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Old 05-25-06, 07:15 PM   #1
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I have never fished with lipless crankbaits before. Does anyone have any tips on fishing them and good locations on a lake to fish them?
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Old 05-25-06, 07:17 PM   #2
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ive heard they worked good burned over the grassline
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Old 05-25-06, 07:18 PM   #3
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Just chunk and wind. There really isn't a way to fish them wrong. Burn 'em, yo-yo 'em, slow roll 'em-just vary the retrieve and let the fish tell you what they want. A great tactic is when fishing grass let it fall into the grass and rip it free. You can get some bone-jarring strikes doing that.
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If you know of any brushpiles or if they are marked on a lake map, the ratLtap works well
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Old 05-25-06, 07:41 PM   #5
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Just chunk and wind. There really isn't a way to fish them wrong. Burn 'em, yo-yo 'em, slow roll 'em-just vary the retrieve and let the fish tell you what they want. A great tactic is when fishing grass let it fall into the grass and rip it free. You can get some bone-jarring strikes doing that.
Reb you said it all !!!!!!!! I love fishing R-Traps ! I use my speed spools and I really twirl that handle. I believe I actually get the reel up to the 4:7 retrieve they say is possible with the reel. I sometimes count it down eg. 7 seconds equals a foot if I remeber correctly. the ultimate "chunk & wind" lure. I love make long casts and even the 1/4 oz. flys far.
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Old 05-25-06, 09:56 PM   #6
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find you some grass.......crank and rip.
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Old 05-26-06, 10:42 AM   #7
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Find a grass bed. Cat it in and skim i over the top. When you get fouled up, rip that sucker free and pull in your slack. With this technique, you don't get a vicious strike. The bass is just sort of there, and you set the hook.
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Old 05-26-06, 05:09 PM   #8
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i use them on rocky banks and deeper water. Just cast it and place around with the retrieves. Bouncing them off rocks and fallen trees almost gets me a fish every time.
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Old 05-26-06, 05:30 PM   #9
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one of my most fav bait to fish i would also try rippin it if nobodys mentioned that already
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Old 05-26-06, 08:14 PM   #10
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Reb did say it all.
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Old 05-26-06, 08:34 PM   #11
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i know i have personally talked to at least 3 aboved posters on this subject. but i will state it again. lipless baits and bare banks were made for one nother.

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Old 05-27-06, 12:52 AM   #12
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Everything is covered with weeds around here zook, maybe that is why I have never caught fish 1 on a lipless crankbait. My brother in NC has only had luck using them over rip-rap banks bouncing them off the rocks. Good point. Anybody want to buy a bunch of ratl-traps? j/k can't sell anything, might need it someday
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Old 05-27-06, 08:54 AM   #13
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bender
i said bare banks nothing was said about weedy banks. bare as in lack there in of struture ie stumps,trees,rocks,docks. most of the bare banks i fish have grass on them still bare banks to me..

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Old 05-27-06, 09:58 AM   #14
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Zooker, I agree with the bare banks. The only thing I can think of is the bare banks have a zillion holes where the crayfish hang out. It has been more than once I've caught a limit of fish on a "nothing" bank.
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Old 05-28-06, 01:58 PM   #15
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Bender, may I sell you some of mine !
No longer use the Bill Lewis Rat-l-traps.
Actually used to buy these things in L.A. from the origional shop. It was a small store in the middle of town. You could get lost when trying to find this place. They sold "seconds" for a $1.00 apiece.
The only problem with the seconds might be an eye that didn't match the other eye, or a small finger print on the bait. (big deal !)
Unfortunately, when they became the hottest lure on the market (check you BPS catalogue from several years back) they moved to a much bigger building on one of the main hwy's and no visitors were allowed in this "new" shop. Everything went into the boxes. Repainted, put in boxes and a new price was put on these baits.
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Old 05-30-06, 06:25 PM   #16
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Bender, may I sell you some of mine !
No thanks, I have about 20-30 of them. I will try to give them another chance next time I go out. I tried fishing them in the deep just off drop-offs but I will try in the flats bouncing them off the bottom/near the top of the weeds.
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Old 05-30-06, 07:02 PM   #17
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today i observed my pond. we have extrmeley shallow banks and ever ytime you reel in you get green muck. but i saw a bit of grass so i threw a rat-l-trap and got a hard hit... my drag wasnt up for the fight though
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Old 05-30-06, 09:13 PM   #18
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ya cranky you should go tighter drag when fishing cranks...thats what i do in my pond
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Old 05-30-06, 09:15 PM   #19
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wouldve caught more but i brought my friend and all he did was goof around, joke, and get his lure hung up in countless trees. god wha a mistake bringing him was... almost ruined my rod
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