![]() ![]() Each lure is hand-tuned and tank-tested to swim perfectly right out of the box. All come with premium VMC black nickel hooks. Premiere finishes in all the right color patterns finished with 3D holographic or painted eyes. The internal baritone rattle is tuned for the best sound performance. It's the most effective way to cover more water and catch more fish. Simply put, the farther the cast, the longer the bait stays in the strike zone. Perfectly weighted to rest in a “quick-dive” nose down position allowing for immediate descent to the desired depth, the DT can be easily cast 150 feet. Swimming with a side-to-side action only balsa crankbaits can achieve, the DT cranks deep, yet pulls with ease. Ultra-thin polycarbonate lip digs the bait down quickly to the desired depth. Made from the top seven percent of balsa wood, this consistently perfect wood combined with carefully placed internal weights, tapered fuselage, and thin tail design creates the ultimate crankbait action, found only in the DT family. Really nice flash and roll, along with vibration. Point her in the right direction, turn her loose on gravel, rock, or sand, and keep a fire grip on your knickers.The Rapala DT (Dives-To) Series of crankbaits, dive fast to a preset depth and stay in the “strike zone” longer than any other crankbait on the market. 19 Location Bug Tussle My PB: Please Choose Favorite Bass: All three Super User Posted SeptemDT-4 is a great alternative to a true squarebill. The Xcs100 runs to about 3 feet and comes through cover and over rock ridges and other obstacles like a champ. When applied to the Xcs100, it immediately proved itself to be a go-to in all types of smallmouth water. Patrick Walters loves to throw crankbaits and he sees the DT 8 as a surefire. Elite Pro Alton Jones to design or replicate the world's most effective smallmouth color pattern for its Xcs100 Square Lip crankbait and he immediately knew what it would be, Smallmouth Green, a color pattern that had been his favorite years before on a Bomber bait. The newest bait to the Rapala DT lineup - The DT 8. The action and profile are perfect strike triggers, but the icing on the cake (and often the difference between catching a bunch or none at all) is the color pattern. There's no doubt that a shallow-running square lip crankbait is a great smallmouth bait. But the most amazing thing about it is the depth it can achieve for its size, getting down about 8 feet with a long cast on 10-pound monobut it can achieve about 12 feet when using 10-pound braid, if you submerge the rod tip and find the optimum speed, making it one of the most versatile baits on this list. The Series 300 Bandit fights through obstacles like few other cranks, so I like it around wood and boulders. When I write about smallmouth cranks without mentioning Bandits I get mail. Great bait with "new wave" gear (4-pound braid on long, light-action rods).īandits are favorites with a lot of people. And it catches more incidental walleyes than any other crank on this list, with the possible exception of the LiveTarget Smallmouth. Often needs tuning, but get a Rip Shad running on a line and few cranks can beat it during the hottest weather of the year. The 200 Series is so subtle I sometimes forget I'm using a crank and start fishing it like a plastic worm half way through the retrieve. The Rapala DT Series lures, designed by crankbait authority David Fritts, dives fast and stay in the strike zone longer than any other crankbait on the. The 400 series often takes its place in reservoirs and lakes, where fish are a little deeper during summer. ![]() When flows slow down and become low and clear, the subtle action and slim profile of the 200 Series Rip Shad creates the optimum trigger. (Try it in other situations and let me know how it works out.)įor several years now, this has been my top producer in rivers during summer. Which is a dumb excuse, but I actually have little experience with it outside lakes from spring until about mid summer. This bait has such great triggering action I would use it all the time, but it's so pretty I'd hate to lose one. When I see smallies spitting up smallies, I reach for the Live Target-the most realistic smallmouth sculpture ever morphed into a lure. And on some systems, smallmouths spawn so prolifically they create their own forage base, especially early in the year. I know this will come as a shock, but smallmouths are cannibals. I put the Hornet right up there with a DT 6 as one of those baits that can always catch a few no matter what the conditions are. The bill shape is unique in the industry, and creates an equally unique and deadly action. If you want a subtle bait, get the Hornet down to it's running depth and walk it slowly, steadily along. ![]() If you want an aggressive, erratic bait-rip a Hornet. I honestly don't know how to describe the action of the Hornet. ![]()
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