Your Favorite Rage Tail Baits?

[roadwarrior]

Right now I'm having some luck with the Rage Bug as a trailer for blade jigs,

or more specifically the Jack Hammer.

[12poundbass]

I’m not having any luck now because my lake is covered with ice, but this summer it was the Rage Bug (cut the first 2-3 ribs off) and @Siebert Outdoors Fogy, I love that bladed jig!

 

I also threw the Rage Bug on a 4/0 hook TR with a pegged 1/4-3/8 weight. 

[DitchPanda]

They all seem like solid baits from what I've heard and seen. My favorite is the menace and its not even close.

[ajschn06]

30 minutes ago, roadwarrior said:

Right now I'm having some luck with the Rage Bug as a trailer for blade jigs,

or more specifically the Jack Hammer.

Menace and Rage craw- The menace is a perfect trailer for the bladed jig and the rage craw, for me, is as perfect a jig trailer as you can get.  I prefer it to the bug because of its overall thinner profile...Simple claws that get great action when using a jig traditionally, and they act just like a double twister tail if you want to swim it.  Top it off with a GIANT selection of colors....  Sometimes I feel like I should branch out and try other companies products as trailers, but with a Menace, Bug, and Craw handy I'm not sure why one would need too....

[12poundbass]

When using these as a trailer do you rig them vertically or horizontally?  

[A-Jay]

Rage Bug on a swinghead ~

When they're on it, it's just stupid good.

A-Jay

[Lead Head]

I guess my favorite is the rage bug, but I haven't tried one I didn't like. Recently grabbed some Space Monkeys and I'm excited to try them out when it warms back up.

[NittyGrittyBoy]

Rage craw on a jig is money. Simply put.

[roadwarrior]

44 minutes ago, Lead Head said:

I guess my favorite is the rage bug, but I haven't tried one I didn't like. Recently grabbed some Space Monkeys and I'm excited to try them out when it warms back up.

The Space Monkey is Big O's favorite. I fish them T-rigged with a 1/4 oz bullet weight.

[plawren53202]

Vertically on a bladed jig or swim jig when I'm trying to imitate a shad or bluegill; horizontally on a bladed jig or regular jig when I am imitating a crawdad. Colors and retrieve to match what I'm trying to imitate.

[roadwarrior]

Vertical on swim jigs so it looks like a baitfish, not a craw.

[Steelhead]

Baby Rage Craw on a 1/8 oz. 2/0 Moaner Stroker  hook or a Zman Finesse Bulletz in a 1/10oz.

[Michigander]

2 hours ago, 12poundbass said:

I’m not having any luck now because my lake is covered with ice, but this summer it was the Rage Bug (cut the first 2-3 ribs off) and @Siebert Outdoors Fogy, I love that bladed jig!

 

I also threw the Rage Bug on a 4/0 hook TR with a pegged 1/4-3/8 weight. 

Amazing to me that you have ice and 45min south of you doesn't. At least other than my rod guides, lol.

 

Rage Bugs and Rage Craw/Lobster are all stars in my boat.

 

Honorable mention to the Rage Toad as well (as long as you don't buy them from Walmart).

[Mike L]

Rage Bug, and Craw have mostly replaced all like baits. 
 

 

 

 

Mike

[Frezzy]

3 hours ago, NittyGrittyBoy said:

Rage craw on a jig is money. Simply put.

Agree 100%.  Menace is pretty killer as a swim jig trailer as well.

[Big Swimbait]

Menace for me by a long way. Vertical on a bladed jig or a swim jig, flat on a regular jig or a swing-head jig.

[5/0]

14 minutes ago, Big Swimbait said:

Menace for me by a long way. Vertical on a bladed jig or a swim jig, flat on a regular jig or a swing-head jig.

Do you use the regular or magnum on the swing head?

[Westcoast]

Pitching into cover it’s always the ragebug on. It’s definitely a confidence bait. 

[12poundbass]

4 hours ago, Michigander said:

Amazing to me that you have ice and 45min south of you doesn't. At least other than my rod guides, lol.

I wasn’t kidding when I said you’d be disappointed! The deepest spot I’ve found is 10’ I believe. 10 years ago it was 14’. It’s an impoundment and filling in fast. Hopefully I can put a stop to it but the weed killers over power me. 

[TnRiver46]

All of them work very well. I used some rage tail crappie grubs one time and they were thumping them! Menace is my favorite so far 

[Big Swimbait]

2 hours ago, 5/0 said:

Do you use the regular or magnum on the swing head?

Magnum

[Dirtyeggroll]

Rage Bug

- Pinch it

- Pull it

- Twist it

into about any variety of soft plastic you want.

 

I have been known to remove all of the appendages and toss it out there limbless and catch fish.

[Mobasser]

I like the Rage Tail Menace grub. T rig or shakeyhead

[OnthePotomac]

The Rage Tail Thumper worm in the summer.  They come 10" long, but I cut about 1.5" off, Texas rig it on a Gammie EWG 4/0 hook with a 3/16th bullet sinker and in murky water they love it.  Easy to find.

[diehardbassfishing]

Magnum Bug produces.

Just yesterday tried out Cut-R-Worm. 6 inch. Action is unreal! Pond was 95% covered with thin ice - so not a real fishing trial. But looks incredible!

 

The 7" version is quite a sizable worm. Have both. We'll see what the bite is like on 'em in 2021.

 

Big fan of ribbon tail worms. This is a great variation.

 

 

Karl