Had the privilege of fishing some of the new RageTail baits this past weekend and Wow! They are Killer. First, on Saturday morn after a hot topwater bite, I tied on a Smokin' Rooster. First cast had a hit, probably a bluegill. After that I probably caught 10 decent fish along the deep weedline. Even got one on the surface as I was cranking it back in to make another cast. What a versatile bait and what action! Sorry about the pic quality as I was by myself.

Sunday morning I tied on the Rage Hawg and decided to go dock hopping. Along with several smaller one's I got the 2 big boys pictured. 1 working it back alongside a dock and the big one from under a pontoon boat that was nice enough to park with the front facing out so I could skip the bait under it. What a fight. 1 ½ feet deep. Lots of jumps. I always wondered what those 2 little loops on the front of the brush hog were for. No more. Rage Hawgs have the kicking feet front and back. Big-O, you've done it again.

2 phenomenal baits.  Thanks!

Couple more.

man you was really lighting them up. i cant wait to give mine a try now.

Their Rage Craws aren't worth a flip in the spring though cause they don't float up off the bottom.  I haven't tried any since.  Yum makes a craw that even out caught the brush hogs earlier this spring!  I'll have to give them a try again now that conditions are diff.

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Their Rage Craws aren't worth a flip in the spring though cause they don't float up off the bottom. I haven't tried any since. Yum makes a craw that even out caught the brush hogs earlier this spring! I'll have to give them a try again now that conditions are diff.

Try fishing them on any type of football style head or jig.

Or try the Evolution jigs Shak-E2 head. Not too many baits actually float up off the bottom. If you work these correctly on the football heads or jigs by rocking them slowly, they will wag their legs up off the bottom and look like a craw in the defensive position which will draw a strike if there is a bass looking at it. The Evo Shak-E2 will land upright and stay that way.

 

These 2 are the only Shakey heads I fish.

All of these were on a Tx rig?

Where do you get them? I haven't seen them at tackle warehouse or bps.

He and several other folks got them at the Roadtrip at Kentucky Lake.....they should be on the store shelves around mid Sept.

Big O

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WTG CWB...all about the Ragt Tails...

Thanks for the report.!

I like to fish the B-Hogs with the football head/stand up I may try the rages.  I still have yet too see those smokin roosters out there though.  I don't have any pad lakes around where I live and the one lake that usually has grass beds was so high for so long earlier in the yr. they didn't grow out very good.  So the swim/topwater type stuff rage makes wouldn't be as good.  The spooks and chug-bugs still do the trick round here.  

I like to fish the B-Hogs with the football head/stand up I may try the rages. I still have yet too see those smokin roosters out there though. I don't have any pad lakes around where I live and the one lake that usually has grass beds was so high for so long earlier in the yr. they didn't grow out very good. So the swim/topwater type stuff rage makes wouldn't be as good. The spooks and chug-bugs still do the trick round here.

My lake was the same way. Extremely high water this year where the weeds are usually up to the top or laid over even. Give the Rage Shad and Toad a try. I think you will be surprised! They will come up out of the grass and hit these things like they want to annihilate them.

Good Luck.

Their Rage Craws aren't worth a flip in the spring though cause they don't float up off the bottom. I haven't tried any since. Yum makes a craw that even out caught the brush hogs earlier this spring! I'll have to give them a try again now that conditions are diff.

My experience with the craw has been just the opposite.  They were killer in May and early June.  Fished the weighless in the shallows and with an Owner keel weighted hook in the deeper water.  They flat out produced.

What is interesting is that I started with the Space Monkey, and when things slowed down with that, I tried the craw, and things picked up again.  Perhaps it was just the coincidence of the bite picking up.

In one area, my canoe was anchored in the shallows and I was casting into a drop off in five feet of water.  I'd count to ten when the bait hit the water.  When I'd take up the slack there would be a fish on.  If not, they usually hit it during the first couple of twitches.  

If they didn't hit then, I'd retrieve it quickly and cast again.

In one such spot, I pulled in eight bass without moving.

Who knows, maybe a wacky worm would have produced as well, or better.

Right now, a finesse worm on a shaky head, a jig, and a t-bone wacky are my baits of choice.

All of these were on a Tx rig?

Yes, all T-rigged. 4/0 Owner EWG Wide Gap Plus hooks.

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3/16 and 1/4 oz. weight for Roosters.

1/16 oz. pegged weight for skipping the Rage Hawg.

These are awesome hooks. (Awesome baits too!)