4"Rat-L-Trap Retrieve??
jimjimjim
Posted 5/20/2014 7:45 PM (#712242)
Subject: 4"Rat-L-Trap Retrieve??




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Picked up a 4" long/1 ounce Rat-L-Trap today ,,, any special way to retrieve this lure ?? , or , just reel'em in and do a figure-8 ?? ---- thanksalot ---- jim
lennyg3
Posted 5/20/2014 8:16 PM (#712244 - in reply to #712242)
Subject: Re: 4"Rat-L-Trap Retrieve??





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Location: NE PA
spring time rattle bite is just to burn them in. When fishing rattle baits in deep water i sometimes let them sink to the bottom and then use quick snaps of the rod and let it flutter back toward the bottom without letting it settle a second time.
cave run legend
Posted 5/20/2014 8:44 PM (#712252 - in reply to #712242)
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I have never caught a fish on a rattletrap in the figure 8, they will hit on the retrieve. Burn them.
jimjimjim
Posted 5/21/2014 3:45 PM (#712371 - in reply to #712252)
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Tony & Lenny --- Thanks for the tips --- jimjimjim
bob1
Posted 5/22/2014 9:08 PM (#712554 - in reply to #712242)
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Will burning a Rattle Trap work in very cold water?
cave run legend
Posted 5/22/2014 9:18 PM (#712559 - in reply to #712554)
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Low 40's up to around 60 degrees. Works well trolling as well.
jimjimjim
Posted 5/22/2014 9:33 PM (#712561 - in reply to #712559)
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Tony --- what about the retrieve above 60 degrees ?? --- thanks --- jim
leech lake strain
Posted 5/22/2014 9:47 PM (#712564 - in reply to #712242)
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I use to use them a lot in the Mississippi river when I lived in Brainerd. They worked good, there a loud lure and would echo under the bridges and around concrete loudly and I never burned them back then just a medium paced steady retrieve and then a 8.
jimjimjim
Posted 5/23/2014 8:46 AM (#712599 - in reply to #712564)
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Tony --- Thanksalot !!! ----- jimjimjim