Anyone have experience with a silent Rat-L-Trap for use on pressured fish? I'm thinking about making one of mine silent to experiment with. 

I use silent lipless - blade baits are very close to a silent lipless also.  I also use suspending lipless baits.  Really they all have a time and place but when I’m on a good lipless bite - regardless of water clarity or fishing pressure - the rattle seems to produce the best.  Dunno why.

Same here.  I've tried silent and suspending with marginal success.  When traps work, they work with best with noise.

Never tried one. Always thought about it though. I love a lipless crank. But I hate all the crap treble hooks drag up off the bottom lol

23 hours ago, Bazoo said:

Anyone have experience with a silent Rat-L-Trap for use on pressured fish? I'm thinking about making one of mine silent to experiment with. 

 

https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Thunderhawk_Sergeant_Lipless_Crankbait_Silent_/descpage-THSGS.html

 

Not a lot of people throwing this one or the 3/4 oz rattling version, I throw both and they are good to go

 

 

If the fish are aggressive, especially in warmer water, I like a loud rattle. If the fish are pressured or the water is colder, I like something more subdued. Silent works well for that. One knockers are also great for a more subdued sound.

I’ve got the one knockers too….. I don’t know why, but have gotten bites on them when the regular one or silent ones don’t.

38 minutes ago, Joedodge said:

Never tried one. Always thought about it though. I love a lipless crank. But I hate all the crap treble hooks drag up off the bottom lol

 

you ain’t gotta fish it on the bottom - I caught 10 in an hour last week burning one under the surface over thick grass 😉👍

1 hour ago, Pat Brown said:

 

you ain’t gotta fish it on the bottom - I caught 10 in an hour last week burning one under the surface over thick grass 😉👍

See I’ve tried that and no results. But let’s be fair I probably Didn’t give it a chance and went back to a confidence bait lol

I've used the Silent Red Eye Shad with a  lot of success. I usually use them yoyoing off the bottom. My favorite silent bait has a loose weight and its essentally a quieter one knocker. I'm very fond of that one.

When I was a kid my favorite lure was a Heddon Super Sonic.  It was one of the first lipless crankbaits and had no rattles.  The first year Bass Pro Shops offered Bill Lewis Rattle Traps I bought one.  I will never forget the description of the Rattle Trap that was in the catalogue.  "We put a whole handful of BBs in this one".  After patiently waiting a couple of weeks for my new bait, it finally came.  It did have a handful of BBs and I must have shaken that bait  hours longer than any toddler with a rattle.

 

The first time I took it fishing was the last time I ever considered fishing a lipless crankbait without a rattle, and was also the day my friend started needing therapy.  He was forced to fish his Sonic because he didn't order a Rattle Trap, thinking they were only a gimmick and the Sonic was the best bait ever.  After watching me catch a bass on every cast he was wishing he had bought one.  He did manage to catch a bass or two that day, but when I landed two bass on the same cast with the trap he started fishing for crappie.

 

I know that was years ago, and the bass may have become accustomed to rattles.  The size and shape of the bait might have also made the difference, but for some reason I can't get myself to ever fish a lipless without rattles and doubt I ever will.  If I want a silent bait I fish something else.  When I fish a lipless crankbait, I want it loud.

I am definitely a fan of the original Rat-L-Trap.

 

I am also a fan of the one knockers, in squarebill, but I haven't tried them in lipless yet.

Try the Heddon Sonar

A blade bait? Thanks, I hadn't thought of that.

For cold really clear water I have a couple Team Daiwa ones that are translucent. They do catch a lot of pickerral as well. 

 

Allen