Jigging Raps any luck?

[Fishing Frenzy]

I've tried useing jigging raps in past years for walleyes but I don't think I have actually caught a fish on them. Has anybody had any luck getting walleyes on them?

Edited December 17, 2016 by Fishing Frenzy

[monstermoose78]

Yeah the little ones can be killer on crappies perch and trout

[Sculpin]

They are excellent for both open water, and through the ice. I have caught tons of walleyes on Jigging Raps, and Puppet Minnows over the years,. I like to tip them with a minnow head, hang it on the treble under the bait. Putting something on the nose or tail hook may impede the action a bit. I also like to put a very small barrel swivel in-line above the bait to eliminate the constant spin that can take place once you have jigged it for awhile.  There is also a new bait out, similar to a Jigging Rap with a swivel already built in.

And I second what Moose said, the smaller ones are excellent on crappies, etc.

Keep jigging !  Good luck.   

[snagfinder]

The last few years all i can catch winter walleyes on is northland puppet minnows.

[Fishing Frenzy]

Thanks for the info. All I usually use is buck shot rattles and those work pretty well for walleyed crappies and Perch. I'll give the jigging raps another try this winter.

[Neighbor_guy]

I will almost always have one rigged up in some way or another. Either the smalles of them for panfish, the largest for lake trout, or one of the other sizes for walleyes/saugers. But I rarely tip them

 

they are an aggressive fish bait. So if the fish are on the bite they will hit it. 

[Bass Thumb]

When the crappies are active, the size 2 and 3 Raps are useful to coax bites from bigger fish, it seems. I don't catch many walleyes on them, but I'm not much of a walleye ice-angler. Pike like to bite them off. 

 

In open water, the 7/8oz, size 9 Rap in that chrome Perch color is very effective for big bass and walleye. I just figured that out this season. It doesn't seem to catch little ones. Anything that hits it is gonna be big. Either that or nothing. 24-36" rips, covering lots of water. 

[AlwaysFishing23]

I've had very good luck on the number 3 parrot color. One of my go to walleye baits ice fishing.

[carpshooterdeluxe]

If your not confident in the jigging raps, try the #4 rippin raps.

[Jim Panfish Uran]

You really can't work them too aggressively at prime time or while you are in search mode. Slow it down and watch how they react to it once they come in. They work well on crappies too!!!

[Rick G]

Seems walleyes will hit a jigin rap when nothing else will work. They are my all time favorite search lure, and not just for walleyes. I have gotten plenty of big crappies and pearch on them. Even a few accidental bullgills fell for jiggin raps

[Fishing Frenzy]

I've used them when walleyesnare really biting and can't get nothing. Then switch back to hook I had on when I was catching them then I catch them again. Maybe I'm using it wrong, I put minnow head on it and jig it slow, fast in the middle and can't seem to get any takers.

[Wanderer]

Rip it!!

 

There isn't anything subtle about fishing a jigging rap.  After ripping it a few times let it swim back to center, pause it for no more than a few seconds, then rip it again.

[Borch]

Every lure has it's time.  I'very killed them on jigging raps at times and other times wouldn't get a touch.  Don't be afraid to pound the bottom with them and rip them aggressively.  I rarely tip them with bait.

[Bass Thumb]

What colors are you guys using? UV pink and chrome perch are the ones that work for me. 

[Wanderer]

6 minutes ago, BassThumb. said:

What colors are you guys using? UV pink and chrome perch are the ones that work for me. 

 

For me it depends on water clarity, depth and specie type; so I have a variety.  Some are natural colors and others are very busy and bright.

 

 

[Jim Almquist]

I like them for aggressive fish but feel they will spook neutral feeding Walleyes. For those I would rather use a vertical bait and just twitch a minnow head once they come in. Rip it or give it 1 foot lifts to attract and then wait and twitch.

[monstermoose78]

I have even caught some monster gills on them