Bad Boy Custom Lures Little Griffin Rattling Hand Painted Finesse Crank

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Bad Boy Custom Lures “Little Griffin” – Hand-Painted Shallow Crank (3–6 ft) | Qwik Fishing

Bad Boy Custom Lures “Little Griffin” — Hand-Painted Shallow Crank (3–6 ft)

Compact, shallow-range crankbait painted one at a time by Jonathan at Bad Boy Custom Lures. Built for docks, riprap, and tight cover where you want deflection and a clean float-up.

Runs best on 10–12 lb fluorocarbon or 10 lb FINS braid with a short fluoro leader. Floats up when it hits something. Size is perfect for pressured water and northern bluegill/perch forage.

How, where, and why it works

Think of Little Griffin as your “tight quarters” crank — get it to 3–6 ft fast, bounce it off something, let it rise. The short bill + buoyant body makes it natural around wood and dock posts.

1. Shallow crank — primary (3–6 ft)

How: Medium retrieve on 10–12 lb fluoro or FINS 10 lb braid with a short fluoro leader. Let it tick rock or dock poles, then give it slack — the float-up wobble is the strike trigger.

Where: Seawalls, riprap, pontoon lines, laydowns that top out in 4–5 ft.

2. Target casting to docks & boats

Short-body baits cast well and won’t nose-dive like longer plugs. Skip or pitch beside the target, crank 2–3 ft, pause, let it rise.

3. River / current seams

Tight-roll cranks track better in current. Cast above the seam, reel it down, then hold it in the strike zone. High-contrast hand-painted patterns are money here.

4. Spinning-gear crank (shore or kids)

10 lb braid to 8–10 lb fluoro leader, ML spinning. Easy to throw, still gets full depth. Great for teaching crankbait feel.

Colors & Conditions — hand-painted logic

Every batch from Jonathan is hand-painted, so expect rotation, small production runs, and the occasional “that blue one that ended up in a tree.” Write your product options to this logic and you won’t have to rewrite the page when you add colors.

Clear to lightly stained

Run natural gill / subtle shad / green-over-yellow backs. These let the paint job do the work without blowing out in the sun.

Stained / river / overcast

High-contrast or dark-back baits. Purples, reds, chartreuse with bars — basically the ones in your photos. Easier for fish to track in chop.

Spring craw / rock transitions

Red/black, red/orange, or darker perch-craw hybrids. Run it down riprap and pause every 3–4 turns.

Follower fix

Same color — different cadence. Crank, stop, float. The hand-painted sides flash on the way up.

Specs & Build — Little Griffin

Brand: Bad Boy Custom Lures
Model: “Little Griffin” hand-painted shallow crank
Dive range: 3–6 ft on 10–12 lb fluoro or FINS 10 lb braid with leader
Body length: 1.5 inches
Overall length (with bill): 2 inches
Body: compact, short-bill crank for cover deflection
Buoyancy: floating / slow-rise for stop-and-go
Finish: hand-painted, batch-to-batch variation expected
Hooks: dual black-nickel trebles, short shank, sized to avoid fouling on the compact body

Care & Storage

Store in a hard-bait tray to protect the clearcoat. Rinse and dry hooks after dirty or brackish days to avoid spotting on the paint.

Plastics Recycling

Don't toss torn baits — recycle or dispose properly. Learn more: https://qwikfishing.com/recycling/

Availability: small-batch, hand-painted runs. If you like a color, grab it — the next batch may look slightly different.

Proof & Community

This isn’t a warehouse colorway. It’s one maker — Jonathan — painting baits that sometimes only exist in tens, not thousands. If you’ve ever lost “the only blue one” in a tree, you’re in the right crowd.

Why pick Little Griffin over a 1.5 squarebill?

It’s tighter, it floats cleaner out of contact, and it’s hand-painted. Squarebills are awesome, but they can be too loud/big when fish are close to cover or getting beat up. Little Griffin is your precision shallow crank.

“I lost the good color.” Now what?

That happens with small-batch customs. Two paths: (1) replace it fast, because the next run may look 5–10% different, or (2) buy two of anything you absolutely love and keep a “clean copy” in the box. That’s how the regulars do it.

Regional runs — where it plays

Upper Midwest / “up north” (Leech, Walker, Clear, Mississippi backwaters): This size and 3–6 ft window are perfect for rock + sparse weeds + dock lines. It looks like YOY perch/bluegill. Run naturals on sunny days, contrast on wind.

Southern docks & brush (Ozarks, Tenn-style impoundments): Tight, short-bill crank that can hit a post, float, and stay in the strike zone without rolling over is money here.

Rivers (Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Arkansas shoals): Hand-painted high-contrast patterns are easier for smallmouth to key on in broken current. Crank-pause-float is deadly.

Speculative / fun: On tannic, dark northern lakes, a purple-back or red-black custom will often outfish standard chartreuse — because it reads as “not another store crank.”

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Community idea: “Show us the color you lost to a tree.” That’s how we know you’re actually fishing it.