Another new lure....

[Hunter53]

Probably not a lot of use for it on TR though. 

[bluebasser86]

You lost me at "Rapala". 

[Fish24/7]

they flat out catch bass, I've had the best luck with them in and around cover. 

had to wait a while to get them though, think it was almost 2 weeks after I ordered off ebay

[mjk86]

5 hours ago, bluebasser86 said:

You lost me at "Rapala". 

I dont know if im reading this right?  are you saying you dont like rapala lures?  Often times there are better alternatives, but its hard to argue that they are some of, if not, the most effective fishing lures of all time.  Im a flicker shad guy, but shad raps have probably caught more fish than any other crank bait, other than maybe....the rapala floating minnow. 

[dtrs5kprs]

6 hours ago, bluebasser86 said:

You lost me at "Rapala". 

Yep. Just what we need, more gimmicky Rapala baits. The world doesn't need more craw colored topwaters.

[Ham]

I cant see the video. Which bait are we talking here?

 

[abkeenan]

Sebile came out with a "weedless" crank similar in nature to this a few years back. I believe it was called the Lead Balloon Crank.

 

[mjk86]

1 hour ago, dtrs5kprs said:

Yep. Just what we need, more gimmicky Rapala baits. The world doesn't need more craw colored topwaters.

  Does the world need any more fishing lures of any kinds?  At this point every other company is knocking off baits from every other company, not alot of originality going on.  They just use fancier terminal tackle double the price, like i said, every jerkbait is a knockoff of a rapala floater.  That was probably thought of as gimmicky at one time.  Id imagine that at one time folks probably though an A-Rig was gimmicky, same with giant swim baits.  There is a weird distain for storm/rapala/ and bass pro shops that i dont really understand.  For petes sake, there is a floating rat bait that costs 80 bucks or something, and its a jitterbug with a rubber worm glued to the back lol.  Talk about gimmicky lol Someone buys that stupid thing? 

[176champion]

That's all part of the retail business..Ford, Chevy, and Dodge all have gimmicks to sell vehicles..kind of a way of life...lol

[dtrs5kprs]

Rapala makes a handful of very good baits. The original and countdown minnows, shad rap, and DT series all work.

The rest are farm pond and northern lake gimmick baits at best. Couple that with the dumpster fire they made out of Storm, not just the wart- also the old chug bug and jointed thunderstick, and disdain comes pouring in.