Rapala X Rap Shad

Just thought I would do a quick write up on a lure which over the last two seasons has caught me literally hundreds of pike and perch.



In 6cm this lure has outfished every lure in the box, it literally is cheating, I had all my fish on the river the other week on number 4. The lure has a good rattle chamber and has a foil flash built into its body, the white or red tail flash also seems to make a big difference to its fish catching potensial.

The good think about the lure is that if you use a heavy enough trace the lure has a very slow sink which means you can cast and work it at almost any depth, but trolling is where it has been awesome. The lure trolls down to about 22ft with 40 yards of line out the back of the boat with a boat speed of 2.5mph.

On my first day pike and perch fishing on the rivers when they re-open, I will take a picture of every fish that falls to it just to show how deadly a lure it really is

Here is the promo of the lure on youtube which will show you how it works underwater

nice job

Top job mate nice one woody !!!

Try a couple of them lads you will love em

good canal lure ?

It will catch on any water mate, cast to the far bank and twitch it back with long pauses

seems t do the job woody.

The Bass seem to love em

the one colour the really prouces for me is the goldfish..i think this is due to the heavily peat stained waters in my area.

Thats the only colour I am missing, but dont tell our lass

i can see a purchase coming up,

Like a football team, some will have to leave before I can buy new players

be sure to sell the dummy's then wont ya.

There are a few

how does the no1 fish ady, it looks well, but there again they all do

jimmy wrote:how does the no1 fish ady, it looks well, but there again they all do

Thats clown flavour, its a great colour in coloured water

gonna get my self a a little baitcaster set up, any recomendations mate ?, not top end and not s**t.

Depends how seriously you want to get into it Jimmy, what type of lures you will be using and the venues you want to fish. I have 8 lure rods and all have a situation that they are perfect for, so there are not many rods that cover all the bases if you see what I mean

what it is, theres a mere just 2 mins up the road from me and it holds some pretty big girls to near or over the 30lb mark , now 1 third of that is more the mark ile be looking at but all said and done, ive never tried lure fishing but the mobility of it appeals to me and when i get to know whats what, have car will travel, you know what i mean, cheers

The general rule of thumb is large lures, large pike so you will be needing a jerkbait outfit matched with a multiplier with 80lb braid (Similar to my spodding outfit ) I will keep my eyes open for you pal, there is always something that comes up

jimmy wrote:gonna get my self a a little baitcaster set up, any recomendations mate ?, not top end and not s**t.

unlucky..i just sold a ET striker & daiwa 100shl loaded wi 20lb braid.Twas a super little set up wi the back bone to hold big pike.But i needed a bivvy & could'nt justify to my wife having 4 lure outfits. she won

joel wrote:

jimmy wrote:gonna get my self a a little baitcaster set up, any recomendations mate ?, not top end and not s**t.

unlucky..i just sold a ET striker & daiwa 100shl loaded wi 20lb braid.Twas a super little set up wi the back bone to hold big pike.But i needed a bivvy & could'nt justify to my wife having 4 lure outfits. she won

Carper

a bivvy

and only four lure outfits

you sir a certainly a closet carper

you should have said you were after a bivvy, or was it while ive been away?