Super User Mobasser Posted March 16, 2018 Super User Posted March 16, 2018 Slim minnow baits are sure popular these days. Jerkbaits are a great way to fish at times. What about the floating shallow running slim minnows that only run about 2 ft deep. These are great Topwater baits. Rapala, Rogue, and Rebels have been around for years.Who likes to fish these baits as Topwater, without the hard snapping action of a jerkbait? I pick the original floating Rogue in chrome. Have you had success with this? Quote
Super User Spankey Posted March 16, 2018 Super User Posted March 16, 2018 I'm a Rapala freak. The original Rapala floating minnow and the jointed minows are great. 1 Quote
Super User scaleface Posted March 16, 2018 Super User Posted March 16, 2018 I twitch the Bomber Long A Minnow . Its one of my best producing lures for big fish 1 Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted March 16, 2018 Global Moderator Posted March 16, 2018 I was going to do this today when the pond I was fishing had a bunch of big fish up shallow sunning themselves, but the rod I brought had flourocarbon on it so it wasn't an option unfortunately. Still convinced one big one to eat a suspending jerkbait, but I think a floating minnow would have fooled more of them. Quote
Super User Deleted account Posted March 16, 2018 Super User Posted March 16, 2018 Ah, Yeah! Original floating Rapala, Bomber long a, Redfin, and a few others. you can barely twitch them to create a ring, or wiggle them a few inches down, and alternate cranking them down deeper as required. What's not to like. 2 Quote
Fishingmickey Posted March 16, 2018 Posted March 16, 2018 Red, Match your line size to match lure size. I'd go with monofilament because it floats. Sizes for the normal mid-sized floating #7 & #9 Original floating Rapala 8-10# mono, largest size 11 10#-14# mono, smallest size 5 4#-6# mono. This technique really needs to use a spinning combo because the lures are so light. With a twitch bait retrieve that has worked well for me in the past is make your cast. Lure hits the water. Let the rings disappear (15-30 second pause). Pick up the slack, twitch the lure, pause, twitch and repeat. This is best done in shallow flat calm water. expect to get a lot of bluegill to hit it too. Good luck! FM 1 Quote
Super User Dwight Hottle Posted March 16, 2018 Super User Posted March 16, 2018 I first got into jerk baits after being schooled by a very proficient angler using a floating perch colored rebel minnow bait. Fishing the edges of a weed line this guy twitched up bass after bass & destroyed a lot of big walleye as well. He would tie on that rebel and proceed to outfish me all day long. I tried anything & everything trying to catch up but nothing worked as well as twitching a floater. I finally relented & joined him after he gave me a bait to use & keep. It was definitely a bought lesson that opened my eyes to a new way of fishing. 1 Quote
Super User Ratherbfishing Posted March 16, 2018 Super User Posted March 16, 2018 Floating Rapalas are what I cut my teeth on. Strangely, I don't use them as much anymore BUT on flats with submerged vegetation and on weed edges, they can still work miracles. I like the standard one-piece ones better than the jointed variety. Quote
Super User Deleted account Posted March 16, 2018 Super User Posted March 16, 2018 2 hours ago, thinkingredneck said: What line? 8-10 lb xl on spinning, 10-15 lb Big Game on bait casting. 1 Quote
Super User WRB Posted March 16, 2018 Super User Posted March 16, 2018 Years ago an old timer who fished lake Casitas seemed to always catch a limit of good size bass, all he used was Rapalas F13 minnow and twitched it like we walk the dog today. The old guy was probably younger then I am today! I thought back then how could anyone always fish the same lure around the same island every outing, how boring! Well, he always caught a limit of good size bass and that was better then I was doing running and gunning over over the lakes. Tom 2 Quote
desmobob Posted March 16, 2018 Posted March 16, 2018 40 minutes ago, Ratherbfishing said: Floating Rapalas are what I cut my teeth on. Strangely, I don't use them as much anymore BUT on flats with submerged vegetation and on weed edges, they can still work miracles. I like the standard one-piece ones better than the jointed variety. When I was a kid, Rapala minnows; floating and "countdown," were our cherished lures. They were effective (and all we did was cast and crank them) but very expensive for a school kid. As I got a bit older, I used the larger and jointed floaters for lake trout and salmon trolling. The classic Rapala minnow bait had always had a respected place in my tackle boxes. Sadly, I can't remember the last time I used one. This thread has inspired me to get a few Rapala floating minnows wet this season! Tight lines, Bob 1 Quote
mattkenzer Posted March 16, 2018 Posted March 16, 2018 i would like to have a dollar for every fish the Rapala F09 in Gold Fluorescent Red had by the jaw .... 1 Quote
Super User scaleface Posted March 16, 2018 Super User Posted March 16, 2018 3 hours ago, thinkingredneck said: What line? The only one I throw is the Long A on 12 lb Big Game . Quote
All Day Fishing Posted March 16, 2018 Posted March 16, 2018 Awesome! I have a perch colored jointed rapala I have wanted to use for a while and wasn't exactly sure how to use it. Also have one of those giant bomber long A I will try as well. Thank you! Quote
greentrout Posted March 17, 2018 Posted March 17, 2018 FARM POND COLUMBIA SC...CLOSE TO LILLY PADS...ORIGINAL FLOATING REBEL...WHEN A KID... 1 Quote
Will Wetline Posted March 17, 2018 Posted March 17, 2018 18 hours ago, desmobob said: Sadly, I can't remember the last time I used one. This thread has inspired me to get a few Rapala floating minnows wet this season! I know I've got a few in a box in the closet. I should find them and put them to use. 1 Quote
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