Large Lipless Rattling Crankbait

Weight: 3/4 oz (without hooks)
Body Length: 4 inches
Type: Hard Plastic. Lipless. Rattling. Sinking.
Diving Depth: Can be counted down to any depth.

Note: These lure bodies come WITHOUT hooks or split rings.

These crankbaits are hard plastic, with a durable finish. They rattle noisily and vibrate rapidly. They're made in America in the same factory that models, molds and paints a number of the hard plastic bait brands sold by various US tackle vendors.

If this crankbait look like one of your favorites, or looks the same as crankbaits found in catalogs, online and in tackle shops, it's true it may look the same on the outside - but that's where the similarity ends. Inside, this is the only one that is weighted so it falls slowly when paused, shimmying and shaking as it falls. In fact it shimmies so much as it falls that it rattles loudly just from shimmying on the drop. When bass can be spotted following the bait (or even blindly in the middle of a retrieve), just stop reeling and the built-in shake and rattle as the lure simply drops can be more than trailing bass can stand.

Of course, this is not a Gary Yamamoto Senko, but the way this crankbait shimmies and shakes as it falls when paused, it is accurate to say it falls with a Senko kind of action in a large lipless crankbait. There's no other large lipless crankbait quite like it. You can get ones that look identical on the outside because they came out of the same injection mold, just packaged in different brand name boxes - but no other is weighted the way this one is weighted. In fact, the others are weighted so badly that they spin and twist and foul the line if you try to pause them. The one you see here however, is perfectly weighted to fall horizontally, shaking and rattling as it falls.

At 4 inches long, the beefy size of this rattling crankbait catches a bigger size of bass. Please enjoy!

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These lipless rattling crankbaits are just about palm-sized. Threadfin shad color shown here.

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The orange belly is there does not show up in the photo above. It is the very same lure photographed below where the orange belly is evident.

The fire tiger rattle bait is one of the very best colors and lures (due to the rattles) to use in stained or dirty water.

A surefire way to rig these is with size #2 hooks. The bait on top (black white pearl color) is shown rigged with two Gamakatsu EWG trebles. The Mustad Triple Grips are fairly similar too. The center bait (chartreuse white pearl) is rigged with #2 VMC hooks. The lower bait (threadfin shad) is also rigged with #2 VMC hooks.

I am often asked if red hooks matter or make a difference in any way. After many years of looking for and trying to detect a difference, honestly I cannot notice that red hooks make a difference in any way. If red hooks give one a sense of confidence or add artistic flair to a bait, that's cool. However, I don't think anyone can say for certain that red hooks get more bites or not. A similar situation is that some crankbaits have red splashes under the mouth and some don't. It's not easy to say whether the presence or absence of a red chin splash (or red hook) influences more bites.

When it comes to feather trebles, however, it seems as if I have seen frequent occasions especially during cold weather/water seasons or cold front days when bass would not hit crankbaits very hard or solidly - until a feather treble was added to the tail. A feather tail can make the difference some days between a lot of missed bumps that may be converted to solid takes with a feather treble.

One good outfit to use with this lipless crankbait is Gary Yamamoto's Crankin' Stick with a Shimano Chronarch 50 MG reel. Hanging a feather treble off the belly is unorthodox, but bass don't know any better. They belt it in a big way. Do give it a try!

Note: These lure bodies come WITHOUT hooks or split rings.