Super User roadwarrior Posted April 19, 2010 Super User Posted April 19, 2010 I fish most brands except original Rat-L-Traps. Honestly, in terms of productivity, they all seem about the same to me. When the liplesss crank bite is on, it's on! One notable exception: I'm not usually concerned about lure colors, but have found that to be especially important with these lures. I don't know exactly why, but that's a consistent observation. Most of the time I fish the XCalibur Xr50, blue chrome/ orange, but sometimes other colors are WAY more productive. This weekend it was sexy shad. 8-) Quote
Osprey39 Posted April 20, 2010 Posted April 20, 2010 I fish most brands except original Rat-L-Traps.Honestly, in terms of productivity, they all seem about the same to me. When the liplesss crank bite is on, it's on! One notable exception: I'm not usually concerned about lure colors, but have found that to be especially important with these lures. I don't know exactly why, but that's a consistent observation. Most of the time I fish the XCalibur Xr50, blue chrome/ orange, but sometimes other colors are WAY more productive. This weekend it was sexy shad. 8-) Just curious but how come you don't like Rat-L-Traps? Quote
BassThumb Posted April 20, 2010 Posted April 20, 2010 After buying and fishing some of the high-end lipless cranks last season, I don't think the differences between them are very significant, not like they are with the high end jerkbaits. I've had some of my best crankbait fishing on cheaper cranks with upgraded hooks like the Super Spot($2), Rattlin' Rapala($3-4), Bill Lewis Rat-L-Trap($3-5), Red Eye Shad($2-5), and Xcaliber XR50($5 on sale). Quote
Super User roadwarrior Posted April 20, 2010 Super User Posted April 20, 2010 I fish most brands except original Rat-L-Traps.Honestly, in terms of productivity, they all seem about the same to me. When the liplesss crank bite is on, it's on! One notable exception: I'm not usually concerned about lure colors, but have found that to be especially important with these lures. I don't know exactly why, but that's a consistent observation. Most of the time I fish the XCalibur Xr50, blue chrome/ orange, but sometimes other colors are WAY more productive. This weekend it was sexy shad. 8-) Just curious but how come you don't like Rat-L-Traps? Mostly it's the hooks. Has that changed? Quote
Super User Catt Posted April 20, 2010 Super User Posted April 20, 2010 I fish most brands except original Rat-L-Traps.Honestly, in terms of productivity, they all seem about the same to me. When the liplesss crank bite is on, it's on! One notable exception: I'm not usually concerned about lure colors, but have found that to be especially important with these lures. I don't know exactly why, but that's a consistent observation. Most of the time I fish the XCalibur Xr50, blue chrome/ orange, but sometimes other colors are WAY more productive. This weekend it was sexy shad. 8-) Just curious but how come you don't like Rat-L-Traps? Mostly it's the hooks. Has that changed? Couple years ago Quote
fooman Posted April 20, 2010 Posted April 20, 2010 Like Roadwarrior stated when the lip-less bite is on they all pretty much produce .. I can catch them on every brand except the SK Red Eye shad for some reason.. I also like to glue the weights in a few differant brands also Quote
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