Reef Runners

[RipNLips]

Any of you guys ever use these?



They're called Reef Runners and they come in a variety off colors. There's something about that dipped tail that results in a killer action (kind of like a flatfish waggle). The Deep Divers will go to 28 feet on a flat line. I've been succesfull with them up at Bear Lake. I just ordered several Little Rippers in a variety of colors that go to 7 feet that I plan on trying at Willard. We'll see how they do.
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[wiperhunter2]

I've never used them but I've read a couple of post from people that have used them. What color or patterns did you order? I would think, if they make one with a black back and silver side that it might work.WH2
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[Kayote]

I've used them and caught some tiger musky on them at Pineview. Very fishy and I like the action, but I quit using them because they won't stay tuned. After a while they come up and roll on the surface. You can retune them, but they go out again quickly. They now collect dust on the bench. Just my $.02



Good Fishing, Kayote
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[RipNLips]

I went with blue backs ([url "http://www.reefrunner.com/NewFiles/04.html"]Chrome and Blue[/url], [url "http://www.reefrunner.com/NewFiles/32.html"]Threadfin Shad[/url], and [url "http://www.reefrunner.com/NewFiles/70.html"]Blue Hawiian[/url]), but they did have some great looking black backs ([url "http://www.reefrunner.com/NewFiles/98.html"]Grey Ghost[/url] and [url "http://www.reefrunner.com/NewFiles/71.html"]Silver Bullet[/url]).

I've had to retune them after catching a fish, but I don't believe I've ever had them go out of tune on there own.
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[DennisW]

They are a pain to tune, and you have to retune them every time you drop them in the water. But...

[EricCO]

They are difficult to tune especially if you run them at 2.0 mph or higher. But the reason they roll so easy like that is that they search back and forth. THey don't just run in a straight line like most cranks, but kick out as they wiggle back and forth.

They also make a Ripshad that is just awesome and ratttles. Smaller than the deep little ripper. About the size of a #5 - #7 Shadrap.

Out here in colorado, we run the non deep divers off of leadcore in late summer to get the suspended walleyes.
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[RipNLips]

The new Ripshads look great. Unfortunately they supposedly dive to 16 feet which is a bit much for most spots at Willard except along the west dike.

I've noticed the way they "kick out" too. The result is a back-and-fourth swing that I think makes them even more enticing. However, if you're running two poles very close together, that swing can result in tangled lines once in a while.
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[EricCO]

I've got a pattern at a local reservoir here in the spring that is basically trolling cranks in 5 feet of water for walleyes and I was running the Ripshad about 50 feet of line out and it would every now and then tap the bottom. Of course that was on 12 lb. test. I don't think it dives as much as they say of course it could have been out of tune. LOL
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