zsneezes Posted August 21, 2018 Report Share Posted August 21, 2018 Long post so bear with me, or just enjoy the photos. Haven’t been getting out as much as last year & the summer particularly has been difficult. I saw others having success with rats so I decided to pick one up. The one that I ended up with is different from any other I have used before as it has a diamond shaped lip on it which allows for really quiet and subtle action. It has been thriving on days with little to no wind. I know that Rago makes it but not sure what exactly it’s called. Anyway here here three of the best fish I’ve caught on it so far. The first was my biggest fish of the season but I was solo and had none of my gear (scale or wcz board). I also recently went to Montreal with my family on a little vacation. JS Forcier of Swimbait Canada was kind enough to offer to take my father and I out on a trip. After convincing my dad to drive an hour north early on a questionable way weather wise we met up with JS. We had a blast shooting the ish all day talking swimbaits, trying to communicate w the little language barrier, and translating each others dry humor. I lost an absolute giant smallie on the TK within the first hour right at the boat. The rest of the day was a total grind where he lost a smallie at the boat on a soft Rago & I lost another on a megabass dark sleeper. My dad manage to land a couple dinks on conventional throughout the day which was nice. Towards the end of the day I was throwing a TT in bone by a dock when I got smacked. JS was bummed when he saw it close to the boat but I was stoked. I landed my first pike which wasn’t huge but it was a species I could check off my list, on a swimbait nonetheless. I can’t thank JS enough for an awesome time. Hope to make the trip north of the border again soon for revenge on the one that got away. FishDr, carlsbadbassin89, apburninup and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twil93 Posted August 21, 2018 Report Share Posted August 21, 2018 Hell ya brotha! Keep chucking zsneezes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsbadbassin89 Posted August 21, 2018 Report Share Posted August 21, 2018 Dang dude so sick! Those bass on the alpha rat look so good zsneezes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbass Posted August 21, 2018 Report Share Posted August 21, 2018 Nice bass zsneezes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthefisherman Posted August 21, 2018 Report Share Posted August 21, 2018 Some good fish there! zsneezes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshPerkins802 Posted August 21, 2018 Report Share Posted August 21, 2018 Some good fish and a great read. Pretty cool of JS to link up with ya'll. Congrats on the Pike! zsneezes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zsneezes Posted August 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 Thanks all! I got some info from Jerry about the rago if anyone was curious. I was told it is called the two piece Delta Rat. According to him there were only 2 of the two piece with the diamond bill ever made. I was pleasantly surprised to hear it is rare bc I got it for a great deal. I will continue chucking it regardless. bchalk22 and Zack.H 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seattlefrancis Posted August 23, 2018 Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 Awesome! It's always a treat to see Canadian greenies! Good job. zsneezes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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