On 12/17/2015 at 8:23 PM, desmobob said:

Has anyone tried the Bill Norman ScorpioN weedless model?  Looks interesting...  I picked up a couple to try next season.

 

Tight lines,

Bob

No but I am going to now. That should be a killer on the brush piles and downed trees .

I really like the RES. I usually change the hooks though. I also like the oval split ring. 

Xcaliburs are great too. After a hour of smashing white bass it seems like the paint holds up well compared to the RES.

red eye shad

Kinda like you, I fished a certain lipless bait for a while and then switched brands...and switched brands...and switched brands...until I got my confidence bait. The confidence bait got fished a lot and then I was paying attention to HOW I CAUGHT THE FISH. I started taking notice how I was fishing it and then my confidence bait was spreading to different brands and they became my confidence baits.

Here's the panic box lipless crank:

A Janns Netcraft, build your own lipless crank with death trap hooks acquired and assembled in 2012.

I am one of those that fishes lipless baits quite a bit under certain circumstances and like many on here already I too fish the Bill Lewis baits but mostly the 3/4 and 1 ounce sizes. A couple others lipless ones that I don't think have been mentioned but that do catch fish would be the Bomber in I think 5/8 ounce. An inexpensive bait with a good sound to it and not so painful if you are feeding a lot of them to toothy critters. The other is the GAGs bait Bunker. This is a larger and heavier bait but very productive, at 1.25 ounce it will throw a mile and is some ole tough but it is more money at about 9 bucks a pop but I keep 5 or 6 on hand at all times.

I threw the Spro Aruku Shad Jr today and I really like it. I can fish it like a blade bait and it doesn't get tangled like a red eye shad does.

Spro Aruku Shad

Strike King RES

Bill Lewis Trap

Xcalibur Xrk50

Lucky Craft LV500

• Spro Aruku Shad
• Bill Lewis  Rat-L-Trap
• XCalibur Xrk50

That is what I carry. Not in any particular order I use them all equally with probably equal success.   

Favorite lipless cranks for me would be the Rattlin' Rap, and the Rat L Trap. Color wise, its hard to beat the chrome/blue. I haven't had any durability issues with either lure, which is great considering they're both only around $4-5 and they catch fish. I've had good success on them so I don't see any reason to switch to brands that cost over twice as much.

Red eye shads and xr50s and xrk50s ... Seems like since there are less xr50s being thrown that they're actually getting bit better . I want to try the 6th sense baits as well however.  

6th Sense. I use the heavy rattle when it's warm and light rattle when it gets colder.