With the days shortening and the temps beginning to fall a bit, the fish are starting to feed up heavy for winter. For many anglers, they struggle at first during this transition as their summer patterns dwindle away. This time of year the fish are often on the move. That’s why the Rat-L-Trap really shines during this time with its supreme search-bait qualities.
On most waters across the country the shad becomes the primary baitfish this time of year. And no lure mimicks shad better than a Rat-L-Trap. The combo of the shad-like profile combined with the Liv-N-Sound™ qualities that sound like distressed shad schools, make The Trap® unbeatable when shad are being targeted.
All silver, white, and chrome lures can be great imitators of shad (click here to see all shad paints: http://rat-l-trap.com/products.php?size=&spid=&cid=1&srid=7&modelseries=).
The chrome tends to outperform the others under bright skies and water that’s not too muddy (click here to see all chrome: http://rat-l-trap.com/products.php?size=&spid=&cid=1&srid=4&modelseries= Day in and day out it’s hard to beat the Sexy West color when imitating shad this time of year(especially in stained water), and for that reason it’s our feature lure of the month:
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