1 hour ago, Catt said:

Kinda like red

These could also be used to decorate the tree. ?

1 hour ago, wdp said:

These could also be used to decorate the tree. ?

 

My personal best came off a tree stump on the middle Trap!

9 hours ago, A-Jay said:

A-Jay

 

Nice "starter" kit.

The original yozuri rattling vibe is king for me casting/covering water. R.E.S. for jigging/yo yo retrieves.

 

Classic Bill Lewis trap does it all quite well. One trick I use If theres alot of grass is cut the middle treble, (the one which would point forward if you're retreiving). You don't foul up as bad and can bang the bait into things a bit more.

I've been throwing Rat l Traps for years. I'm really high on the Super Nova series. I like 5/8oz best. Colors are great. Pick your poison.

 

 

21 hours ago, Catt said:

Kinda like red

 

 

and when I ain't throwing the Royal Shad CC, I throw that Red Chrome Trap or a Bone Trap.

 

> Spro Aruku Shad       (stays upright when nose-walked along bottom)

> Strike King Red-Eye Shad

> Bill Lewis Rat-L-Trap  (best bang for the buck)

 

Roger

Has anyone fished the Academy H2O lipless cranks? If so how do you like them?

Like many others the 1/2 ounce RES and one not mentioned yet the 1/2 ounce rippin rap. The rippin rap was decent, but seemed to trigger less strikes on a day when pike and musky were jumping out of the water to grab the RES. There is a place for both, just need to figure out which is better when. 

Azuma Shaker Z in Aztec or the RES in Chartreuse Craw.

14 hours ago, Mumbly said:

Has anyone fished the Academy H2O lipless cranks? If so how do you like them?

 

I have a few of the 5/8 RT by H20.  I just bought them recently, so I haven't fished them a whole lot.  I think I've only caught one fish with them and it was on the ghost shad color.  They cast well and have good vibration.   

2 hours ago, GreenGhostMan said:

 

I have a few of the 5/8 RT by H20.  I just bought them recently, so I haven't fished them a whole lot.  I think I've only caught one fish with them and it was on the ghost shad color.  They cast well and have good vibration.   

 

I might give them a try in either the 3/8oz or the 5/8. I have been really happy with other H2O baits.

1 minute ago, Mumbly said:

 

I might give them a try in either the 3/8oz or the 5/8. I have been really happy with other H2O baits.

 

They are good baits, just haven't fished them enough.  I love their CRS.  Awesome colors and action for only $3.99.  Their small profile CRM is also sweet (Medium diving squarebill also for only $3.99).  Sometimes you can catch certain colors on sale for .98 cents or $1.98, which is a crazy value.  I'd like to know the manufacturer that produces them and see what other brands are built in the same factory.  

 

Not meaning to hijack the thread... sorry.

i use and like

lucky craft lv 500

spro aruku shad

jackall tn

rat l trap

sk red eye shad

 

I didn't think think was worth starting a new thread over so I am posting here.

 

Anyone remember what the name of this color was? I am thinking sunset or sunrise something.....

 

 

1 minute ago, Mumbly said:

I didn't think think was worth starting a new thread over so I am posting here.

 

Anyone remember what the name of this color was? I am thinking sunset or sunrise something.....

 

 

Nice

Rat L Trap in gold/black. I bought an Academy H2O Xpress Rattlin' T. It worked well at my buddy's pond. But the next time out with a different fellow, he flat smoked me with a CC Super Spot in gold. I caught two dinks and he caught 6, two over 3 lbs and lost the best one of the day at the boat.

Bill Lewis Rat - L Trap

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1 hour ago, Mumbly said:

I didn't think think was worth starting a new thread over so I am posting here.

 

Anyone remember what the name of this color was? I am thinking sunset or sunrise something.....

 

 

 

I bought that exact pack and still have the small one . That's a good bait . I can remember one spring pitching it into brush piles and catching keeper bass .

Most of the time I am fishing with Rat-l-traps or Cordell Super Spots.  Chrome/blue back, Smokey Joe, and Natural Craw are the three colors I start out with.  

I've usd a bunch of different brands and still go back to the good `ol original Bill Lewis trap. In fact, just this last fall I was out and putting a good hurtin on em with a red craw trap (imagine that...) till I broke it off. After all the tears and screaming, I composed myself, and tied on the only other red trap I had which was a RES. The bite almost shut off for me with that bait. My buddy even said he could hear a difference in sound when I would rip the RES in comparison to the Bill Lewis trap. Needless to say I ordered 6 more that night.

I've always stuck with Rapala Rattlin' Raps and Lewis Rat L Traps the most.  I've got some one knocker Rapala Clackin' Raps I haven't tried yet but I figure I'll like them too.

3 hours ago, scaleface said:

 

I bought that exact pack and still have the small one . That's a good bait . I can remember one spring pitching it into brush piles and catching keeper bass .

 

I found 2 packs of that color and 1 pack of rayburn red in an old box of lures I had stashed away. I opened a pack of the sunset (still unsure on color name) and the rayburn and tossed them in my lipless box. I also found an old Cordell Rattle Spot Minnow in smokey joe....I will try that this spring if we ever thaw out.

Lucky Craft LV500

Strike King Red Eye Shad