Anyone gotten a chance to try these babies out? I picked up one today but it will be sitting in my tacklebox for a few weeks before I get a chance to go out and toss it around...

comparison to a trap?

I picked up few of them. I have thrown it in the pool initial and it looks good. It is much bigger than a Rattln Rap. It sits nose down, but doesnt flutter down like the strike king sexy shad. This lure is loud. You can really hear it coming through the water much like the 3/4oz strike king diamond shad. I am going out this week and one will be tied on. Hopefully it will get the attention of something other than me.

I have a few and so far I'm not that impressed. Here's what I've seen.

The biggest advantage is that it is a big bait. It's long, deep and very thick. It is nearly twice as thick as LC LVR D10. It looks like a mouthfull.

It has a nice, very durable construction and finish. It has transparent side, with a little exterior paint (depending on the color scheme you get), and a reflective insert. I've found this finish to last, and last and last. I've got other Rapalas constructed this way that have been chewed up by pickerel and bowfin and they still flash.

It has Excellent VMC hooks. Sticky-sharp. The only downside for the sure-set hooks is that AFAIK no one makes a hook bonnet for them.

The lure is heavy, and sinks like a rock. VERY fast, nose first.

The lure rests on the bottom on the tip of its nose with it rear ended pointing towards the surface. Of all the lipless I have, this one does that the best.

The down side is that I have noticed very little action unless I'm using a pretty fast retrieve. I've had to crank mine fast to get a decent action. If you try to jig it, it sinks nose first, and doesn't flutter on the rise.

It would seem to make a pretty good bed fishing lipless due to its nose-standing characterisitic, but you have to retrieve it too fast to get any action. So that sort of kills in in my view.

I'm not too impressed with it so far.

Of all the lipless I've fished, the Yo-Zuri Hardcore Drum and the Jackall T/N70s have the best actions. These can be fished fast. But they have great actions even at super slow speeds. When jigging, the Jackall sinks nose first, but flutters nicely on the rise. The Yo-Zuri doesn't sink quite as nose first, but it doesn't plane to one side like some other lipless. It, too, flutters nicely in the rise. Both will nose-stand on the bottom. IMO, these are the two best lipless I've tried, and I've tried a lot. It's a toss-up for me as to which is best.