jigging rap ?

[jdog]

just wondering if you tip the rap with a minnow head and if so what hook the treble or the tail hook any help would be great thanks

[KTapper]

Some people pinch the head off and put that on the front put the body on the treble and the tail on the back of the rap. Just remember that tipping a jigging rap with minnows changes some of what it does.

[Fred_Bear]

I never tip a jigging rap. It changes the action too much for the little bit of smell that you get.

A lot of people cut the front hook off jigging raps because is seldom hooks fish and often gets caught on the bottom of the whole causing you to lose a fish. I've never had a problem with that so I leave the front hook on.

[sausageman]

Unless the fish bite is absolutly smoking...a tipped jigging rap will out fish a bear jigging rap.

I tip the treble with small fathead or a larger crappie minnow head and almost always catch them on the treble. Sometimes when fishing perch, crappie or white bass tipping the treble with euro larve or wax worms seems to out fish minnow heads.

Tipping the front or the back hook really changes the action...try tipping the treble hook with a pinched off minnow head and catch a lot of fish.

[NoWiser]

A jigging rap is my "go-to" bait for walleyes and perch. I would say 90% of the fish I have caught in the last 10 years have been on one. Tip the treble with a minnow head for walleyes, and either a minnow head or waxworms for perch. Usually stepping up to a little bigger treble hook greatly increases your hooking percentage unless the new ones come with bigger hooks (I haven't bought one in a couple years.) I have had terrible luck any time I have tried to use them without bait, but others experiences may vary.....

[T&KK]

What size jigging raps are you using for the perch and crappies?

[MNBEEF]

Just bought my first jigging rap this year. What presentation is the most effective?

[Chef]

Change the bottom hook to a #8 and hang a fathead head on it.

[troutmadness]

Like sausageman said, The only time i've caught walleyes on a bare jigging rap is when the bite is ON! otherwise I pinch the head off a minnow, tight to the gills and tip the treble. I will also drop it down aways and visually test its action to make sure I still get it to swim in circles. If it doesn't want to then i use a smaller head.

[Jim Almquist]

Put on a bigger treble hook and cut off the front and rear single hooks and tip the treble with a head of a minnow. Those single hooks will lose you a fish sooner or later and I never have ever had a fish hooked with one of the singles.They will hook the edge of your hole and your fish will get off.

[Steve Foss]

Put on a bigger treble hook and cut off the front and rear single hooks and tip the treble with a head of a minnow. Those single hooks will lose you a fish sooner or later and I never have ever had a fish hooked with one of the singles.They will hook the edge of your hole and your fish will get off.

+1

In the years I fished with raps before I cut off the front/rear single hooks, there were times that both the treble and rear hook were hooked in the fish's mouth, but never a time that one of the single hooks was the only hook in the mouth.

So I cut off fronts and rears, added a taller middle treble and never looked back. Catch rate seems the same as it was, and I don't lose any more fish at the hole from those darn single hooks catching the ice. If you mount the treble so one tine is pointing straight to the back of the lure, it'll balance better when you tip that rear tine with a minnow head. If you tip one of the tines sticking out sideways, the rap will be prone to running in circles when you jig it (which causes line twist and makes the rap spin in place when it's at rest).

[shnelson]

Do you guys typically use a small snap swivel for the darters?

[Steve Foss]

Do you guys typically use a small snap swivel for the darters?

Yes. Helps increase the action and makes swapping lures easier. I've always got swivels on the ends of the leaders on my walleye and laker jigging rods for those reasons.

[Irish]

I always tip my raps with a minnow head on the treble. I dont think it changes the action very much if at all. I have been lucky enough to never have one of the single hooks get caught on the bottom of the ice when I had a fish on. But it has happened when I was just reeling the lure in.

These are also very effective in open water.

[Sassyshad]

i also usually allways tip my jig and rap with a minnow head. i have also tipped it with a wax worm for pannies. i usually catch eyes and perch with a minnow tipped rap. the only time i dont tip it is when im crappie fishing. if u can find some big crappies they just nail the jig and rap without having to put any bait on it. and as far as catching anything on the front and rear single hook, never seen it happen. i always catch the fish on the trebble so thats where i put the minnow head or wax worm on, if i use bait that is.

[gill man]

I don't use Jigging Raps a LOT, but am starting to a little more. The other day I was doing well on perch with one. I had tipped the treble with a Little Atom Nuggie.

Same basic idea as a minnow head. It gives a little scent, and the tail on the Nuggie gives a little added wiggle too. The perch were liking it! I'll have to give it a try on the walleyes and see if they feel the same way. Just something else to try.

gill man