Booyah Prank-hybrid lure

[Haze]

Friend posted this fishing them, hoping to get out tomorrow to try them myself.

 

Prank vid

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The fat guy looks like Hackney.

[Brayberry]

In fishing there is a fine line between Gimmick and Innovation, and to me this is 100% Gimmick.  I feel like just because you take 2 time tested lures that work, you can't necessarily combine them and make a incredible lure.  Wait till next year at the Classic when they debut the Prank2, the buzzbait/crankbait hybrid

 

[fishwizzard]

I fished one for a bit today.  ML/RF GoEmotion rod, sv105hs, 11lb Defiler mono.  

 

All in all I am not super impressed.  It was very hard to get the Prank to pop as compared to the Pop-R I was switching it up with.  Now, with my lack of experience with poppers I was also having trouble getting the Pop-R to pop, I would not take my lack of success with the Prank as gospel.   But, it was much more difficult to get it to pop on the surface and most rod movements sent it diving.  As a diving lure, I liked it a lot more.  It has a much more aggressive action than a J-7 Rapala when run at the same speeds, but the Prank is far easier to burn just subsurface, which I really did like.  

 

If I can work with it and get more consistent popping, then I think the lure will have a place in my box, if not then it is just an expensive J-7, which is less appealing to me.  

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2 hours ago, Bunnielab said:

I fished one for a bit today.  ML/RF GoEmotion rod, sv105hs, 11lb Defiler mono.  

 

All in all I am not super impressed.  It was very hard to get the Prank to pop as compared to the Pop-R I was switching it up with.  Now, with my lack of experience with poppers I was also having trouble getting the Pop-R to pop, I would not take my lack of success with the Prank as gospel.   But, it was much more difficult to get it to pop on the surface and most rod movements sent it diving.  As a diving lure, I liked it a lot more.  It has a much more aggressive action than a J-7 Rapala when run at the same speeds, but the Prank is far easier to burn just subsurface, which I really did like.  

 

If I can work with it and get more consistent popping, then I think the lure will have a place in my box, if not then it is just an expensive J-7, which is less appealing to me.  

 

My offer still stands, once the water warms up a bit, we'll go popping (splishing actually) .

Got out today, 7 decent pickerel and one dink bass on a Long A and spinerbait. Seeing nests and cleared out areas everywhere. Wind was up and from the wrong direction for my good spot.

[Bruce424]

Next... a suspending buzzbait

[iiTzChunky]

I'm not really feeling that bait. Seems like just somthing they'll try to sell us fisherman. 

[WRB]

Zell Roland developed this lure it's going to work!

Tom

[fishwizzard]

13 hours ago, reason said:

 

My offer still stands, once the water warms up a bit, we'll go popping (splishing actually) .

Got out today, 7 decent pickerel and one dink bass on a Long A and spinerbait. Seeing nests and cleared out areas everywhere. Wind was up and from the wrong direction for my good spot.

 

I would love to take you up on that, I will shoot you a PM when I am back in town.  

[Bluebasser86]

A lot of folks laughed at the Whopper Plopper too...

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22 hours ago, WRB said:

Zell Roland developed this lure it's going to work!

Tom

 

So the guy that carved out the bottom lip of the POP-R is now putting a long one on it. SOLD!

[rsagebrush]

I just tried out one of these on the South Branch of the Potomac at the head of a pool just outside the fast water.  Had a big bass come up an take a shot three times, I hooked him the third try and was rewarded with a 20 inch smallmouth on a BFS set up.  The rod was maxed out and I couldn't move well because of the stream bottom rocks.  Quite a brute. 

 

Landed a couple more smallmouth at the bottom end of the pool earlier in the 14 and 16 inch range.  I love top water lures.

 

I can make it pop easily and it swims back great. 

 

Seems to work quite well for me, but maybe I was lucky which I will take over skill any day. 

[curtis9]

I bought one and am a big fan.  I fish a bang o lure a lot since it allows me to fish it topwater, and while reeling in. 

 

This bait gives a good option to work on top near cover, then fish as a shallow crank in the open water

 

 

 

[ib_of_the_damned]

What colors do you guys use? I'm kinda leaning towards the Moonphase Shad and the Summer Gill colors. 

[Bluebasser86]

12 hours ago, ib_of_the_damned said:

What colors do you guys use? I'm kinda leaning towards the Moonphase Shad and the Summer Gill colors. 

I have the X-ray color. 

[rsagebrush]

I have crushed bone, bone shiner and summer gill although I don't really know if that makes a difference. 

[Cgolf]

On April 3, 2017 at 3:43 AM, Bluebasser86 said:

A lot of folks laughed at the Whopper Plopper too...

 

Funny seeing some talk about the lack of innovation on the icast thread and some of the comments here. Some will see innovative as a gimmick until it is proven. Not sure the plopper is the best example since that style of Musky lure has been around for quite a while:), but it is a new thing for bass guys. 

 

For me this thing looks like a good idea, and I would have to believe tha they tested the lure before they shipped it to ensure it does what they claim. 

[fishwizzard]

I have had a little more time with this lure and am impressed with it enough to buy a few more.  

 

I still can't get it to pop very well at all, but it has been working great for me as a shallow crank.  When I first got it I thought it was too similar to a J-7 Rapala, but after using one for a while I am liking it more and more.  Even ripping it back, it stays very shallow and has a very tight wiggle.  I have had a few great days on them and will be picking up a few more once the colors I like come back in stock.