Never heard of these until my friend gave me one, so spill the beans!!!!!

[PressuredFishing]

floating lipless cranks, who uses them, what brands do you like! tell me your secrets!!!!

[scaleface]

I have a floating Rattle Trap and have never used the thing .  

[TnRiver46]

I used to do ok with the floating rattle trap. Haven’t seen one in ages 

[tholmes]

53 minutes ago, scaleface said:

I have a floating Rattle Trap and have never used the thing .  

Same here. I got one in a bunch of lures that I bought at a garage sale and I've never tied it on.

 

Tom

[Choporoz]

I have Bill Lewis floaters, mostly silver and blue.  My wife likes them because she doesn't want to mess with grass on traps.  I like them when distance between top of grass and surface is tight.   I now use chatterbait most of the time, but there are times....especially mid day, mid summer....when a blue-silver trap run over weeds, near the surface is exactly what they want.

[Bluebasser86]

If you have submerged weeds that only have a few feet between them and the surface, they can be really good. 

[PressuredFishing]

Awesome input everyone!!!!

[GRiver]

Never heard of them, are they Bill Lewis rattle trap?

The only reason I ask because I call all lipless rattling,

flat sided crank baits rattle traps. 

[Ole man Fazul]

1. Sebile Flatt Shad 77mm Suspending(silent too!)  (discontinued, but you find find them on the auction site)

 

2. Imakatsu Suspending Vibe 70 

 

3. 6th Sense Suspending 80 lipless

[Deleted account]

I have a couple, haven't fished them in ages. I prefer a shallow crank or wake bait.

[PressuredFishing]

Awesome info! Will check out the reccomendations, thanks for the input much appreciated.

[Jigfishn10]

Used to use them a lot. Loved them in water with laydowns. Smash the crank in a laydown, kill the retrieve and let them float up high enough to retrieve into the next obstruction. 

[rtwvumtneer6]

8 hours ago, Ole man Fazul said:

6th Sense Suspending 80 lipless

I've used a couple of these.  It's a niche bait, IMO.  Hybrid jerkbait/lipless.  They work as advertised, but don't expect to get more than maybe 3' depth on your retrieve.  

[Ole man Fazul]

18 hours ago, rtwvumtneer6 said:

I've used a couple of these.  It's a niche bait, IMO.  Hybrid jerkbait/lipless.  They work as advertised, but don't expect to get more than maybe 3' depth on your retrieve.  

They are perfect for South Jersey fisheries. The land of grass-filled shallow lakes and eagle sized mosquitos. ??

[Jaderose]

I have several.  Not really even sure where I got them...lol.  I have never thrown one

 

[NYWayfarer]

I heard of them but I can’t imagine why I would use one over a Rapala floating minnow.

[AManWearingAHat]

I haven't seen floating rattle traps in forever. 

[LootyDjibouti]

On 2/11/2022 at 1:18 PM, Ole man Fazul said:

They are perfect for South Jersey fisheries. The land of grass-filled shallow lakes and eagle sized mosquitos. ??

I just “accidentally” bought one thinking it was a normal rattle trap. I’m in south jersey also so this is kinda funny. I’ll give it a shot and fish it over some grass I guess.