1/4 oz. Lipless Crank in the Fall

[PotatoLake]

I’ve seen multiple pros tout throwing small 1/4 oz lipless cranks in the fall to cover water, match the shad size, etc. Does anyone throw one? Do you have a certain one that has produced?

[ironbjorn]

1/4 ounce Rat-L-Trap in Blue Shiner is my #1 bait, period. Almost all my fish have been caught on this bait recently, with some jig and spook fish here and there.

[bowhunter63]

I like 1/4 Rattlin Rap for n bluegill color. My go too in the fall 

[papajoe222]

I rarely go as light as 1/4oz. In the fall, a 3/8oz. does just fine by me. I like to add a slight pause a few times during the retrieve and a RedEye Shad will wobble a little on the short fall. Whether it's that short pause, or the drop, many of the strikes I get are after I start crankin' again.  Two colors are all I throw; chrome black back and Chili Craw.

[GetFishorDieTryin]

Only if its a MB Vibe X and it has to come from Baitworks.  If its another brand or bought from anywhere else it wont catch anything but dinks.

[ATA]

2 hours ago, PotatoLake said:

I’ve seen multiple pros tout throwing small 1/4 oz lipless cranks in the fall to cover water, match the shad size, etc. Does anyone throw one? Do you have a certain one that has produced?

I think you watch randy today, I have few of them but I use them for my BFS set up. Here is some of them.

[Bluebasser86]

Fall is the only time I really every use the 1/4oz RES but it is a regular in my rotation this time of year. 

[Bankbeater]

I start out with a 1/2 ounce size and go down to 1/4 or up to 3/4 depending on what the bass are biting.

[scaleface]

When I throw a lipless bait , its almost always deep , especially in the fall . I caught a 5.4lb  last week and lost another big one using a  1/2 ounce RES tungsten two tap . If that holds up as the largest bass of the year it would mark the third time in four years my largest bass was caught on a RES deep . I dont remember the last time I threw a 1/4 oz bait  for largemouth bass . 

[smalljaw67]

When it comes to a 1/4oz lipless I like the Cotton Cordell Super Spot.  Not the cheap ones in the blister pack but the one that comes in the box, there is a difference. The reason I like the super spot when it comes to 1/4oz is because you can retrieve it slower that other 1/4oz lipless and still have good vibration and sound. I don't know why it works at slower speeds but it does. If I need a 1/4oz bait that needs to be fished fast there is only one. The Lucky Craft LVR mini, it works like a much larger bait and it works perfect around sparse vegetation. 

[Spankey]

Rat-L-Trap

 

Chrome w/ blk back

Chrome w/ blue back

Gold w/ blk back

[PotatoLake]

7 hours ago, ATA said:

I think you watch randy today, I have few of them but I use them for my BFS set up. Here is some of them.

I did watch Randy, but *** had a clip out the week before, and I also read an article about fall techniques in one of my fishing mags. They all suggested this approach. I went digging through my liplesss box thinking surely I had one that size. Nope. All good suggestions everyone. Thanks!

[LrgmouthShad]

3 hours ago, scaleface said:

When I throw a lipless bait , its almost always deep , especially in the fall

Why fall in particular? I was already planning on yo-yoing a lipless offshore this coming weekend as lily pads have started to show signs of dying here. Dominant form of cover around here and it’s going away. 
 

Is your logic similar for fishing lipless deep in fall? Vegetation dying off, so fish pulling offshore looking for deeper grass? 

[scaleface]

1 minute ago, LrgmouthShad said:

Why fall in particular? I was already planning on yo-yoing a lipless offshore this coming weekend as lily pads have started to show signs of dying here. Dominant form of cover around here and it’s going away. 
 

Is your logic similar for fishing lipless deep in fall? Vegetation dying off, so fish pulling offshore looking for deeper grass? 

I cant tell you why fall but when the nights start getting colder I regularly find schools on  points . A Red Eye Shad shimmies while falling . I can be in a school of smaller fish catching them with a worm then switch to the RES and catch a large one . Soon the thermocline will start getting deeper and the fish will too. I wont hesitate to throw a 3/4 ounce RES in water over twenty foot deep . The Tungsten Two Tap is my preferred model . Whats cool is when the hits are heard.

[flatcreek]

I throw an RES in the Fall regularly 

[PotatoLake]

36 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said:

Why fall in particular? I was already planning on yo-yoing a lipless offshore this coming weekend as lily pads have started to show signs of dying here. Dominant form of cover around here and it’s going away. 
 

Is your logic similar for fishing lipless deep in fall? Vegetation dying off, so fish pulling offshore looking for deeper grass? 

I fish mostly on reservoirs that don’t have a ton of vegetation, it’s mostly gravel, rock and timber. The bass do the classic fall herding of the shad into shallow flats, backs of coves etc. I enjoy following that bite and trying to see what I can throw that’ll attract a bite when they have thousands of the real thing to eat. So I’ve done a deep yoyo retrieval of lipless before, but for this particular fall pattern something shallow and smaller is what I’m after. 
 

Totally off the subject, but I’ve been tinkering with what works in this situation. One thing that has stood out is lures with a “reflective” material in them work the best on my home waters. Glass shad raps, lucky craft 1.5 that have “CF” in the name of the color, Yo-Zuri 3DR. I was thinking a chrome 1/4 lipless might also fit the bill of being flashy. Who knows.

[LrgmouthShad]

1 hour ago, scaleface said:

A Red Eye Shad shimmies while falling

Alright last question. Thanks for your response. Does it shimmy on slack line,

semi-slack, or tight? Are other shimmying lipless the same way? Have seen different information about this. 
 

I still have some old RES

[scaleface]

1 hour ago, LrgmouthShad said:

Alright last question. Thanks for your response. Does it shimmy on slack line,

semi-slack, or tight? Are other shimmying lipless the same way? Have seen different information about this. 
 

I still have some old RES

Slack line or semi slack . I dont know what other baits do it . 

[DitchPanda]

I throw the 1\4oz red eye alot in fall. Mainly because fish are shallow here chasing shad.