Drop Shots And Craws......rage Tail Craw And Lobster Are The Real Deal....

[primetime]

Just used the Rage Tail Lobster/ Craws for first time last evening for a few hours, and while my buddy was slaying them flipping, Texas rigging, and  swimming on a chatterbait/jighead which is what I was doing at first as well, but I then went for my drop shot rod and figured I would take off the worm and try the craw....WOW....That bait may be expensive, but you get what you pay for, and that is alot of action,and fish in the boat. I love the coffee scent and always liked the Rodent for that reason, and like most good baits, they get ripped up, so don't bring just 1-2 packs because if the fish want it, they SLAM it.

 

The bait comes alive on a drop shot without shaking or dragging.  I used both sizes and the fish hit both at same pace, but the larger one seems to get slammed much harder as those claws start flapping and I guess they see it as fleeing. Great soft craw, perfect balance with weight and buoyancy so it appears alive on a dropshot without moving your rod, and I usually use worms/Flukes/swimbaits....I am sure this bait would also be great on weighted hook rigged weedless, or anyway you want to throw it...We were throwing chatterbaits for about an hour like a spinnerbait and the trailer helped for sure, as the Berkley Ripple Shad, and Twin Tail Grub were not as effective.....Not even sure what color it was, but it had some Red in it.

 

Good News is a local retailer has them on sale, along with the shellcracker which I also want to try.....I can't find the Eel, and that is a bait I want to try, I already know it is going to be good. For some reason I feel alot of guys are not using these baits as often as I would have thought.......

[F14A-B]

So what rig system did you use to drop shot a lobster? I like to drop shot bigger baits too!

Just curious about your setup....

[primetime]

I was shallow, so I used a 1/2 weight in teardrop shape just to feel bottom as it was getting windy, but I was in heavy weeds and a long 2' tag end worked well to keep bait moving right above and skimming weeds. Hook prefered is an Owner Downshot hook, which is thin wire but strong..Key is not setting the hook to hard....I also use the VMC drop shot hooks and simply rig with smaller hook #1 or 1/0 and just hook it like I was using a split shot hook, or circle hook but that is when in open water, or I will sometimes just use a hook with weedguard (works better than I thought it would for all applications). The Lobster is thick, but has a hook slot, so the Hook that worked best was a regular 4/0? or maye it was 3/0 EWG probably Bass Pro, or Owner, Vmc..I buy whats on sale, and carry so much terminal tackle its tough to know whats what any more....I do like to use braid on a drop shot here in Florida as weeds are super heavy and I am in love with the Invisiswivels that are made of strong Fluorocarbon to eliminate line twist, and I trust knots more with swivels anyhow.   I use a 14lb Fluoro leader, sometimes 17, but try  to use 10-12 if sparse weeds......In open water,Iuse a spinning rod by okuma for drop shotting and  I use 8lb hybrid or any copoly that is light green, or camo colored and up to 12lb mono or fluoro, and with the vmc, you just tie to swivels already made..All companies make some type of drop shot rig now, and vmc also makes a hook that I like that is long...Forget the Name...I learned how to tie any hook to a drop shot by watching videos on you tube,and I grew up fishing for Fluke up north and that is nothing more than a Downshot rig drifted on the bottom, and your bait gets a 12-24" leader....I love to experiment, and the dropshot is good for casting as well.......I only tried the bigger lobster since I read it was good on this site....I also bubba rig shakey heads all the time, but I have too much mud for that in most lakes right now....hope that helps, the smaller the hook, the better the flapping action.....

[martintheduck]

I started dropshotting rage craws this spawn on bed fish. DEADLY. Get them nice and agitated with a jig, watch them move the jig off a few times, then toss in the DS Rage and they suck it RIGHT in! Love it. Interested to see how it works this summer in the deep water.

[roadwarrior]

I was shallow, so I used a 1/2 weight in teardrop shape just to feel bottom as it was getting windy, but I was in heavy weeds and a long 2' tag end worked well to keep bait moving right above and skimming weeds. Hook prefered is an Owner Downshot hook, which is thin wire but strong..Key is not setting the hook to hard....I also use the VMC drop shot hooks and simply rig with smaller hook #1 or 1/0 and just hook it like I was using a split shot hook, or circle hook but that is when in open water, or I will sometimes just use a hook with weedguard (works better than I thought it would for all applications). The Lobster is thick, but has a hook slot, so the Hook that worked best was a regular 4/0? or maye it was 3/0 EWG probably Bass Pro, or Owner, Vmc..I buy whats on sale, and carry so much terminal tackle its tough to know whats what any more....I do like to use braid on a drop shot here in Florida as weeds are super heavy and I am in love with the Invisiswivels that are made of strong Fluorocarbon to eliminate line twist, and I trust knots more with swivels anyhow.   I use a 14lb Fluoro leader, sometimes 17, but try  to use 10-12 if sparse weeds......In open water,Iuse a spinning rod by okuma for drop shotting and  I use 8lb hybrid or any copoly that is light green, or camo colored and up to 12lb mono or fluoro, and with the vmc, you just tie to swivels already made..All companies make some type of drop shot rig now, and vmc also makes a hook that I like that is long...Forget the Name...I learned how to tie any hook to a drop shot by watching videos on you tube,and I grew up fishing for Fluke up north and that is nothing more than a Downshot rig drifted on the bottom, and your bait gets a 12-24" leader....I love to experiment, and the dropshot is good for casting as well.......I only tried the bigger lobster since I read it was good on this site....I also bubba rig shakey heads all the time, but I have too much mud for that in most lakes right now....hope that helps, the smaller the hook, the better the flapping action.....

 

Great post!

[F14A-B]

Nicely done Primetime! ...