mr.mallard Posted July 18, 2010 Posted July 18, 2010 so i got to my fishing lake with high hopes. i wanted to catch fish with the bitsy bug jig with half of a 2 inch powerworm as a trailer. this thing looked great. i also threw in a casting rod with a black with chartruse tail culprit 7.5 in worm ( one of my confidence baits.) and put a couple rage craws(summer craw) and another worm in a platic bag with a couple hooks and weights and a pair of pliers. but i really didnt intend to use any of those, i was focused on that finesse jig. well i get to my spot and find that there is a medium sized patch of duckweed up against the dam near where i was fishing. well needless to say the only thing that loved the jig was the baby bluegill. so i went over to the duckweed and i had seen some fish feeding on top so i casted to them with my jig but no takers. so i tried my worm that had a 1/4 oz weight. not the ticket.. so i took the weight off and had a nice strike but it was on the chartuse tail. man what i wouldve given for my takle bag which has all my spro frogs in it. but then it hits me. why not a rage craw weightless. it casted like a rock and made great top water noise and the fish loved it. it made a great bubble trail. not as much commotion as a rage toad(which can be a good thing sometimes) and necessity is the mother of all invention and it turned a bad day into a decent day. now im going back tommorrow with my spro poppin frog and my rod with braid. im excited. hopefully pics tommorrow! Quote
Super User SoFlaBassAddict Posted July 18, 2010 Super User Posted July 18, 2010 I'll do similar things with them when I'm t-rigging it. I'll just burn them back across the surface on occasion. I've stuck a few nice fish doing it. Makes a decent amount of noise and commotion. "Rage craws...being versatile day in and day out." Quote
EastTexasBassin Posted July 18, 2010 Posted July 18, 2010 The ragetail spacemonkey and Lobster are also a bunch of fun to fish weightless along the surface. Quote
Super User Shane J Posted July 18, 2010 Super User Posted July 18, 2010 I don't even know how many fish I've caught using the Lobster as a top water bait. It's kinda nice, because when I want to switch it up on them, all I have to do, is stop, and let it drift on down to work the bottom, no bait changing necessary. Quote
mr.mallard Posted July 18, 2010 Author Posted July 18, 2010 I don't even know how many fish I've caught using the Lobster as a top water bait. It's kinda nice, because when I want to switch it up on them, all I have to do, is stop, and let it drift on down to work the bottom, no bait changing necessary. thats what i loved too. when id come to a hole in the duckweed id pause it and let it sink. Quote
Big-O Posted July 18, 2010 Posted July 18, 2010 I don't even know how many fish I've caught using the Lobster as a top water bait. It's kinda nice, because when I want to switch it up on them, all I have to do, is stop, and let it drift on down to work the bottom, no bait changing necessary. X2, When a finesse topwater is in order, I like a weightless Rage Craw too then move my way up to the Lobster for longer casts and more water movement Big O www.ragetail.com Quote
NateFollmer Posted July 20, 2010 Posted July 20, 2010 Way to toot your own horn Big-O... HA Just kidding, you toot that horn all you want because you are absolutely correct! Is there anything a Rage Tail can't do? Anaconda's make good snakes too Quote
mr.mallard Posted July 21, 2010 Author Posted July 21, 2010 crappie rage tail baits? we all mississippi boys arecrazy bout them crappie Quote
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