Loud rattles? High Pitched? Silent lures? Do you think they make a difference?

For me it would be high pitched rattles like a Rebel Minnow or a Flicker Shad. For whatever reason I have done really well on lures with that kind of sound. On the opposite side of the spectrum, I haven't caught any fish on any lure with a solid "one-knocker" type of sound yet. I still throw those types but I haven't done well on them at all. 

I have caught fish on highly pressured lakes with louder baits so I don't think the type of rattle matters that much, but I do wonder if I would have caught more or bigger fish if I was using a silent or different sounding lure.

Which sound do you have the most confidence in and do you think the type of rattle matters?

Rattle-L-Trap

Several baits features a lethal vibration that attracts bass holding in grass, around rocks, and in open waters.

But for the baits I have the most success which always builds my confidence have that enticing shimmy on the drop.

Call them in with the rattles and seal the deal on the drop.

3/4 oz RES has taken the biggest fish for me including my PB.

A-Jay

On my home lake, a Crazy Legs Chigger Craw texas rigged on a 3/0 hook with a 3/16" bullet weight has always worked really well.  But last year, just on a whim, I tried adding a small 2mm glass crappie rattle to it and it increased my bites so dramatically that I now keep some in my tackle bag all the time.

Rather than trying to jam the rattle into the soft plastic I use a drill bit that's just a little smaller than the rattle.  Twist it into the soft plastic and it'll bore a perfect size hole for shoving the rattle in.  No need to super glue it in place and it won't pop out on its own.

Thinking that a little rattle must be good, so a lot of rattle might be better, I tried using larger ones.  But I found that the bigger rattles just don't get me the number of bites that the small ones do.  Maybe they don't sound as natural or something.

I catch anything from bass, small, large, and stripers, salmon, walleye, pike on Bills Rat l traps. I'm not exact opposite of you, I have no confidence in soft bodied rattlers.

Even Rattlesless crankbaits rattle . After all my years of fishing rattles remain a mystery .  I have a few starting points but am quick to change if I'm not catching fish .

 

When targeting pieces of visible cover , standing tree et al , I usually opt for a quieter bait .I know where the bass should be and do not feel I need  the extra noise to attract them  . When trolling or fishing offshore structure I usually go with louder baits .  The one knockers , I like when fishing extremely slow . I caught some big bass on the Arbogast Mudbug using a one knocker , retrieving it as slow as I can stand it .

The Sebile lipless cranks are my favorite lipless. Even on the end of a bomb cast, you can hear that rattle the entire way back to the boat. I have had dabbled with lipless cranks in the past and have consider myself efficient with this bait. I got a MTB with the senile lipless, tried it one day and slaughtered the fish. It outfished a seiko during tough late fall conditions- needless to say it made me a believer. I went ahead and filled up a 3700 plano box with them. 

Honestly, I've never gave any thought as to the type of rattle to use. I just try to use the same style and size it came with if I need to replace one....Maybe I should 

 

Mike 

6 hours ago, Catt said:

These are the loudest I've ever heard in a jig rattle, hence, my box is loaded with them.

Also, on rattle baits. There are many, and many are cool.. but nothing has ever produced for me the way Bill Lewis Rattle traps have! They have to have the best rattle sound in the world.