fin Posted February 25, 2022 Posted February 25, 2022 I mean size, not necessarily weight. Bill Lewis 1 oz is 4" X (?), but is only available in chrome. A Booyah 3/4 oz is 3" X 1.125". Academy 5/8 oz is only slightly smaller at 3" X 1". Anything big available with color selection? Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted February 25, 2022 Super User Posted February 25, 2022 Duo Realis Apex Vibe Lipless Crankbait in the 85 & 100 sizes are an effective option ~ https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Duo_Realis_Apex_Vibe_Lipless_Crankbait/descpage-DRAVB.html A-Jay 4 Quote
Super User Deleted account Posted February 25, 2022 Super User Posted February 25, 2022 Yozuri Bonita 1 2 Quote
Super User Catt Posted February 25, 2022 Super User Posted February 25, 2022 Rat-L-Trap makes a 1 1/2 oz 4.75" 5 1 Quote
Aaron_H Posted February 25, 2022 Posted February 25, 2022 Nomad makes a 10" 16oz lipless if you really want to entice those big girls. ? https://www.basspro.com/shop/en/nomad-design-madmacs 1 5 Quote
Super User LrgmouthShad Posted February 25, 2022 Super User Posted February 25, 2022 52 minutes ago, Catt said: Rat-L-Trap makes a 1 1/2 oz 4.75" ever use that on bass? 1 Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted February 25, 2022 Global Moderator Posted February 25, 2022 1 hour ago, LrgmouthShad said: ever use that on bass? I have, it's not as difficult as you'd think. I've caught fish with it and none have been over 3lbs oddly enough. Cordell use to (maybe still does), make a 1 or 1 1/4oz spot that I fished a lot at one point and caught a lot of fish with it because it sank slower than most rattle baits but had the big profile. 3 Quote
cyclops2 Posted February 25, 2022 Posted February 25, 2022 Decades ago I used about 6" saltwater floaters. Very good results. 1 Quote
Super User Catt Posted February 25, 2022 Super User Posted February 25, 2022 1 hour ago, LrgmouthShad said: ever use that on bass? Deepwater structure & deep suspended fish. 2 Quote
Super User GreenPig Posted February 25, 2022 Super User Posted February 25, 2022 Imakatsu Magnum Gillsonic 4.1" & 1.6oz 1 Quote
Nelson Delaney Posted February 25, 2022 Posted February 25, 2022 When looking for large lures check musky shops https://www.muskyshop.com/products/llungen-lures-6-rattlin-shad?pr_prod_strat=copurchase&pr_rec_id=7979b45aa&pr_rec_pid=6085202215071&pr_ref_pid=5552851484831&pr_seq=uniform 3 Quote
Super User Dwight Hottle Posted February 25, 2022 Super User Posted February 25, 2022 1 hour ago, Nelson Delaney said: When looking for large lures check musky shops https://www.muskyshop.com/products/llungen-lures-6-rattlin-shad?pr_prod_strat=copurchase&pr_rec_id=7979b45aa&pr_rec_pid=6085202215071&pr_ref_pid=5552851484831&pr_seq=uniform X2 Also check the saltwater tackle selections. 1 Quote
fin Posted February 25, 2022 Author Posted February 25, 2022 3 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said: Cordell use to (maybe still does), make a 1 or 1 1/4oz spot I don't think they make it anymore. I went to the Pradco site and clicked on the Cordell logo, which takes me to Lurenet, and all it shows is the 3" 1/2 oz and 2.5" 1/4 oz. Maybe I'm just not looking in the right place. Who owns Pradco? ? Quote
Super User WRB Posted February 25, 2022 Super User Posted February 25, 2022 6 hours ago, Aaron_H said: Nomad makes a 10" 16oz lipless if you really want to entice those big girls. ? https://www.basspro.com/shop/en/nomad-design-madmacs Wahoo lures.... Tom 2 Quote
Big Hands Posted February 26, 2022 Posted February 26, 2022 Almost thirty years ago, when the bug swimbait craze was in full blown insanity mode at Castaic, a friend and I were helping a certain well known person manufacture his baits because he couldn't keep up with demand. They were technically a (jointed) lipless crankbait and were typically 11" or 12" long and we occasionally made some 'magnum' models that were closer to 13" long. Things were a little nuts around the ramp as WRB will attest. Everybody was looking at what everybody else was using. People were being accused of fishing with live trout. All kinds of madness. We thought we would get do a little 'trolling' our selves just to see if we could wind up a few people that were already wound up, so we made a 30" model from a length of 3.5" split rail fence stock. We found a humongous boot tail plastic to finish it off. That monstrous thing actually swam quite well, LOL. We put a Penn 4/0 Senator filled with 50 or 80 lb mono onto a roller guide Sabre tuna rod and would put that in his gunnel mounted rod holder sticking up with that ginormous plug hanging from it when we launched just to watch heads explode and tongues wag. As soon as we left the ramp, we'd put it away and fish how we wanted, and then put it back in there when pulling the boat out. 4 1 2 Quote
Aaron_H Posted February 26, 2022 Posted February 26, 2022 36 minutes ago, WRB said: Wahoo lures.... Tom Yep, but I see it every time I stop in BPS and @fin did ask for the biggest one so... 1 Quote
Big Swimbait Posted February 26, 2022 Posted February 26, 2022 https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Megabass_Vatalion_Swimbaits/descpage-MBVAT.html?from=basres 1 Quote
Cdn Angler Posted February 26, 2022 Posted February 26, 2022 I have one of these and it is gigantic. Can't say I've caught anything on it and the action doesn't seem to translate to this large a lure. https://www.muskyshop.com/products/crankbaits-bill-lewis-supertrap 1 Quote
fin Posted February 26, 2022 Author Posted February 26, 2022 12 hours ago, Aaron_H said: @fin did ask for the biggest one so... True. I was just curious what was available. I hadn't even considered all the saltwater stuff. This turned out to be more interesting than I expected. Personally, a 4" lipless is probably what I'm looking for. 10 hours ago, Cdn Angler said: I have one of these and it is gigantic. Can't say I've caught anything on it and the action doesn't seem to translate to this large a lure. https://www.muskyshop.com/products/crankbaits-bill-lewis-supertrap Yeah, those are pretty ugly. They might work in a feeding school though. I have this belief that the larger a lure is, the more realistic it needs to appear. I don't have any evidence to back it up, just a feeling. I hadn't considered how the action on a larger one would be different, but that makes sense. 1 Quote
cyclops2 Posted February 26, 2022 Posted February 26, 2022 I believe if it is hungry. It will bite those METALLIC SOUNDING lures. Size and speed matters. Not much else. Quote
Cdn Angler Posted February 27, 2022 Posted February 27, 2022 14 hours ago, fin said: True. I was just curious what was available. I hadn't even considered all the saltwater stuff. This turned out to be more interesting than I expected. Personally, a 4" lipless is probably what I'm looking for. Yeah, those are pretty ugly. They might work in a feeding school though. I have this belief that the larger a lure is, the more realistic it needs to appear. I don't have any evidence to back it up, just a feeling. I hadn't considered how the action on a larger one would be different, but that makes sense. I bought it while on the coast with the hopes of using it for muskie fishing. I threw it about ten times and it was like retrieving a rock. I just couldn't picture any fish biting it. Afterwards most reviews I read said about the same thing. I'd agree with you in terms of bass, but fishing for big pike/muskie the go to is often crazy gaudy lures that resemble no fish or giant bucktail spinners that again aren't exactly similar to a big fish that a muskie eat. I've never heard of anyone fishing large inline spinners for big bass, only realistic swimbaits that resemble actual food. I suppose a whopper plopper is a muskie bate that migrated, but most top waters don't seem to resemble anything and it is more the disturbance they make than the visuals. 1 Quote
steve-pierce Posted February 28, 2022 Posted February 28, 2022 I have some Chinese ones that Wlure sells on eBay that are 3.5" 1 Quote
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