Trap Tips?

[David Whitaker]

Throwing a lipless crankbait, or "trap" as we like to refer to em as, is one of my FAVORITE tehniques on grass lines, especially after a cold front and any time during the spring. I'd like to say I've mastered the technique but as we all know, there's always room for improvement and everybody has their personal secrets. Share yours below, I would love to hear your thoughts on the techniques and what y'all do to tweak it. Especially those fishing in the south and grass impoundments. 

[Bluebasser86]

Not much grass around here but banging into and grinding them along rocks is a great way to get bit. 

[scaleface]

I like to fish them out on the points like a worm or vertically jig them .

[Airman4754]

Smaller line makes a huge difference in the flutter fall. 15lb test will make one almost fall dead where 12lb test will make it have a very visible flutter. 

We remove the back treble and add a larger treble to the front. It flutters even harder. If they are hitting a lipless they always get the front hook anyway. 

[roadwarrior]

[papajoe222]

I'm sure you are aware that different retrieves work at different times.  In general, I've found that a steadier retrieve works better in the spring, a stop and go ( including ripping it out of vegetation) during the summer and yo-yo or stroking better in the fall-winter. 

I choose the bait accordingly. A trap, hot spot and red eye shad 

[Dan_the_fisher]

The key is in the rattles and retrieve I think, I don't really care to much about color. Yo-yo, ripping,  stop go, slow roll, fast burn. A lot of different ways to master 

[David Whitaker]

19 hours ago, Mosster47 said:

Smaller line makes a huge difference in the flutter fall. 15lb test will make one almost fall dead where 12lb test will make it have a very visible flutter. 

We remove the back treble and add a larger treble to the front. It flutters even harder. If they are hitting a lipless they always get the front hook anyway. 

I always wondered why a lot of traps come with a smaller back hook. I like the Red Eye Shad and the Shaker Z when it comes to shimmy. 

[Airman4754]

2 hours ago, David Whitaker said:

I always wondered why a lot of traps come with a smaller back hook. I like the Red Eye Shad and the Shaker Z when it comes to shimmy. 

The reason I remove the back hook isn't for performance. It seemed like half the spots and smallies we catch when it warms up impale their bodies or gill plates with the back treble. It was for fish safety. The heavier front hook is for performance.

[Catt]

Kneel-N-Reel.

[blckshirt98]

I know a guy that fishes the LuckyCraft LV500 in Clear Lake and all he does is bounce them off the bottom as he brings it back to the boat and kills it.