What are some of your go-to crankbaits for catching fish? What colors do you find work best?
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For Me, I really like the Rapala X Raps. I have caught so many fish on these in all conditions. I have had the best luck on white, but I have also had good luck with firetiger and perch. Pike, bass, crappie, catfish, walleye, carp, I have caught it all on the xrap. Good Luck[cool]
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I must say i also love the X-Raps!!! They are awesome in the spring for pike! i love jerkin them around in the summer to for some really nice shallow water bass. My color choice? Well i love Clown for the pike and the Perch color seems to be a big hit for the bass in my area. Just seems to be a great bait for all seasons.
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Rapalas for sure. The X-Rap is a good bait for tigers up here. It is not the best for them but they are effective. The jointed J-Series are better producers for most people.
The Jointed Shad Rap is my all time favorite trolling crank for trout, Wipers, walleye, catfish, and some others. I have caught countless fish on the Craw, Clown, Shad, and Perch patterns. The Original Floater in a size 7F Brown Trout is my favorite river fishing rap. The same in rainbow works well too.[cool]
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I really havn't caught bass like I thought I would with them. But the pike go crazyy.
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I like the CD Rapalas in size 5-9 for big Snake River trout. I have not used them for bass but I guess I should give it a try. As for colors I lean toward gold, silver and rainbow.
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Jounted rapalas and wiggleworts. Both with brown tops white belly. Blue backs have caught my biggest trouts. White fat shad luckys have done well for me last season as well.
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I'm with you guys on the X-Raps. I use them quite a bit and get bass pretty often with an occasional pike which is fun.
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What color xraps do you like for the bass??
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I usually like to use a fire tiger, or a clown color, they seem to work the best. I've caught more walleye on the shiner/minnow color than bass.[
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Yeah, I really like the minnow colored ones. Firetiger is prob what I have most luck on with bigger crankbaits for bass but I think it's usually a hit or miss.
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I routinely try other brands, but Rapalas seem to always out fish everything else. I love the X-raps too, but countdowns produce well and the broken backs kill it during topwater season when worked slowly with pauses every 3-5 seconds.
Anybody tried any of the stuff over at extremelures.com - the things look all sorts of cool, but I haven't tried anything out yet.