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BIGGEST RAT L TRAP YOU THROW

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I had a 3/4oz RES. I used it once. I  say once because it got snagged on the bottom of Lake Erie.

I love throwing big lipless cranks. My go to bait is a 1.25 ounce Gaggs Bait Bunker. I also use the 3/4 and 1 oz. Bill Lewis Rattle traps and the 1 oz. Gaggs. I have in my  lipless box a handful of the Super Mag traps at I believe 1.5 or even 1.75 oz. but on that I am not sure the exact weight. There are also some big lipless baits available in the BPS salt water catalogs and they look great but I have yet to do a great deal with them but that could be because there is always a 1.25 ounce Gaggs on one of my sticks. Yes they can be used to get down deeper and pounding rocks but I will use them even in water as shallow as 4 or 5 feet. If it is shallow I just make damned sure I am ready and when it hits the water I am cranking with the rod held well up. My favorite rig for this is a 7-6 heavy cranking stick and an Ambassadeur reel with 6.3 gear ratio. This set up is spooled with 65 pound Gorilla braid or 40-50 pound Power Pro. I know this all sounds like over kill but if you are screeching one of these big baits along and get smashed by a 5-6 pound or more bass you want a rod, reel and line set up that can take the shock, the hook set and then the constant heavy pressure to keep the fish down and coming your way to avoid them getting up and having a chance to shake the hooks. It isn't a bait or a technique for every one because throwing that set up for a good part of the day when they are on it can wear you out but man can it produce under the right conditions on both LM and SM.

1/2 oz sebile. Works markedly better than other trap style baits in my area and the rattle is loud even at the end of a bomb cast.

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