So there's this new Kenders T-Rip micro lipless crank bait lure this year. It comes in two sizes, 1/2 inch and 3/4 inch in 1/32 oz. and 3/32 oz. respectively. Treble hook size is #16 and #14 and has a single hook to switch. Lure has a rattle chamber too.
I like the profile look of these better than their K-Rips. The slender profile sort of reminds me of the Rapala Slab Rap, but only in a micro size profile. These are a great alternate choice to their K-Rip micro lipless crank baits.
I will try these as they are but may actually plan to swap out the stock hooks for a larger single hook. I'm thinking a size 8 to possibly a size 2 hook for upsizing. With such small looking sized lures, it's almost like having just a jig head with hooked attached via a split ring.
Kenders T-Rip
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Kenders T-Rip
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Re: Kenders T-Rip
I finally had a chance to put the new Kenders T-Rip to use for some ice fishing. I actually took the treble off and installed a single hook to fish first. Originally my plan was to fish it as OEM, but I had to do the tweaked lure first. I did have an OEM in tackle box but left it alone.
The larger one I put like a size 6 sproat hook. The smaller one I put an Owner Mosquito size 8. I did fish along side the Kenders K-Rip Micro. Being 3/32 oz. in weight it had more sinking rate than the 1/16 oz. K-Rip Micro. The diminutive size of these lures makes them great forage for bluegill and to my surprise I caught deep water blue gills on the larger of the two. The single hook was very effective for blue gills and worked so much better than a treble hook. Even with the crappie bite, I got solid hook sets on the single hook. I think the best advantage to the single hook was that it was not standing point upwards like typical jig hook. I had the hook more so flat. I was thinking that I would miss a lot of hook set due to that, but it was just fine and probably better.
Because the water was so stained, I couldn't see how the lure would perform down the hole. Within the first feet inside the hole, I see that the T-Rip like to do a slight forward darting. While I'm sure it would just spiral on the fall like how most jigs would from the ice hole. The Kenders T-Rip gets my recommend to buy and try. It has a different profile from normal round/oval lipless crank baits.
Now if they would just make a little bit larger at one full inch.
The larger one I put like a size 6 sproat hook. The smaller one I put an Owner Mosquito size 8. I did fish along side the Kenders K-Rip Micro. Being 3/32 oz. in weight it had more sinking rate than the 1/16 oz. K-Rip Micro. The diminutive size of these lures makes them great forage for bluegill and to my surprise I caught deep water blue gills on the larger of the two. The single hook was very effective for blue gills and worked so much better than a treble hook. Even with the crappie bite, I got solid hook sets on the single hook. I think the best advantage to the single hook was that it was not standing point upwards like typical jig hook. I had the hook more so flat. I was thinking that I would miss a lot of hook set due to that, but it was just fine and probably better.
Because the water was so stained, I couldn't see how the lure would perform down the hole. Within the first feet inside the hole, I see that the T-Rip like to do a slight forward darting. While I'm sure it would just spiral on the fall like how most jigs would from the ice hole. The Kenders T-Rip gets my recommend to buy and try. It has a different profile from normal round/oval lipless crank baits.
Now if they would just make a little bit larger at one full inch.
slip bobbing is the laziest way to fish