Kevinzap Posted January 2, 2021 Report Share Posted January 2, 2021 I’m looking to expand my big bait arsenal. I have most glides covered. What is your guys best Topwater swimbaits? What’s the “deps 250”. Of rat fishing if u will Thiskidlikes2fish 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SumoNinja Posted January 2, 2021 Report Share Posted January 2, 2021 If you're just feeling it out, spro rat 50. Micro mink is a good option. Decent price, obtainable. Wakes and cranks down. Hear good things about the baby possum too. If u can get a sneaky rat it's a great wake Plenty of other good options, availability and price. I'm sure others will chime in with suggestions Harshwaters and B_larkin3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chefchris Posted January 2, 2021 Report Share Posted January 2, 2021 I think it goes without saying that a 9” slammer is a must have. Buy whatever color you like the most and fish the crap out of it. Purple nitro, all black, all white, perch, bass, gill etc, the only issue is some wake better than others but when you find one you like that fits your style of fishing it’s $$$ cl8 baby possum for a bigger profile rat/rodent profile, it’s a 4.5oz bait and seems bigger but it fishes great, plus Clayton will make you a wake, wake & crank or deep crank. toxic mink is a killer bait, fishes like a much smaller bait, in my experience they want to crank down instead of wake, so I used em more as a crankdown and fished em thru light weeds and into cover and it gets bit. Pb rat 3 piece is another cool bait, has a lot of roll to it, and play in the joints, stays on top, didn’t put a ton of time in with mine but it stuck a fish every trip nez large rat, in the wake/crank model. This is my fishing buddies go to and he’s stuck a ton of solid fish on it and his Pb. He makes a straight wake version too. yev14 and waynem 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mossypumpkin Posted January 2, 2021 Report Share Posted January 2, 2021 Pb rat for me, hands down. The two piece cranks down some. I immediately started catching big fish on it. Favorite rat by far. Favorite wake....slammer of course but there’s sooooo many of them out there. Love the 3:16 wakes too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevinzap Posted January 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2021 Thanks! Ive heard a lot of good things about the nez and the slammer. Pb rat seems to have a crazy sound to it. I guess I’ll have to try em all out to make my decision just like I did glides haha. What seems to be the standard of wakes? The one others are compared to? Im new to this style of fishing because Ive fished a lot of glides with great success. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mossypumpkin Posted January 2, 2021 Report Share Posted January 2, 2021 Slammer is the set bar when it comes to wakes MA Frog Man 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B_larkin3 Posted January 3, 2021 Report Share Posted January 3, 2021 Bull wake is easily one of the best wakes out there for the money, cranks down on a faster retrieve, About a foot or two. I’ve caught lots of fish on this bait on cold winter nights and twitching it in pads in the heat of summer. Spro 50 rat is amazing because it’s cheap so I don’t worry about chucking it into areas I’d be afraid to send a more expensive bait. It gets bit like crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Born 2 fish Posted January 3, 2021 Report Share Posted January 3, 2021 My most wake success in 2020 was by far the shellcracker. willsochill and carocket 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevinzap Posted January 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2021 Ok thank you guys for the replies! Looks like i gotta try the bbz and the slammer next. I have the ND180 bc it looked good lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escondido_Talent Posted January 3, 2021 Report Share Posted January 3, 2021 My favorite rat is the sneaky and favorite wake non rat would be hiro billrilla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogervang Posted January 3, 2021 Report Share Posted January 3, 2021 48 minutes ago, Mossypumpkin said: Slammer is the set bar when it comes to wakes Listen to jesse. Haha swimbaitrookie, bigpoppabass, Kevinzap and 1 other 1 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mossypumpkin Posted January 3, 2021 Report Share Posted January 3, 2021 47 minutes ago, Kevinzap said: Ok thank you guys for the replies! Looks like i gotta try the bbz and the slammer next. I have the ND180 bc it looked good lol You didn’t do bad trying an nd 180. They get bit! Kevinzap 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevro1et Posted January 3, 2021 Report Share Posted January 3, 2021 I have caught a bunch of quality fish (and not-so-quality fish) over the past two seasons on the GanCraft OSA 115. NORTHERN_GLIDER, Kevinzap and Primus 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon P Posted January 4, 2021 Report Share Posted January 4, 2021 favorite topwater is the deadtwitch by a long shot, though favorite wake bait is the Bantam BT-force wake. Wish they made it in a larger size though, I had a few dozen fish days on it this fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjw2121 Posted January 5, 2021 Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 BBZ rat and it’s not close. Out performs all of them in my opinion. B_larkin3 and Loudsplashbassn_ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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