Dissapointed With The Strike King Rage Blade.

[MassBass]

Have used this lure numerous times this year. Its black & blue (proven color). Have used different trailers on it, first the one it came with, then a slug-go, then a black & blue craw, then a small swimbait. This thing hasn't caught me nothing. My chatterbait brand on the other hand has caught me two big bass and a big pickerel. What gives?

[einscodek]

I only use the black and blue when Im using the chatterbait in deeper or muddy waters.. I've not gotten bit b4 on the black and blue.

I put a green skirt on mine and put a craw on it.. caught me a couple of prespawners this year.

I use Zman and SK and SK doesnt hang up as much but I like the larger hooks on my Zman.

[CTGalloway21]

have you tried slowing down the retrieve to be near the bottom?

[Bluebasser86]

have you tried slowing down the retrieve to be near the bottom?

Crank that thing as slow as you can, even bumping bottom when possible. 

[deaknh03]

The Rage is made to be fished very slow but still have the same action as a faster moving chatter bait..fast retrieve will bring the rage blade to the surface.

[JBakerMD]

I think your fishing it wrong , like everyone is saying . Work it slow drag the bottom , your trailer is really prefrence but id go for craws.

 

[PAGreg]

I agree with the OP. I have 3 different colors of the rage blade that haven't produced. I switch to the same color pure poison and catch fish.

[roadwarrior]

I had the opportunity to fish with The Man himself! Big O used a modified Eeliminator for the trailer.

He fished the Rage Blade slowly, ticking the bottom and/ or the top of a weed bed. The modification

was simply trimming the sides of the body. The resulting profile matches that of a mature threadfin

shad (yellowtail).

 

 

 

 

[Felix77]

I absolutely love my Rage Blades.  I caught fish after fish on them after slowing down my retrieve as RW mentioned above.  If I want to move faster I up the weight and it works just fine for me.

[ColdSVT]

I really think it boils down to conditions, time and place more than anything.

Ie i have lakes where i kill em on spinnerbaits and swimjigs and other lakes where the fish wont touch either even though the waters are very similar

[TrapperJ]

ok i am reeling to fast then based on what u guys are saying, next time im out i'll be sure to drag the bottom. and maybe put a tasty Rage Craw for a  trailer

[Zach P]

I really think it boils down to conditions, time and place more than anything.

Ie i have lakes where i kill em on spinnerbaits and swimjigs and other lakes where the fish wont touch either even though the waters are very similar

^This. Absolutely agree.

[Blues19]

So, are yall fishing the Rage blade like any other jig? Just kinda with a drag, stop, and twitching?  Or are you contantly reeling, but super slow? Or do both work???  I just got a couple and going to the lake in a few days. Thanks yall

[roadwarrior]

It's not a jig, the Blade is a Rage version of the Chatterbait (modified spinnerbait).

[MassBass]

Bottom line is i added 4 new chatterbaits to my tackle and 0 rage blades. Im not gona fin-s this thing fishing it as slow as i can. With a bladed jig i want to search and cover water. Another point- the skirt is positoned like half way down the shank, makes it look kind of unatural with a bare shank between the blade and skirt/trailer. I think my rage blade will be relegated to the bottom of my binder. And i think that clip of shaw grigsby was just a spot for strike king.

[PAGreg]

ColdSVT and I were fishing yesterday and discussed this thread. I decided to throw on my rage blade and it didn't take long for me to switch back to a Pure Poison. The rage blade just doesn't work as well, especially in thick grass.

[Megastink]

I want to jump in here. I had written about how I don't like the Rage Blade before. It rides too high in the water.

I had a tournament on the Chesapeake Bay yesterday, and all the fish would hit (in my area) was a black/blue rage blade with a pearl white Little Dipper on the back. They wanted an erratic stop an go retrieve.

Yes, I tried an original Chatterbait with no success. Everything has it's time and place.

[Big-O]

The Rage Blade isn't designed to do exactly what a Chatterbait or Pure Poison style bait does. It's design specific for when the fish need heavy vibration action at slower swim or retrieve rate and with a few less snags and more weed proof than the others. There are situations where this is what fish are looking for and it's a similar pattern where swimbaits are productive as well. The photos are from a recent trip where I needed it to get the bites I wanted. It was 10 to 12ft water and the fish were on the bottom in scattered brush.

Also used it at the Roadtrip and fished it a lot in the Wilson Lake tail race. It turned out to be my go-to there

[gripnrip]

I want to jump in here. I had written about how I don't like the Rage Blade before. It rides too high in the water.

I had a tournament on the Chesapeake Bay yesterday, and all the fish would hit (in my area) was a black/blue rage blade with a pearl white Little Dipper on the back. They wanted an erratic stop an go retrieve.

Yes, I tried an original Chatterbait with no success. Everything has it's time and place.

Way to give it another shot Mega!  I say you don't use a phillips head when a flat head is what you need.  BUT there are different sized flat heads.  A lure is nothing but a tool for the job!  Sometimes the same type of tool just doesn't get the job done!