Jigging raps

Woodsman · **Joined:** Mon Mar 10, 2008 6:22 pm **Posts:** 38

Fished yesterday with plans of making jigging raps one of my go to baits. I've used them many times in the past with little success. I can catch walleye on dog kaka but not j raps. It's almost like they repel walleye for me. Does anyone else suffer from this syndrome?

WalleyeFreak1972 · **Joined:** Wed Jun 16, 2010 12:40 am **Posts:** 166

i got my pb this fall on a jiggin rap tipped with a minnow head, 9.5 lbs in picton harbour.

fireball · **Posted:** Sun Jan 30, 2011 4:50 pm

are you using the ones canadian tire sells and walleye world. (wallmart)
or the ones bought u.s.a side, fat nancys, gander mountain etc.
the u.s.a ones are bigger. i have never used the canadian ones, they are twice the price and half the size.
i do good with the u.s.a ones, but i mean i use artifical baits, i dont use minnows.

Woodsman · **Joined:** Mon Mar 10, 2008 6:22 pm **Posts:** 38

Canadian ones I would assume. Didn't know there was a difference. I have caught the occasional fish when there is a decent bite on them but not enough productivity to have much confidence in them

chasineyes/everywher · **Posted:** Sun Jan 30, 2011 6:05 pm

hey Woosman,ya i know how your feeling,struggled for years with jigging raps,,i started fooling around on a slow day and i learned the dance for them,,lol mine is -shake the thing for a while ,lift and hold 5 secs,drop and let it sit for 10-15 secs,little jig,rest,repeat=walleye on the end-lol,hey it works for me ,clown,perch,greenglow #5&7,give em a go!!Ed-oh and a minnow head or two on the treble

BATMAN · **Posted:** Sun Jan 30, 2011 6:48 pm

Guys,

Only the Canadian Jigging Raps work on Quinte. Don't get sucked into those US knock offs. It's like American beer. They just don't cut it. Well, unless you put two US jigging Raps on at one time. Then they might be equal.

BATMAN

TheLandshark · **Posted:** Sun Jan 30, 2011 7:15 pm

our beer does fail in comparison to canadas but I can buy 3 cases for the price that you pay for 1

nwillz · **Posted:** Sun Jan 30, 2011 9:19 pm

I was out yesterday afternoon, marked fish from 3pm on, tried everything, champs, pimples, buckshots, macho, raps, then I put on a puppet minnow and bang 6 in 30 minutes, size ranged from 6 lbs to 1.5lbs. I like the quick snap jigging with them, about 16inch snap jigs, then when a fish comes on the screen, I like to tap the rod tip downward to shake the minnow on the treble hook.

Nathan

sash · **Joined:** Thu Dec 30, 2010 1:30 pm **Posts:** 106

i've got that syndrome but worse i repel all fish with raps

my one buddy lays a beating on me with those things for everything and i can't buy a bite with one......we were sight fishing 4 perch one day and he got me to tie one on and i started to pick it up.

Grizzly · **Posted:** Mon Jan 31, 2011 5:25 am

ive had alot of luck calling in a fish on them but closing the deal is a different story lol the darn lure frustrates me for the most part and that front hook is a mistake on there part it catches the ice and you lose more fish than you get topside lol ,, maybe they only work if you know how to cuss in finish!! lol

tdoug · **Posted:** Mon Jan 31, 2011 9:38 am

Tried Live Target Shad (no lip) eyelet in middle of back,got 2 in Dec. nothing since.Read about them in Outdoor Canada mag. they said when slow, give click'n' raps,darters and live targets.Perch must be hungry or just plan stupid,how in hell do they expect to eat something that big :roll:

'eye chaser · **Posted:** Tue Feb 01, 2011 12:02 pm

i find it best to cut the front and back hooks off, then switch the belly treble to an oversized one , ie 4 or 5. had a couple of fish lost due to the front hook catching the ice . made the change no problem since.

Trannyman1 · **Posted:** Tue Feb 01, 2011 12:17 pm

Grizzly wrote:

ive had alot of luck calling in a fish on them but closing the deal is a different story lol the darn lure frustrates me for the most part and that front hook is a mistake on there part it catches the ice and you lose more fish than you get topside lol ,, maybe they only work if you know how to cuss in finish!! lol

Hey Grizz, the eyes that I get on the Jigging Raps are big enough that they swallow the rap so the hook can't get caught on the ice. :wink:

Walleye 9 · **Joined:** Mon Jan 24, 2011 12:05 pm **Posts:** 1985

fireball wrote:

are you using the ones canadian tire sells and walleye world. (wallmart)
or the ones bought u.s.a side, fat nancys, gander mountain etc.
the u.s.a ones are bigger. i have never used the canadian ones, they are twice the price and half the size.
i do good with the u.s.a ones, but i mean i use artifical baits, i dont use minnows.

They come in different sizes!! Size 5,7,9 etc...Don't think it matters if they're Canadian or U.S.

chasineyes/everywher · **Posted:** Sat Feb 05, 2011 11:11 pm

jigging raps Rock!!!! i got a real fish on one today--32.75x20--she was a HORSE of a walleye,pics tomorrow,but the dance worked for me again today!!!!--Ed

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