Flat Rap Report Card

[JBMasterAngler]

What are your thoughts and opinions on the flat rap? I bought a couple but haven't been able to use them yet. My main plan is to 3 way rig them, but are they good casting baits too?

[Nick Kuhn]

I've caught a few fish (average size bass and pike) on the smaller flat rap. It does run quite a bit shallower than I thought it would (~1 foot with 14 lb braid). Not the biggest problem, runs over the top of the weeds well and cuts through pencil reeds/bullrushes pretty well. It does look pretty good in the water. Color selection is poor IMO though.

[Dale Rueber]

I have been dragging flat raps around on the handline (heavy duty 3 way) since my first trip out this Spring. First fish in the boat this year was a 19" Walleye on perch colored flat rap. No noticible difference in numbers or size of fish caught between flat raps, original floaters, and husky jerk-baits. When I'm running the handline I like to run 2 different baits at the same time so normally I have been running a flat rap on one line and an original floater or husky jerk on the other.

Overall in the conditions I fish (St Croix and pool 3) the flat raps have not produced any more fish that the other lure choices. Right now for Walleye/Sauger color seems to be more important than shape or lure action.

I like having more options but more options costs more money.

Have not used x-raps much this year so i left the out of the comparison.

[bigdog]

I used the larger size in chrome as a jerk bait. Caught a number of Brown trout 5-13# and one Pike just over 20#.

[JBMasterAngler]

I mostly bought them more because al lindner told me I needed them (which is why I have about 90% of the rapala's I have). For some reason though I couldn't shake the idea out of my head that these particular rapala's would be good for lake trout.

[no bait nate]

tried one out today for the first time. great casting lure for shallow water. landed a few pike out of 2'-4' on the blue/chrome #8. looks like it will be a winner. i like that it only ran about 1'-2' below the surface, great for casting shorelines and over weed beds.

[squeedunk]

Used one on opener and the lip broke off after thumping some wood. There goes $6! I will stick with the original floaters after that piece of junk.

[mrpike1973]

i'm not trying to knock rapala but i to have had the bills break off quite often just glad it just wasnt me. they are still good lures

[Dark Cloud]

I cant wait to try these in the early fall at night. When the weeds are just starting to die back. Long casts and runs shallow...