I stumbeled upon a few good videos of people using the rage craw. Not using them as a trailer but with a simple bullet weight what's the best technique? Sink and pull up slowly?

Texas rigging works well, or even as a trailer. Best use (for me) full moon nights t-rigged. Slowly work them along the button, and around rock piles. Great baits, only complaint I have is the claws get ripped up by fish too easily, but I guess that's how you know they work.

Drag'em slowly or hop them a bit.

Rage rig! Puts fish in the boat! Look it up on here it is awesome!

You don't work them, they work for you..................................wait, that's something else.

I like to try this variation every so often when fishing super clear water with smallies... long cast and as soon as it hits the water burn it back, super fast. 1st i try without stopping at all, then I'll try a few dead stops along the way. sometimes this variation is the ticket!

Here are rigging instructions for a variety of Rage Tail soft plastics.

Overall I prefer the Rage Rig on a Moaner weighted hook.

Texas rigging works well, or even as a trailer. Best use (for me) full moon nights t-rigged. Slowly work them along the button, and around rock piles. Great baits, only complaint I have is the claws get ripped up by fish too easily, but I guess

that's how you know they work.

Ditto! Or x2 or exactly this!

i like to fish them weightless on a 1/0 EWG hook. they float down real slow in the water column and thats often when a bass snatches it and takes off, watch for your line to take off sideways. also, weightless, i will fish them like a top water with a steady retrieve, those claws flapping on top will attract bass. or with or without weight, i will fish them slowly on the bottom

I fish them mostly 2 ways.  On a jig or a shaky head.

i like to fish them weightless on a 1/0 EWG hook. they float down real slow in the water column and thats often when a bass snatches it and takes off, watch for your line to take off sideways. also, weightless, i will fish them like a top water with a steady retrieve, those claws flapping on top will attract bass. or with or without weight, i will fish them slowly on the bottom

That don't work!

You can't work a Texas Rigged Craw Wrong ~ As long as you work it Slow.

 

A-Jay

Carolina Rigged on a 3/0 offset worm hook.

What power and action rod do you guys use for a rage rig

That don't work!

 

actually i was speaking of the baby rage craw, real versatile bait there. i use a bigger hook for the regular rage craws. i fish the baby craws more often though, but the same techniques apply...

actually i was speaking of the baby rage craw, real versatile bait there. i use a bigger hook for the regular rage craws. i fish the baby craws more often though, but the same techniques apply...

I do the same thing with the baby craw, craw, & lobster!

I had a lot of success last season using a 3/16 tungsten weight and 4/0 ewg hook. Flip them around shallow cover and I'd also cast them and just work them back with varying retrieves.

 

As a standalone lure, I prefer the Rage Lobster by a long shot, but do use the Rage Craw for vertical punching.

The little craw has less resistance than a lobster, which gives it better weed-penetration.  

 

Roger

T Rig, Weightless, C-Rig, Mojo, Dropshot, Splitshot, drag em, hop em, crawl em, bump em.  There's no wrong way to fish a Rage craw.  It's not the only bait out there, but it's a good one.

Are they still effective if theirs no crawfish in the body of waters i fish at?

Are they still effective if theirs no crawfish in the body of waters i fish at?

Would like to know everyone else's opinion on this as well.

Are they still effective if theirs no crawfish in the body of waters i fish at?

Yes as long as you don't tell the bass there are no crawfish!

the rage craw is an active senko in a way........ there is no wrong way.

Are they still effective if theirs no crawfish in the body of waters i fish at?

Yes, Ive caught bass on them in lakes that didn't have crawfish in them.

 

I use them as a jig trailer for swim jigs, skirted jigs and non skirted jigs like the Title Shot jig. I also Texas rig them. You can drag them slowly along the bottom or hop them or swim them. Like has already been mentioned, you almost can't fish them wrong.

 

Great bait, they are some of my favorite soft plastics.

 

Dave

Are they still effective if theirs no crawfish in the body of waters i fish at?

 

They're probably 'more' effective in lakes without crayfish,

where they can never be identified as a hoax  

 

Roger