Rippin rap.

  • bullcans
    Northfield MN
    Posts: 2004
    February 4, 2015 at 12:41 pm #1507031
    bigstorm wrote:

    Most places I have looked (online also) for the Ultra lite #4’s have them on backorder

    Yep
    That’s what I’m finding as well

    Greg R.
    New Berlin, WI
    Posts: 69
    February 4, 2015 at 4:36 pm #1507128

    Do you guys bait them with a minnow head or any other bait? Or do you just send them down plain. Also do you stay a couple inches from the bottom and lift from there. Or do you jig them. Im picked up a couple and would like to try this weekend. Thanks in advance

    James Holst
    Keymaster
    SE Minnesota
    Posts: 18926
    February 4, 2015 at 5:09 pm #1507137
    Greg R. wrote:

    Do you guys bait them with a minnow head or any other bait? Or do you just send them down plain. Also do you stay a couple inches from the bottom and lift from there. Or do you jig them. Im picked up a couple and would like to try this weekend. Thanks in advance

    I don’t tip them with anything. Adding a minnow head kills the action but you could add a couple larva to the rear hook if you really wanted to but I feel it is unnecessary.

    I start out at least a foot or two above bottom. Give the fish room to come in under the bait. As soon as the fish starts to rise up off the bottom towards the lure start the game of cat and mouse chase by raising the Rippin Rap. At that point every interaction is unique. Let your electronics guide how you respond to the reaction from the fish.

    rwilliam
    St.Paul, Mn
    Posts: 291
    February 4, 2015 at 6:41 pm #1507168

    I agree with James on playing cat and mouse when using one.
    I bought one for a trip to Red Lake that I was on last week, and caught a couple Walleye and a bonus Crappie on it. It will now be one of the lures that I will be using in the future.
    I’m planning a Perch trip to Mille Lacs in the near future, and I’m curious to see how they will take it.
    By the way the Red Lake Crappie inhaled it.

    renegadewalleye
    Posts: 52
    February 4, 2015 at 8:16 pm #1507190

    I was amazed how blue gills where reacting to the rippin rap caught one and miss a couple while messing around fishing today.

    joe_the_fisher
    Wisconsin Dells WI
    Posts: 908
    February 4, 2015 at 8:38 pm #1507198

    Geez I’ve never tried these baits but I’m sure gonna get a few or ten..if I can find any..been having a heck of a time getting the crappies to bite lately so maybe this is the go to bait.

    James Holst
    Keymaster
    SE Minnesota
    Posts: 18926
    February 4, 2015 at 8:39 pm #1507199
    renegadewalleye wrote:

    I was amazed how blue gills where reacting to the rippin rap caught one and miss a couple while messing around fishing today.

    I’ve been bugging contacts at Rapala for a #3 with a single treble. I think they’d be deadly on gills.

    WarEagle
    Posts: 210
    February 4, 2015 at 8:51 pm #1507212

    Rippin raps don’t catch fish, They are just for looks!

    DWSDave31
    Southern WI
    Posts: 933
    February 4, 2015 at 11:35 pm #1507264
    James Holst wrote:

    <div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>renegadewalleye wrote:</div>
    I was amazed how blue gills where reacting to the rippin rap caught one and miss a couple while messing around fishing today.

    I’ve been bugging contacts at Rapala for a #3 with a single treble. I think they’d be deadly on gills.

    That would be a perfect panfish killer and I say go with two smaller trebles just for the sake of different angled hits
    D

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