Clark Stewart Posted March 24, 2010 Posted March 24, 2010 Took a guilty plea yesterday morning, and with nothing scheduled the rest of the day I forwarded my calls to my cell phone and closed the office at noon. Went to my favorite pond and started throwing H2O Express swimbaits. After the action on those slacked off I started throwing rage tails. I started with a smokin' rooster, but (and I don't know if it's just me) but I had to reel it pretty quick to keep all the legs going, and the bass wanted something slower. Tried the Eeliminator next and kept getting short strikes and missing the good bites. I have GOT TO learn how to set the hook with a spinning rod! Got a reaction strike on a rage tail shad, and quickly learned it was just a fluke that it got bit yesterday. So I switched back to the swimbait and caught a couple more. When I switched back to rage tails I tied on a lobster and oh mama! I got strikes on every cast, but with my spinning outfit I kept jerking it out of their mouths! One bit my lobster so hard that it ripped it in half! This was not the typical effect of pulling it out of their mouth too hard. The bass literally swam up on it (I could see it) and bit it in half before I could set the hook. Felt like a super hard worm bite! While most folks rig those on a jig head, I swam it over grass and slop via a 5/0 keel weighted (screw eye) swimbait hook. Deadly! If you're not fishing rage tails by now then you need to log in and formally apologize to BigO! Do it. Do it now! Quote
catchnm Posted March 24, 2010 Posted March 24, 2010 Ragin' for bass is awesome! I use the original Craw and most recently, the Baby Craw. Tex rigged on a 3/0 or 2/0 EWG hook w/ unpegged 1/8 oz. bullet weight. Awesome!! Usually get hit before they reach the bottom. But if they do just a twitch or two does the trick. With the original Craw I like to drag it sometimes instead of hopping it, I think it more closely imitates a swimming crayfish. Quote
Super User SoFlaBassAddict Posted March 24, 2010 Super User Posted March 24, 2010 I think the only things missing from my rage collection right now are the small anaconda (I think the thumper?), and the lobster. Had some good strikes on the anaconda a few days ago when I first tried it out. I've had nothing but success with them. Great lures. Quote
scrutch Posted March 25, 2010 Posted March 25, 2010 tried it carolina rigged in the small river that goes thru my hometown. best early season action I've ever seen. smallies kill it and the lobster's larger profile seems to be getting me some larger fish. gonna try the 5/0 keel weighted hook in the heavier tree lined and blow-down areas. I think there's bigger fish in there. Quote
Big-O Posted March 25, 2010 Posted March 25, 2010 Hey Clark, I'm doin it and doin it now....on Choke Canyon Lak in Texas Testing the nw color Rage Craws we just designed and the fish ar CHOKIN on it ;D Wish y'all could be here with me cause it's the most fun I have and still be sober... Glad all of you are havin fun with'em and thanks for your comments. Will be back in the lab this wknd then off to another lake again for more testing and good times. Rage'on with ya bad self Big O www.ragetail.com Quote
Super User SoFlaBassAddict Posted March 25, 2010 Super User Posted March 25, 2010 Wish y'all could be here with me cause it's the most fun I have and still be sober... Will be back in the lab this wknd then off to another lake again for more testing and good times. Rage'on with ya bad self Big O www.ragetail.com You guys hiring? You can pay me in soft plastics.... Quote
Super User Big Bait Fishing Posted March 25, 2010 Super User Posted March 25, 2010 Hey Clark, I'm doin it and doin it now....on Choke Canyon Lak in Texas Testing the nw color Rage Craws we just designed and the fish ar CHOKIN on it ;DWish y'all could be here with me cause it's the most fun I have and still be sober... Glad all of you are havin fun with'em and thanks for your comments. Will be back in the lab this wknd then off to another lake again for more testing and good times. Rage'on with ya bad self Big O www.ragetail.com i am hoping that you might make a bigger version of the rage tail toad , i bet alot of other people would too !!! Quote
Clark Stewart Posted March 25, 2010 Author Posted March 25, 2010 Hey Clark, I'm doin it and doin it now....on Choke Canyon Lak in Texas Testing the nw color Rage Craws we just designed and the fish ar CHOKIN on it ;DWish y'all could be here with me cause it's the most fun I have and still be sober... Glad all of you are havin fun with'em and thanks for your comments. Will be back in the lab this wknd then off to another lake again for more testing and good times. Rage'on with ya bad self Big O www.ragetail.com You'd think with all the free press I give you guys I'd get an endorsement deal by now! Ya'll endorse attorneys right? Maybe just a sticker and a retainer fee? I'm just sayin! In all seriousness Rage Tail plastics are my ultimate confidence baits. I started fishing them last summer and I've never owned a brand of lures in which I had absolute confidence that EVERY SINGLE TIME I GO FISHING I will catch at least one bass on a rage tail lure. Matter of fact I've never been fishing with them when I only caught one bass! ;D For all you newbies out there who don't know where to start don't hesitate to buy these lures. I started with the space monkeys and shads. The best thing I've learned about these lures is that skill goes out the window since all of these baits are designed to be pulled through the water - no more wondering if you're pulling it too fast or hopping it too far off the bottom like with a texas rig. Another tip: Go ahead and shell out the 12 bucks for a bottle of Mend-It! These baits are great but they may seem expensive at roughly a dollar a lure, but the packaging they use really does make all the difference. In one season I've saved easily over 100 bucks on rage tails by repairing them with Mend-It. The stuff literally makes them good as new. Oh, and seriously I'm done gushing! Try the rage craws or lobster on a carolina rig around rip rap. Deadly on Guntersville lake! Quote
Clark Stewart Posted March 25, 2010 Author Posted March 25, 2010 I think the only things missing from my rage collection right now are the small anaconda (I think the thumper?), and the lobster. Had some good strikes on the anaconda a few days ago when I first tried it out. I've had nothing but success with them. Great lures. I like the anacondas, but the thumper worm is better to me simply because you can swim it straight back to the boat and the tail has more action - well maybe just a tighter/harder action. The lobsters should be renamed to LobSTARS! Quote
Clark Stewart Posted March 25, 2010 Author Posted March 25, 2010 Check out my post in the "how do you store your plastics" thread in the tackle section to see just how big a rage tail junkie I am. Seriously I've got track marks! Quote
moby bass Posted March 25, 2010 Posted March 25, 2010 I have been wanting to try the roosters but Gander Mtn and Dick's near me don't have them. Don't really want to put an internet order together because I just don't need more stuff. Quote
scrutch Posted March 25, 2010 Posted March 25, 2010 So Clark...really now... do like rage tail baits? + can you say summary judgment? Quote
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