How do ya'll like to rig the rage menace?

[LrgmouthShad]

Hey ya'll,

 

What's your favorite way to rig this popular bait? After trying out swim jigs and discovering that the menace works quite well on them, I now have three ways that I like to use the menace: swim jigs, punching jigs, and on buzzbaits. But what's yours? I ordered a bunch more from Siebert and trying to see different ways I can use em. Teach me something new. 

[Mike L]

All good ways to use them. 
The greatest success I’ve had is as a stand alone t rig but never weightless. 
I usually pitch into moderate to heavy cover and figure out how they want it presented.
A few times I’ve gotten hit swimming it back after I miss a spot but that just could have been a follower or just got lucky with one passing by. 
 

I don’t use them in open water at all as I feel I have better options. 
 

They are also my backup punch bait. 
 

 

 

 

Mike
 

[Mobasser]

I've done best on them as a standard t rig, or a shakey head jig. I use Owner shakey heads with a 4/0 hook.

 

[OG Crankster]

I love them on the back of a chatterbait. 

[Skunkmaster-k]

Like a swimbait. 

[roadwarrior]

T-rigged, 3/0 EWG and 3/16 bullet weight.

[heavyduty]

Put the baby on a #3 gold bett's spinner for smallmouth and hang on!

[BlakeMolone]

T rig, 1/4-3/8 weight. Summer craw kills it in stained and clear water, I use it as a trailer for every style of jig too and it works great. Didn’t thing much of it when it first came out but when I actually saw it in the water and started catching fish with it I immediately loved it. When I’m just dragging a t rig I use the zoom z craw instead though, always flip and pitch with the menace though.

[Finessegenics]

Rigged vertically on a swim jig and on a swing head!

[Choporoz]

Two ways, primarily:

- Texas rigged; Owner TwistLock 3 or 4 ought.  I use light wire with 1/16 - 3/16 oz weight, typically heavier wire with heavier weights.  I do rage-rig them sometimes, using weighted swimbait hook.  GP is only color I need...though I do sometimes mix it up ...maybe GP with red or black flecks

-90% of the time my chatterbaits have a bug as trailer...almost always white

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Belay my last....I answered the wrong question.   Above is how I use Rage Bug.  I use a menace sparingly: in current on an Owner Ultrahead Finesse, and with light weight in pads when heavy and punching style presentations seem to spook them.

 

[J Francho]

I like them on a plain football jig.

[bowhunter63]

Baby menace on a bitsy bug jig 

[Fishlegs]

TX rig mostly, but they are versatile. They make great trailers too. Green pumpkin, smoky shad, & KVD Magic have been good colors for me.

[TnRiver46]

I’ve done best with them on a screw lock shakey head but Texas rig works well too. So would weightless I would imagine 

[LrgmouthShad]

One tackle warehouse review recommended them on a swing head. Anyone try that? 

[TnRiver46]

Just now, LrgmouthShad said:

One tackle warehouse review recommended them on a swing head. Anyone try that? 

Yes, forgot about that. Also works! 

[Big Rick]

I was getting short strikes on a horny toad and downsized to a menace. It worked like a charm. 

[Cgolf]

98 percent of the time on a Slider Pro spider head and the other 2 percent on a swing head. The swing head works, but doesn’t seem to generate as many bites as the slider and the baits seem to tear up more. Only reason I use them is if I need a heavier weight than I can get in a slider. 

[Bird]

Mainly on a swim jig.....Rage chunk perhaps my favorite. 

 

[CrashVector]

12 hours ago, roadwarrior said:

T-rigged, 3/0 EWG and 3/16 bullet weight.

 

This way exactly.

[gulfcaptain]

Use them on a chatterbait, buzzbait, swing head, swimjig,  punch, neko (use kietechs like this too). Only thing I haven't done with them is dropshot  or weightless trig.

[casts_by_fly]

2 hours ago, NorthernBasser said:

 

Back on topic. My favorite uses for the Rage Menace is as a trailer on a swim jig and chatterbait when I want a shorter profile compared to a Zako, Blade Minnow, etc. Rigged vertically or horizontally. Then again, the Z-Man Goat (middle size) works great on those, too. 

this is me exactly. The baby menace rigged vertical on a trimmed swim jig has a great profile for small bluegills. I fish both the baby and regular size on chatterbaits (vertically oriented). 

[Bluebasser86]

On 5/2/2022 at 1:07 PM, LrgmouthShad said:

One tackle warehouse review recommended them on a swing head. Anyone try that? 

This is my favorite way to fish them. Caught one of the biggest smallmouth I've ever caught with one rigged like that a year or two ago in a tournament. 

[LrgmouthShad]

3 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

This is my favorite way to fish them.

On a swing head, is it just a slow, steady retrieve? I can see why that would be effective with this particular bait. It has a great swim

[Bluebasser86]

1 hour ago, LrgmouthShad said:

On a swing head, is it just a slow, steady retrieve? I can see why that would be effective with this particular bait. It has a great swim

I drag it but I'm sure swimming it would be good also.