I think every basser who uses hard baits has at least a few ratltraps or other brands of lipless crankbaits.
What is your ONE favorite color,
mine is gold 1/2 oz bill lewis
Have to go with LC American Shad
Lucky Craft LV's aurora black.
Rat-L-Trap Gold/Black Back/Orange Belly ½ oz
Team Daiwa Vibrations Green Chart
rootbeer
Cordell Spot chrome/blue back
Matte Orange Tiger and ghost
Chrome w/ blue back, Natural craw, and Chart. Shiner all in the 1/2 ounce size.
Firetiger is a big confidence color for my with all cranks. I don't know what it is it just catches me fish.
Then again I fish a lot of stained water lakes. Just about all the firetiger cranks in my tackle box a thoroughly chewed up.
I love the color Diamond Dust by Rat-L-Trap. Its awesome in clear water
1/4 oz chrome/blue back
1/2 oz chrome w/ blue back
1/2 oz......it's my favorite not the fishes.....it's white with an orange belly...colors match the University of Tennessee 8-)
Bill Lewis 3/4oz chrome with blue back.
I don't remember what the color was but my second favorite is 1/2 Chrome black back.
My favorite is chrome with a blue back.
chrome blue back
My most productive seems to have been the chrome/blue back for some reason. I also like the red chrome, bone and chrome/chartreuse back. I have used most of the different company's lipless baits and use a Cordell Spot at times but, it is hard to beat the original Rattle Trap. One thing I do when I buy these baits is replace the hooks with no. 4 Excalibers.
1/2oz Rattle Trap in Smokey Joe
1/4oz Rattle Trap in Baby Bass
Chartreuse Crawdad
(1/2 oz Bill Lewis)
Roger
LV500 aurora black
aka; lucky craft 3/4 oz
Rat-L-Trap chrome/blue & Smokey Joe
I have had problems with the chrome flaking off. My dad tells me that the bone white plactic under the chrome also is a good color. If he has a trap that the chrome is comming off he will scrape the rest off and fish it that way.
1/4 oz chrome and blue..
In addition to my favorite,Chrome/blue,red craw pattern and Tenn. shad are 2nd and 3rd ,respectively.
Yo zuri blue and silver. Love that lure.
Yo-Zuri Hardcore Drum holo. shad
Yo-Zuri Rattl'N Vibe Ghost.
After reading this thread I've already bought 6 more Rattle Traps. Please stop listing favorite colors, so I can stop buying them!!
BTW.... I like the chrome/blue black
QuoteI love the color Diamond Dust by Rat-L-Trap. Its awesome in clear water
cosign my friend i love that color and really any color that is blue or silver to match the shad.
GBF
1/2 oz Bill Lewis Rattle Trap in Chart. Shiner (#52). Actually prefer the 1/4 oz but they stopped offering it in the Chart. Shiner color. :'(
I upgrade hooks both in size and quality; at least the front one.
Bob
1/2 Oz Chrome Blue Back bleeding series
Natural crawfish
Yo-Zuri Rattl'N Vibe Baby Bass.
White w/ yellow eye by Bill Lewis. Hard to find, but work well in certain lakes.
I like the Chrome/Blue from X-Calibur.
I love a beat up, scratched, chipped, chrome blue back Rattle trap. My first act is to remove the hooks and scratch it against the asphalt to take some flash off the bait.
Matt
Bill Lewis 1/2oz chrome blue back
In California, every bass angler has chrome/blue back, chrome/black back, and some type of craw color. I've found that chrome/blue back works everywhere.