08-14-08, 12:50 PM | #1 |
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I just sold my lipless cranks to get Red Eye Shads. One of the ones I bought wasn't working properly, so I contacted Strike King and they sent me two of those lipless crankbaits, a hat, and a catalog, free.
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08-14-08, 01:18 PM | #2 |
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If I got stuff fer all the lures in my box that 'aren't working properly' (catchin fish) I'd sure have lots 'o stuff !!!
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It's nice to hear they stand behind their stuff like man thanks for sharing
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great to know for future buys. thanks jools.
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08-14-08, 09:29 PM | #5 |
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Well, Strike King, I was casting one of your very expensive swimbaits. When I casted, it went flying, and I reeled in my line to find that, by some fault of production, the lure untied my knot. I would like you to send me lots of lures for free. Thanks.
hehehe. Good to know though. How you like those red eye shads? I've tried a few different brands (r-trap, xcalibur, spro, etc) and I still like Rat-L-Traps the best. BB
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today was the first i have ever caught anything on a raltrap,, it looked like a swimbait but it is a raltrap
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Lol. I absolutely love the Red Eye Shads. I think the reason I like them most, is because they flutter so perfectly. When you're yo-yoing the bait and you rip it from whatever, it just flutters on down and fish HAMMER it. What a great bait for a great technique.
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I agree with joolz on this one, the red eye shads are a great bait, as well as the XCalibur XR50. You can't go wrong with chrome/black, chrome/blue, or sexy shad on some of my home lakes... as for strike king, i bought a couple series 1's a couple days ago, and one will NOT run true no matter how you tune it... as for a question... Joolz, did you have to return the defectvie bait or how did that process work?
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I fished a silver red eye Ratltrap about a month ago for the first time. First cast, I caught a 0.75# little guy. Second cast lost it to a tree. Haven't bought another yet.
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not a fan of ANY strike king crankbaits i have had a few inculding red eyes not worth the effort to use..
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will raltrap work in warmer water
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Yes, the r-traps are great in warmer water. count them down to how deep you want, them burn 'em back to the boat. I've probably had the best luck with a floating Rat-L-Trap.
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thanks i have a few and didnt k now if they would or not
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i use the lipless baits in the early spring i rarely use anything but 1/4 oz which i am pretty good with-aint dat right lizzy?-lol...
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yea zooker,i gotta hand it to ya, after talkin to ya bout the 1/4 ounce i went n got me a handful, and YES it does make a dif, I start the year out with
1/4 chrome n blue, and rest of year go to 1/2 crome n black or rayburn red. Stick with rayburn red all fall. Big lakes I like the 1 ounce trap in white and clown colors. |
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i went to walmart today and got me a red eye in a color that i have bass on in a crankbait ,, im hopfully going fishing this week so ill try it
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well i did have a red eye, i was fishing yesterday and when i throw got a birdsnest and it went fying ,man that wa the longest cast i have ever seen
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Every time some one brings up a new lipless crank. I go out with my Pico's & show everybody whoose boss. That includes Rattle Traps. I began my collection after Harold Ensley gave my first in 1989. I find many of them on ebay. Many times all i have to do is change out the hooks & that's it. The Pico Perch slams them all.
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They were: H&H Spinnerbait (25 cents each at the PX. The first of the safety-pinners.) ABU Reflex in-line spinner (Chuuby Checker must have used this as inspiration when he admonished us to "Do the TWIST!". This baby made swivels a must.) Devil's Horse (wood body.) Creme Pre-rigged rubber worm (Not exactly snag-proof.) PICO Perch (or the virtually identical Bayou Boogie.) PICO Pop (or Heddon Chugger.) Heddon Lucky 13 ("Do I wobble it or do I pop it?"...WELL?) I caught my VERY first LMB with one...A nice one, too! Heddon River Runt (A lipped crankbait, of sorts.) Arbogast Hawaiian Wiggler (A buZZZZZZbait long before there WERE buZZZZZZbaits.) Arbogast Jitterbug (Everybody dance!) Arbogast Hula Popper ("Look! A frog with severe birth defects!") Dalton Special (wood body, rear prop, pretty face.) Sidewinder Spoon (up and down, up and down, up and down.) Anyone claiming to be a bass fisherman was deemed an imposter if he had less than ten of the above-listed Baker's Dozen on his roster. Reels: Ambassadeur 5000; Pflueger...casting. Mitchell 300; Mitchell CAP (AKA Mitchell 304); Pflueger; Alcedo (for the $$$ crowd)...Spinning. Rods: Shakespeare WonderRod; Heddon Pal; Garcia; Silaflex; Eagle Claw; Horrocks-Ibbotson. Line: Garcia Royal Bonnyl; DuPont;...Mono. Cortland (and others)...braid. And there NO chrome finishes. Lancer6 AKA Ponce De Leon (See: Fountain of Youth) |
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one mans lure is another mans tackle box,,,,,,i go out some times and hunt lures ,,,l, found so good ones,, once i found one of them good red fins in a tree ,took a stick with some twim and broke it free
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Nice. Speaking of finding lures, I happened to be going by someone who had literally just caught, and still had on his line, a shimano tacklebox with lots of nice stuff in it. It was closed and everything. Lucky him!
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devils horse,inline spinners,the jitter bug,the mud bug,the wiggle wart and the bayou boogie.are all examples of some of the timeless designs of fishing tackle. zooker
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