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keithdog · 11-22-07, 08:39 AM

I'd like to pick up a couple more floating lipless crankbaits such as a rattletrap. I have one now which I found a few years back, but I have been unable to find any more since then. With all the makers of lipless cranks now days, I would expect to find a few somewhere. But no luck so far. I have had better success with my floating rattletrap than I have my sinking models. My dream lipless crank would be a suspedning model. Now that would be the cats meyow!!!

BigBassin144 · 11-22-07, 09:52 AM

My floating Rat'L'Trap is also my facorite of my lipless crankbaits. I bought mine at BPS. The first time I went there, they were completely sold out. The next time (the time I got mine) they weren't separated form the rest of the Traps, they were Just mixed in so you gotta look good. To date, BPS is the only place I have found floating ones.

Hope this helps you find some!
BB

3dkicker · 11-22-07, 04:21 PM

Dawg!
I've got a couple suspending traps - 1/2 oz. Rat-L-Trap makes them. Check out if GreenTop in Ashland,VA has them. If you can't find them contact me because I don't throw throw them and would be willing to swap them. And you would think with all the grass I fish I'd throw them all the time.

pig n jig · 11-22-07, 05:51 PM

Bill lewis Red zone rattle traps suspend as well.I use a tiny Lucky craft suspending Bevy rattletrap when nothing else is doing. P N J

rrw4258 · 11-22-07, 08:54 PM

I have a few from a local store that sells the red zone, and the floating ones... they are a darn good bait when you need to run a lipless crankbait really shallow...

Ryan

zooker · 11-23-07, 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by keithdog

My dream lipless crank would be a suspedning model. Now that would be the cats meyow!!!

two words "cotten cordell" the "suspending spot" is as it has been for 20 years a fully suspending lipless bait..they come with mustad tripple grip right out of the package.. i use them i have caught a lot of fish with them..

zooker

keithdog · 11-23-07, 10:06 AM

Thanks guys. I guess they are available. I thought maybe they had been discontinued since no one around here, including our new BPS store has any. I don't even see any in the BPS or Cabelas catalog. Next time I'm at the BPS store, Gander Mountain and Dicks, I think I will mention it to the dept manager and see if they will get some.

links_man2 · 11-26-07, 07:04 PM

I noticed several Floating Rat-L-Traps at the local Academy the other day.

3dkicker · 11-26-07, 08:06 PM

KD - I wouldn't rely on BPS to have much of anything anymore. They're more interested in selling you other stuff i.e. "junk" - see George Carlin - than fishing gear. Their stock, stores and online, is very limited compared to other online sights.

11-22-07, 08:39 AM	#1
keithdog BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: IN Posts: 8,308	Lure Search I'd like to pick up a couple more floating lipless crankbaits such as a rattletrap. I have one now which I found a few years back, but I have been unable to find any more since then. With all the makers of lipless cranks now days, I would expect to find a few somewhere. But no luck so far. I have had better success with my floating rattletrap than I have my sinking models. My dream lipless crank would be a suspedning model. Now that would be the cats meyow!!!

11-22-07, 09:52 AM	#2
BigBassin144 BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toledo, Ohio Posts: 9,463	My floating Rat'L'Trap is also my facorite of my lipless crankbaits. I bought mine at BPS. The first time I went there, they were completely sold out. The next time (the time I got mine) they weren't separated form the rest of the Traps, they were Just mixed in so you gotta look good. To date, BPS is the only place I have found floating ones. Hope this helps you find some! BB __________________ As of June 14, 2014 the members of the BF.com forum have moved to basschat.yuku.com!

11-22-07, 04:21 PM	#3
3dkicker BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Spotsylvania, VA Posts: 4,483	Dawg! I've got a couple suspending traps - 1/2 oz. Rat-L-Trap makes them. Check out if GreenTop in Ashland,VA has them. If you can't find them contact me because I don't throw throw them and would be willing to swap them. And you would think with all the grass I fish I'd throw them all the time. __________________ Smitty www.smittystubes.com

11-22-07, 08:54 PM	#5
rrw4258 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Bellevue, Ohio Posts: 2,338	I have a few from a local store that sells the red zone, and the floating ones... they are a darn good bait when you need to run a lipless crankbait really shallow... Ryan __________________ Never Give Up!

11-26-07, 08:06 PM	#9
3dkicker BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Spotsylvania, VA Posts: 4,483	KD - I wouldn't rely on BPS to have much of anything anymore. They're more interested in selling you other stuff i.e. "junk" - see George Carlin - than fishing gear. Their stock, stores and online, is very limited compared to other online sights. __________________ Smitty www.smittystubes.com

11-22-07, 05:51 PM	#4
pig n jig BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Avoca, NY Posts: 3,508	Bill lewis Red zone rattle traps suspend as well.I use a tiny Lucky craft suspending Bevy rattletrap when nothing else is doing. P N J

11-23-07, 10:06 AM	#7
keithdog BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: IN Posts: 8,308	Thanks guys. I guess they are available. I thought maybe they had been discontinued since no one around here, including our new BPS store has any. I don't even see any in the BPS or Cabelas catalog. Next time I'm at the BPS store, Gander Mountain and Dicks, I think I will mention it to the dept manager and see if they will get some.

11-26-07, 07:04 PM	#8
links_man2 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sanford, NC Posts: 134	I noticed several Floating Rat-L-Traps at the local Academy the other day.

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