X-Raps that good??

[sfw1960]

Are X-Raps REALLY that good??
Evidentally this eBayer thinks so.....
LOL!

click!
Link (http://cgi.ebay.com/2-RAPALA-Husky-Jerk-X-RAP-Extreme-HOT-NIB-NR_W0QQitemZ7209106273QQcategoryZ7300QQssPageNameZ WDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

"It catches fish at such an accelerated rate, anglers may be tempted to taste it themselves, curious as to what makes it such a delicacy."
AS many times as I've been accused of being KRAZY , I have NEVER been tempted to taste one of those RAZOR sharp trebles!
EVER!
:evilsmile

[fish eater]

Do you longline troll your X-raps, or just cast and retrieve them?

[sfw1960]

Let's just say that if I LL'd 'em , they'd be a LOT harder to "be tempted to taste it themselves, " and see what happens...

LOL!
:evilsmile
:lol:

[wally-eye]

Tastes like chickin................yum yum..........:dizzy:

[fish eater]

Let's just say that if I LL'd 'em , they'd be a LOT harder to "be tempted to taste it themselves, " and see what happens...

LOL!
:evilsmile
:lol:

So you cast them then right?:confused: I was wondering if you had a dive curve for longlining them. I haven't found a precision trolling that has updated the X's yet.

[wally-eye]

It's a mortal sin to long line an x rap. Toss and twitch is the bomb. :cool:

[fish eater]

It's a mortal sin to long line an x rap. Toss and twitch is the bomb. :cool:

I've never used one. But if there as good as you guys rave about, why couldn't they be longlined? Sag. Bay, LSC, Erie. You know more about them than I do. Is it possible for them to be trolled on boards (mast, off-shores?) or straight longline? How quickly do they dive? They don't seem to have a very big lip, it looks like you would have to let alot of line out if the fish were 15-25 down.:confused:

[sfw1960]

http://www.rapala.com/products/luresdetail.cfm?modelName=x-rap&freshorsalt=Fresh

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COMPREHEND

:lol:

SEE Dan??
THIS is why we have NOTHING to worry about!!
The puppeteer REALLY makes the pinnochio!!
;)

[wally-eye]

I've never used one. But if there as good as you guys rave about, why couldn't they be longlined? Sag. Bay, LSC, Erie. You know more about them than I do. Is it possible for them to be trolled on boards (mast, off-shores?) or straight longline? How quickly do they dive? They don't seem to have a very big lip, it looks like you would have to let alot of line out if the fish were 15-25 down.:confused:

On average 4 to 6 feet. BUT they will call them up from a LONG way, trust me. 60 eyes in the freezer tell me twitchin is bitchin.

[sfw1960]

On average 4 to 6 feet. BUT they will call them up from a LONG way, trust me. 60 eyes in the freezer tell me twitchin is bitchin.

Longline and LAZY start with the same letter!!:dizzy:
"Tween 2 walleye lakes but living on the river in White Cloud."
I like it Dan!!
LOL!
LOL!
LOL!
:lol:
:bash:

[wally-eye]

Trying to hide my identity. Don't want to get a bad reputation like you..:smile-mad

[sfw1960]

Srry...
My post above somehow - I ommitted the link to Rapala's X-Raps...
There is a shockwave flash presentation that shows how to use one & they can be longlined but really are designed to be used as a twitchin' , b!tch!n' Jerk Bait

X-Raps (http://www.rapala.com/products/luresdetail.cfm?modelName=x-rap&freshorsalt=Fresh)


I got a bad RAP!!
X-RAp that izzz.... Y0 y0 y0!!!

;)

[fish eater]

Srry...
My post above somehow - I ommitted the ling to Rapala's X-Raps...
There is a shockwave flash presentation that shows how to use one & they can be longlined but really are designed to be used as a twitchin' , b!tch!n' Jerk Bait

X-Raps (http://www.rapala.com/products/luresdetail.cfm?modelName=x-rap&freshorsalt=Fresh)


I got a bad RAP!!
X-RAp that izzz.... Y0 y0 y0!!!

;)

Thanks. When you first posted it, nothing there. I was confused what you were talking about. Your better off LL'ing LSC in the summertime, just trying to add to the arsenal. Some days, subtle cranks, other days, more action-vibration, somedays pullin' meat.:whistle: ;) Trying to be proficient at em all. Thanks Robert.:grouphug:

[wally-eye]

:gaga: :sick:

[waterfoul]

I would think that you could troll em... they have a good wiggle to them... and the rattle really makes some comotion!! I plan on trying the trolling thing with them at Glen Lake this summer.... rattle baits seem to work well there early season... just look at my photo gallery... all but one of the BIG bass in there were caught on Glen Lake on or around opening day. All on rattle baits trolled 50-75' back.

[shametamer]

glen lake? excellent choice!..cause they sure worked on higgins and long line..lakers loved them!;) ..........size,flash,rattle and feather tipped sure seem to work in clear waters.......castin and twitchin worked terrific on Cass to start the season:D .......

[waterfoul]

glen lake? excellent choice!..cause they sure worked on higgins and long line..lakers loved them!;) ..........size,flash,rattle and feather tipped sure seem to work in clear waters.......castin and twitchin worked terrific on Cass to start the season:D .......

Have you fished Glen? Been fishing it since I was old enough to walk. Know some good spots to troll and some good spots to cast. I've caught MANY mater angler sized smallies there. Biggest bass I ever caught came out of there, 25" largemouth. All early season fish though.

If you ever get up there, let me know when... maybe we can hook up and throw some X's!!!!

Mike

[shametamer]

largemouth aye? i never caught many, or maybe any that i recall..used to get lots of smallies and perch with a few lakers and pike thrown in........but i imagine little glen has great habitat for bucketmouth breeding and growth...lol..haven't fished her much in recent years..how did the walleye plants go? did they ever take hold and become any kind of fishery?.....anymore we usually go to hamlin or leelanau when we get into that section of the state. I'll drop you a pm anytime i make it to your side of state , Waterfoul. I occasionally get to croton, gun, muskegon,tippy, cadillac etc... so little time..need to hook up with Kush, eyesforever and bluegill bob too.......

[andy capp]

To troll them, trool 'em like a regular rapala. Put 3-1oz inlines about 6 ft in front of the lure and troll away. In erie we were running them about 50-60 ft back. Or you can run a leader off a bottom bouncer to get them down.

[waterfoul]

largemouth aye? i never caught many, or maybe any that i recall..used to get lots of smallies and perch with a few lakers and pike thrown in........but i imagine little glen has great habitat for bucketmouth breeding and growth...lol..haven't fished her much in recent years..how did the walleye plants go? did they ever take hold and become any kind of fishery?.....anymore we usually go to hamlin or leelanau when we get into that section of the state. I'll drop you a pm anytime i make it to your side of state , Waterfoul. I occasionally get to croton, gun, muskegon,tippy, cadillac etc... so little time..need to hook up with Kush, eyesforever and bluegill bob too.......

Yup... big ole bucket mouth! Caught on Little Glen. I mostly fish little because A) I've had good luck; B) that's the side my parent's place is on; C) my little trihull can get beat pretty hard on big Glen. I like the eastern shore of Big Glen for smallies.

As for the eye's... I know of NO ONE that has caught a single eye. I also don't see any information of eye stocking for the lake on the DNR site. Here is the 05 data and I don't see any eye stock numbers looking back 20 years:

County Water
Site
(Town Range Section) Species
Strain Date Number Avg. Length (in.) Operation Fin Clips, Marks, Tags
Leelanau Glen Lake
M-22 NARROWS
(28N 14W 03) Lake trout
Marquette 4/6/2005 5:00:00 PM 22,000 6.08 State Plant none
Leelanau Glen Lake
M-22 NARROWS
(28N 14W 03) Rainbow trout
Eagle Lake 5/6/2005 4:00:00 PM 13,116 6.88 State Plant left pectoral clip
Leelanau Glen Lake
M-22 NARROWS
(28N 14W 03) Steelhead Michigan 5/6/2005 4:00:00 PM 13,279 7.92 State Plant right pectoral clip

[shametamer]

yeah, coulda been one of those projects the DNR thought about or one that they abandoned after a year or so..lol...before the internet we had to get papers, word of mouth and such on things happening in the outdoors..so maybe the info was bad or confused..lol..or coulda been one of those 'private plants'..lmao..a local bait shop does it around jackson..they have planted eyes several times in wamplers, but I never hear or see anyone take an eye out!...Did you ever fish Sessions, near ionia? ..How bout hardy? have much luck there?

[waterfoul]

yeah, coulda been one of those projects the DNR thought about or one that they abandoned after a year or so..lol...before the internet we had to get papers, word of mouth and such on things happening in the outdoors..so maybe the info was bad or confused..lol..or coulda been one of those 'private plants'..lmao..a local bait shop does it around jackson..they have planted eyes several times in wamplers, but I never hear or see anyone take an eye out!...Did you ever fish Sessions, near ionia? ..How bout hardy? have much luck there?

Never been to Sessions.... fished Hardy a couple times... do a search... HARDY SUCKS!! LOL!!!

[shametamer]

yeah unless we get into a school of perch, hardy was generally a 'tough' fish for us as well...i asked about sessions because they 'claim' to have eyes as well..we catch everything but!

[eyesforever]

Hey Bill, how's the health programs goin'? Haven't seen you on the board lately.

[shametamer]

may be over ur way to buy boat..not sure yet but could be we'll be dealing with a muskegon dealership.

[ifish4eyes]

I've caught a carp , smallie, pike and walleye on my Xrap this winter. I tried fishing with fireline and momo. Mono seems to work best, that is to say nothing came the fireline.

[Westlakedrive]

For those of you who own some x-raps;
how is the lure tag attached to the lure?
is there some kind of oval split ring, a small wire, or is it tied directly around the neck of the treble?

[waterfoul]

For those of you who own some x-raps;
how is the lure tag attached to the lure?
is there some kind of oval split ring, a small wire, or is it tied directly around the neck of the treble?

neck of the treble.... I added one to a husky jerk but haven't been able to throw it yet

[ifish4eyes]

I tied to the split ring.

[eyesforever]

may be over ur way to buy boat..not sure yet but could be we'll be dealing with a muskegon dealership.
Would this happen to be Sportfisherman's Center? If so and the same guy(Don?) and wife are running it still, they are great people to deal with.:) Bought my Lund there in '88'.

[shametamer]

yes thats the place and a lund is what we arelookin at, got a couple other places too, and still need to check out the starcraft super fisherman.....Wench wants to be super sure this time seeins all these boats runnin near 30K..........far cry from the way u and i grew up, dave! ..u know..a 'cut 'stick, bit o' string and a safety pin with some ol garden worm on the end!:lol:

[eyesforever]

yes thats the place and a lund is what we arelookin at, got a couple other places too, and still need to check out the starcraft super fisherman.....Wench wants to be super sure this time seeins all these boats runnin near 30K..........far cry from the way u and i grew up, dave! ..u know..a 'cut 'stick, bit o' string and a safety pin with some ol garden worm on the end!:lol:
Oh yeahhhhh. Been there/done that:lol: ,fun,fun,fun! Was not allowed to go to the (Battle Creek) river alone till age 12. Had a H&*l of a time explaining wet clothes and worms in my pocket at bout 9-10:evil: LOTS of good times remembered.

[ifish4eyes]

did I ever tell ya about my best trip on the west side was at Hardy. 25 walleye in three hours, 17 being legal. quit only because because I was tired.:) Oh I almost for got about the time we did over fifty with only three legals. :sad: