I have tested... / Crazee Metal Vib Tuning Blades for bass fishing

On the market, vibrating blades designed for the sea are rare. Crazee, a new brand in France, offers a model designed for marine species, with sea bass at the top of the list. Here's my feedback after a few weeks' use.

Although I had no doubts about the effectiveness of vibrating blades at sea, having already used them successfully, I wanted to test this new product, whose finish and price are particularly attractive!

Let's start with the conclusion: this blade does the job it was designed for without any problem and will undoubtedly allow you to catch sea bass, but also mackerel, horse mackerel or pollack... The difficulty will be in selecting your target. Let's face it, this vibrating blade will bring in fish, but it will bring in everything, and it's hard to know who's attacking you with every strike! Efficiency is therefore its first advantage, but there's more to this blade than that!

Avec son profil aérodynamique, la lame vibrante Crazee se lance loin, pêche creux et envoies des signaux importants aux prédateurs.
With its aerodynamic profile, the Crazee vibrating blade launches far, fishes deep and sends important signals to predators.

Throws itself far

The strong point of this vibrating blade, like all metal lures, is that it is dense and can therefore reach very long casting distances. This characteristic is essential when you're hunting from afar, for example, or fishing from the shore. For the latter, use the 75 mm, 18 g model, which will sink more slowly into the water. If the area is particularly shallow, a high retrieve will enable you to move your lure higher up.

Sur des poissons actifs et des zones peu profondes, une récupération linéaire à profondeur constante fonctionne à merveille.
On active fish and shallow areas, a linear retrieve at constant depth works wonders.

Strong vibration

Just like its cousin, the Salt Spin Tail, the Crazee vibrating blade produces significant feedback in the rod. This makes it easy to identify if it's swimming well and at what speed, and these vibrations make your lure identifiable and locatable from a distance by predators.

Sur les zones plus profondes, on peut aller chercher le fond et procéder à une récupération linéaire dans toute la couche d'eau ou pêcher en traction pour rester à une profondeur constante.
In deeper areas, you can go for the bottom and make a linear retrieve through the entire water layer or fish in tension to stay at a constant depth.

Fast fishing

A dense lure that vibrates strongly is often a lure that excels in powerfishing. This is where the blade really comes into its own! Cast and retrieve fast to beat the ground! The Metal Vib supports very high animation speeds, allowing you to fish spots fast and multiply areas. Its vocation is clearly to locate and catch active fish, so don't hesitate to multiply areas and prospect them quickly to increase your chances of a catch.

La lame Crazee est un leurre qui permet de prospecter vite pour trouver des poissons actifs.
The Crazee blade is a lure that allows you to prospect quickly for active fish.

Easy to use

Metal Vib is therefore very easy to use, and a simple linear movement on the reel will allow you to record hits.

You can fish shallow areas with a quick retrieve on the reel as soon as it hits the water, or let it sink to the bottom in deeper areas to cross the entire water column diagonally.

Finally, if activity is reduced, pull-fishing with slower descent phases is also possible and effective.

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