom, use a slightly heavier one and put more than to inches to avoid snagging the hooks.
Answered by: PhantomWolfX
Date published: 2017-06-01
What am i doing wrong?
I have never caught much on this. And when I have, they all got off.
what am i doing wrong?
is there a special way to retrieve it?
and does it ever work at all for small trout?
Asked by: lurecollector
Just retrieve it like any regular crank bait, try different speed retrieves, but not to fast.
I don't know about trout, I've caught crappie with it, and with a same sized minnow I've caught bass to, so it should work on bass also.
Answered by: PhantomWolfX
Date published: 2017-06-01
Are these part of the series 1 for Strike King or is this model totally different?
Asked by: Bassman94
No it is listed as a different series. I had a hard time finding it. I was trying to replace a similar model Bomber that I had broken the bill on.
Answered by: BassMac
Date published: 2017-06-01
what can you do to remove permanent marker from these?
i didnt think it was working for trout in the ghost (totally white with black dot where gills would be) color, so i colored the back black and colored the head red. (i've seen some baits in that color). but i read some reviews and they say that the ghost color works. now i cant get the marker off. (or would the bait work in the color that i colored it)(The whole back is black but i didn't color the whole head red, just a little in front of the black dot)
Can someone PLEASE answer this question and help me out. THANKS!
Asked by: lurecollector
Thank you for your inquiry. Acetone (fingernail polish remover) may work for this, but be advised before you do it that this may also damage the original finish of your lure. Use this in light quantities and wear gloves and a face mask for fumes.
Answered by: BPSResource11
Date published: 2017-06-01
does this thing work better for bass or trout?
Asked by: lurecollector
Thank you for your inquiry. This lure can work with trout, but is designed for bass and works great on largemouth bass.
Answered by: BPSResource11
Date published: 2017-06-01
how would you retrieve this bait for trout?
and how would you rig it?
Asked by: lurecollector
Thank you for your inquiry. Best way to fish for trout with this would be with a jerking, stop and go retrieve. As for rigging it, any knot that works best for you - there is no specific knot required. Decide your test lb. for the line by what size trout live in your target zone.
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