floating lipless cranks, who uses them, what brands do you like! tell me your secrets!!!!

I have a floating Rattle Trap and have never used the thing .  

I used to do ok with the floating rattle trap. Haven’t seen one in ages 

53 minutes ago, scaleface said:

I have a floating Rattle Trap and have never used the thing .  

Same here. I got one in a bunch of lures that I bought at a garage sale and I've never tied it on.

 

Tom

I have Bill Lewis floaters, mostly silver and blue.  My wife likes them because she doesn't want to mess with grass on traps.  I like them when distance between top of grass and surface is tight.   I now use chatterbait most of the time, but there are times....especially mid day, mid summer....when a blue-silver trap run over weeds, near the surface is exactly what they want.

If you have submerged weeds that only have a few feet between them and the surface, they can be really good. 

Awesome input everyone!!!!

Never heard of them, are they Bill Lewis rattle trap?

The only reason I ask because I call all lipless rattling,

flat sided crank baits rattle traps. 

1. Sebile Flatt Shad 77mm Suspending(silent too!)  (discontinued, but you find find them on the auction site)

 

2. Imakatsu Suspending Vibe 70 

 

3. 6th Sense Suspending 80 lipless

I have a couple, haven't fished them in ages. I prefer a shallow crank or wake bait.

Awesome info! Will check out the reccomendations, thanks for the input much appreciated.

Used to use them a lot. Loved them in water with laydowns. Smash the crank in a laydown, kill the retrieve and let them float up high enough to retrieve into the next obstruction. 

8 hours ago, Ole man Fazul said:

6th Sense Suspending 80 lipless

I've used a couple of these.  It's a niche bait, IMO.  Hybrid jerkbait/lipless.  They work as advertised, but don't expect to get more than maybe 3' depth on your retrieve.  

18 hours ago, rtwvumtneer6 said:

I've used a couple of these.  It's a niche bait, IMO.  Hybrid jerkbait/lipless.  They work as advertised, but don't expect to get more than maybe 3' depth on your retrieve.  

They are perfect for South Jersey fisheries. The land of grass-filled shallow lakes and eagle sized mosquitos. ??

I have several.  Not really even sure where I got them...lol.  I have never thrown one

 

I heard of them but I can’t imagine why I would use one over a Rapala floating minnow.

I haven't seen floating rattle traps in forever. 

On 2/11/2022 at 1:18 PM, Ole man Fazul said:

They are perfect for South Jersey fisheries. The land of grass-filled shallow lakes and eagle sized mosquitos. ??

I just “accidentally” bought one thinking it was a normal rattle trap. I’m in south jersey also so this is kinda funny. I’ll give it a shot and fish it over some grass I guess.