What are some of your favorite Rapala lures whether it be discontinued or currently available? What color patterns do you like? 

The Rapala Crankin' Rap CCR-3 and CCR-5's are my favorite squarebills. Think they got discontinued about 3 years ago. I'll have to source some pretty soon since my supply is running low.

What are some of the color patterns that you have had the most success with in terms of the Crankin’ Raps? 

6 minutes ago, NJBasstard said:

The Rapala Crankin' Rap CCR-3 and CCR-5's are my favorite squarebills. Think they got discontinued about 3 years ago. I'll have to source some pretty soon since my supply is running low.

What are some patterns that you have had the most success with regarding the Crankin’ Raps? 

6 minutes ago, BassAssassin99 said:

What are some of the color patterns that you have had the most success with in terms of the Crankin’ Raps? 

What are some patterns that you have had the most success with regarding the Crankin’ Raps? 

I have multiple of both in..

 

Helsinki shad

Hot mustard ? (I think that's the name)

Red crawl

Regal shad

Yellow perch

 

I've had success with all, but the first 3 are my favorite for the waters I fish.

 

 

 

6 hours ago, NJBasstard said:

The Rapala Crankin' Rap CCR-3 and CCR-5's are my favorite squarebills. Think they got discontinued about 3 years ago. I'll have to source some pretty soon since my supply is running low.

I have those and the long lipped versions .   When they were discontinued I stocked up . Some of the best cranks I ever chucked . I like the red craw for night fishing . Shad  colors work great during the day .

 

My all time favorite Rapala are the Fat Raps . I have about ten . They just work well going down the bank junk fishing .Colors I like are  gold foil , perch , crawdad , and silver foil .

 

 

 

My over all favorite Rapala crankbait is the Shad rap Silver / black back 

Shad rap of course or the DT6

Ratlin' Rap, DT-4, Shad Rap

 

'Natural' colors - perch, bluegill, etc

Shadow Raps

This spring, the floating, jointed, and countdown minnows have been working for trout so I will give them a go again for bass.

Rippin Raps

 

My first really big bass was caught on a Firetiger Glass Shad Rap size 07.  That lure will always hold a special place in my heart.  If i'm throwing a shad rap profile bait, it will almost be a GSR.

The balsa Shad rap size 5 or 7, The balsa Fat rap for shallow cranking. A white Skitterwalk for walking the dawg topwater action. Probably most missed is the Chartruese backed skitterpop. I just absolutely  got slammed on it fishing it in the rivers here!

Fishingmickey 

Original floating rapala. Black/silver and black/gold. I don’t use this lure nearly as much as I used to, I guess because of all the other new fancy stuff that has been developed. This lure has caught me many bass over the years. You can fish it many different ways and it works year round

I've caught smallmouth, walleye, pike, and even a musky on a #6 rippin rap

My favorite is the ripstop.

The smaller sizes of the flat rap. I loved the hard rolling action when used as a shallow jerkbait. The smaller sizes (06 and below) crushed bass and crappie on lakes with smaller forage.

Husky Jerk HJ12 in gold/black back.  Smallmouth, walleyes and pike.  I have an old one just covered in teeth marks and scratches that still produces.   Firetiger and clown have their moments as well.   Lakes I fish have lots of perch but I’ve never had much luck on the perch colour for some reason and can’t explain it.   

Rapala X Raps are very good for multi species fishing.

Size 5 shallow Shad rap...I also do very well with the shallow shadow raps 

Fat Rap FR07, silver foil.

Countdown CD09, silver foil.

Shad Rap SR07, SR08, silver foil.

#5 shad rap

Deep Down Husky Jerk, I have caught more fish on them than all the other brands I have tried combined. Believe me, I have tried a lot of different jerkbaits, always end up throwing the Husky Jerk. The deep one though, I don’t like the regular one ??‍♂️

I love the suspending Husky Jerk 8 for bass.  But I troll the jointed 12 for big trout.  Black / silver usually.

 

I did buy some countdowns for this year, but well, no fishing allowed here.

Scatter Rap Crank, which is discontinued. Really cool random hunting action and the faster you reel the wider it darts out. It also came in the shad body profile, the "scatter rap shad", and came in "deep" versions.

I use #6 and #8 X Raps for river smallies and walleye, in Olive Green and Pink.

 

#8 and #10 Husky Jerks for bass/walleye in my local lake, in Silver and Firetiger.

 

#5 and #7 Shad Raps in Regal Shad and any of their craw patterns. Here's a chunk that my boy and I got trolling around on Tuesday with a jointed Shad Rap.

Any of the DT series and big fan of X-rap propbait