BIGGEST RAT L TRAP YOU THROW 2025

twocast reply :

EVERY TIME I GO FISHING,I HAVE A BILL LEWIS RAT L TRAP TIED ON.MY GO TO IS 1/4OZ BUT I RECENTLY STARTED FISHING 1OZ. AND 1 1/2OZ. .INTIMIDATING TO THROW AT FIRST. MY FRIENDS CANNOT CATCH FISH ON THEM .IS IT THE RETRIEVE SPEED? JUST CURIOUS HOW MANY OUT THERE THROW BILL LEWIS,SIZE,AND RESULTS. I HAVE TRIED OTHER BRANDS,WITH LITTLE TO NO LUCK!

EricTheAngler reply :

THE BIGGEST RAT L TRAP I THROW IS A 1/2 OUNCE RED CRAWFISH FOR COLD WATER PONDS AROUND WHERE IF FISH. Please dont yell on the forums!

Welcome to the forums. You should go introduce your self in the intro section.

Goose52 reply :

twocast - welcome to BR ! Just so you know, typing in ALL CAPS is considered to be the same as SHOUTING and is generally frowned upon.

To answer your question, I generally use lipless cranks in the 1/2 - 5/8 ounce range but do occasionally toss 3/4 and 1 ounce baits when I want to run deep and better hold that depth on the retrieve.

sprint61 reply :

I mainly throw a 1/2 ounce I like to keep it simple.

shimmy reply :

NO SHOUTING ON AN ONLINE FISHING FORUM! MIGHT SPOOK THE ANGLERS...

papajoe222 reply :

I second the 'heavier for deeper' train of thought, although the only time I find myself throwing something heavier than 3/4oz. is when I'm targeting the toothy critters.

S. Sass reply :

5/8oz for me almost exclusively. And pretty much these 3 are my go to.

Spro Aruku Shad Perch
H2O Xpress Rattlin' T Sexy Ghost
Bill Lewis Rat-L-Trap Red Crawfish

I don't even own a 1 ounce.

Bluebasser86 reply :

Not the Bill Lewis but I use to fish a 1oz Super Spot a lot and did well with it. I still fish a 3/4oz RES or XR75 occasionally, but mostly stick to the 1/2 or 5/8oz baits.

Catt reply :

Not yo-yo them off the bottom!

Bankbeater reply :

I have a 3/4 trap that I use in the fall. The bigger bait seems to work better than the 1/2 ounce size.

Scarborough817 reply :

3/4oz red eye shad

alzun664 reply :

I do own a 1 oz trap but I mainly throw 1/2 oz or 3/4. If I could only pick one size it'd be 3/4oz.

Most of the time I have a lipless tied on I'm ripping it through grass or yo-yo'ing it. Most of my fish have come out of the grass and I very rarely catch them on just a steady retrieve.

Rat L Trap and Rapala Rattlin Rap are the only lipless cranks I throw.

the reel ess reply :

1/2 oz, 3" Rat L Trap all the time. I keep a metallic gold one tied on because there are shiners where I usually fish. I have some smaller but the big ones seem to work even in winter. I might try a larger one, but it's grassy where I use them and they're already weed-fouled enough as it is. The trick is to keep them just above the weeds to trigger strikes. When I get in shallower water that gets difficult. I usually switch over to a Colorado blade spinnerbait then.

My buddy has a little better "luck" than I do when we're on this pattern. He uses a CC Super Spot that's a couple shades darker gold. His seems to be "in the weeds" less. I might go buy a Spot, but I have 2 Traps and they do well. No real need.

Ratherbfishing reply :

Biggest rattletrap I have EVER thrown? Up at Lake of the Woods, Canada we've caught smallmouth (yes, SMALL mouths) using 1 1/2 ounce rattletraps. And not just a few. Sometimes that's the size they wanted.

kickerfish1 reply :

i use 3/8 to 3/4. weight depends upon depth, sink rate needed, and possibly off setting the wind (posted in all lower case to quite things down using an 'indoor voice')

Fishes in trees reply :

The past 10 years or so I've mostly used half ounce lipless cranks - various brands, but very similar weight wise. I have a box of quarter ounce ones, that I haven't gotten wet in 5 years or so. In December, a tackle store I frequent had some serious close outs and I got a dozen 3/4 oz Excalibur lipless cranks at $3.50 each. They are only slightly bigger than the half ounce size I generally throw. Since a large part of my lipless crank game is covering water, I think I'll be able to throw farther and cover more water - that is the plan, anyway.

Alonerankin2 reply :

One ounce on Lake fork, Texas. 1/2 ounce for about everything else..

A-Jay reply :

Hello twocast and Welcome to Bass Resource ~ Please Lighten up on the All Caps.

The 3/4 & 1 oz Mag-Force Bill Lewis Rat-L-Trap comes with quality upgraded split rings & Treble hooks - catches fish.

The 3/4 oz Strike King Red Eye Shad accounted for my PB as well as several other bass in the Beast category.

Just started throwing it this season, The 6th Sense S n a t c h 70 X Lipless Crankbait weighs in a 5/8 oz but offers a decent size profile. Catches fish too.

The above baits catch but when a lipless bait bite is on, for me the standard SK 1/2 Red Eye Shad is the confidence bait.

A-Jay

Jigfishn10 reply :

3/4" oz Red Eye Shad...I hope I don't get yelled at

camman reply :

I use some 1oz baits but that's for Stripers...other than that I basically only throw the 5/8 oz Spro Arukus

Racerx reply :

Normally throw quarters, but started throwing 1/2 ounce, last season, especially one in red craw. That one netted me a 2 pounder on a local lake where nobody was catching much of anything.

bonzai22 reply :

I almost always throw 1/2 ounce.

tander reply :

On 1/26/2016 at 9:52 PM, bonzai22 said:

I almost always throw 1/2 ounce.

Same here, I believe that is the biggest I own. As much as I love crankbaits, not a big fan of lipless cranks.

Murrica reply :

I throw a lot of the Xcalibur Xr75's for smallies and Largies. I picked up some 25's and 50's more recently but that 3/4 oz size drives them wild here in Idaho with all the rattles.

WIGuide reply :

I've got some 3/4 and 1 oz Xcalibur lipless crankbaits that I'll toss around every now and then. Not very often though.

5fishlimit reply :

I had a 3/4oz RES. I used it once. I say once because it got snagged on the bottom of Lake Erie.

Jim Drinkwater reply :

I love throwing big lipless cranks. My go to bait is a 1.25 ounce Gaggs Bait Bunker. I also use the 3/4 and 1 oz. Bill Lewis Rattle traps and the 1 oz. Gaggs. I have in my lipless box a handful of the Super Mag traps at I believe 1.5 or even 1.75 oz. but on that I am not sure the exact weight. There are also some big lipless baits available in the BPS salt water catalogs and they look great but I have yet to do a great deal with them but that could be because there is always a 1.25 ounce Gaggs on one of my sticks. Yes they can be used to get down deeper and pounding rocks but I will use them even in water as shallow as 4 or 5 feet. If it is shallow I just make damned sure I am ready and when it hits the water I am cranking with the rod held well up. My favorite rig for this is a 7-6 heavy cranking stick and an Ambassadeur reel with 6.3 gear ratio. This set up is spooled with 65 pound Gorilla braid or 40-50 pound Power Pro. I know this all sounds like over kill but if you are screeching one of these big baits along and get smashed by a 5-6 pound or more bass you want a rod, reel and line set up that can take the shock, the hook set and then the constant heavy pressure to keep the fish down and coming your way to avoid them getting up and having a chance to shake the hooks. It isn't a bait or a technique for every one because throwing that set up for a good part of the day when they are on it can wear you out but man can it produce under the right conditions on both LM and SM.

BaitMonkey1984 reply :

1/2 oz sebile. Works markedly better than other trap style baits in my area and the rattle is loud even at the end of a bomb cast.

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