rapala colours

.james1984

hi guys. just wondering what colour rapalas ye favour for trout

bayliner

the light perch one is the good i find, though ive got them up to 4lb on a rainbow rapalla too,both perch ones have got me trout, ild pick out the light coloured perch one 1st followed by the rainbow, black and gold is good too....

.james1984

thanks bayliner. by the look of your location you fish lough ree as well.

dodderangler

What's lakes has rainbows in it that rapalas can be used just out I interest

.james1984

ive no idea but there working on lough mask these days. talking to a man that caught 2 on one today. thats why i asked the original question. i was wondering does there need to be a prey fish of the same colours to be any use

bayliner

.james1984 wrote: »

ive no idea but there working on lough mask these days. talking to a man that caught 2 on one today. thats why i asked the original question. i was wondering does there need to be a prey fish of the same colours to be any use

i have got lots of brown trout on the rainbow rapala, and yes on ree mate, i have a few brown trout rapalas too but havent got too many on those funny enough!!! i find the roach rapala better for mask, or the black and gold, though to be honest its tazzies all the way once the water levels drop back to near normal!!! on both ree and mask

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Brown trout
Brook trout
Rainbow trout
Glass perch
Black and gold
Perch
Roach
All in 7cm

Had nothing on ree today mind....

stevenmu

.james1984 wrote: »

I was wondering does there need to be a prey fish of the same colours to be any use

Not necessarily, I've had big trout or two on a silver coloured shad rappala (the silver one here) on Mask, and I hooked into what I think was a big pike (that got away) with it there too.

The more natural ones definitely work better and more regularly, but it's always worth having something entirely different to try for the days that they don't.

mattcullen

bayliner wrote: »

i have got lots of brown trout on the rainbow rapala, and yes on ree mate, i have a few brown trout rapalas too but havent got too many on those funny enough!!! i find the roach rapala better for mask, or the black and gold, though to be honest its tazzies all the way once the water levels drop back to near normal!!! on both ree and mask

hows it going man, just wondering what size trebles you rig the tazzies with for trout and if you find the bigger or smaller tazzies better?
do you get line twist when trolling with them?

bayliner

mattcullen wrote: »

hows it going man, just wondering what size trebles you rig the tazzies with for trout and if you find the bigger or smaller tazzies better?
do you get line twist when trolling with them?

i use the trebles that come with them, but i cut off the wire insert and put a small swivel and split ring on the hook, use 2 barrell swivels roughly a metre up the line to counteract any line twist, i only use one size the standard one, 50 or 60mm? its not everyones way of fishing them but it works for me:D

dodderangler

Il be fishing lough owel end of month in a competition between some mates and have won it twice in 3 years using same tazmanian devil
It's had a perch colouring on it and is great for trawling and when I stop the boat and just cast it I turn the lure opposite way and always works as the taz can be used in two ways
Never figured out why but it does work that way
Anyone care to tell me why

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Its designed to be used both ways...

mattcullen

bayliner wrote: »

i use the trebles that come with them, but i cut off the wire insert and put a small swivel and split ring on the hook, use 2 barrell swivels roughly a metre up the line to counteract any line twist, i only use one size the standard one, 50 or 60mm? its not everyones way of fishing them but it works for me:D

Thanks for the advice, appreciated

mattcullen

As a matter of interest when you lads go trolling do you change lures and set up to target pike or can you use the same gear as for trout? I'm wondering would you need wire traces, stronger line etc for pike.

stevenmu

I definitely use wire traces when targetting pike. I've seen some people say you can use a leader of heavy line and that will be ok, and as many people say that it has to be wire, so I'm not sure about that but I'd always stick with wire.

Normal line is definitely to light and a pike can chew through it too easily leaving them with a lure stuck in their mouth, so it's not something I'd want to risk.

dodderangler

mattcullen wrote: »

As a matter of interest when you lads go trolling do you change lures and set up to target pike or can you use the same gear as for trout? I'm wondering would you need wire traces, stronger line etc for pike.

If there is even a handful of pike on a trout lake I'd always put a trace on just to be sure
I was told there wasn't pike in lough Owel and low and behold I got one on a taz trawling for trout
Just leave trace on won't do any harm

mattcullen

dodderangler wrote: »

If there is even a handful of pike on a trout lake I'd always put a trace on just to be sure
I was told there wasn't pike in lough Owel and low and behold I got one on a taz trawling for trout
Just leave trace on won't do any harm

sound, so it doesn't spook the trout or anything?

dodderangler

mattcullen wrote: »

sound, so it doesn't spook the trout or anything?

I've always caught trout on taz with wire trace
Course there are different ones to use
I'd say home made ones may effect it a bit but ones in the shop come in all lengths and have different colours
I usually use black traces or green (probably only colour they have )
Even the ones from lidl have worked

mattcullen

dodderangler wrote: »

I've always caught trout on taz with wire trace
Course there are different ones to use
I'd say home made ones may effect it a bit but ones in the shop come in all lengths and have different colours
I usually use black traces or green (probably only colour they have )
Even the ones from lidl have worked

Nice one cause it's the Lidl ones I have! Appreciate you taking the time to reply. Good luck in your comp man