Which brand and or color do you buy most often?

I need to upgrade my trap collection and a looking for some suggestions as to what brand/color to buy. I am going to buy about $100 worth of them.

Thanks

I throw nothing but Excalibur one knockers 5/8 and 3/4 ounce .... Replace the hooks with kvd triple grips .... The Excalibur hooks seem to bend really easy .
As far as colors you can't go wrong with Rayburn red,foxy shad. Chrome and black , chrome and blue

Those H20 xpress (Academy) "Rattlin-T" Baits are not too shabby....Red-Eye Shads are pretty good too.

chrome and blue...red craw...sexy shad. kvd red eyes, or academy brand

Each brand has a different sound. I keep a variety. Bill Lewis, Excalibur, strike king, and spro.

Lots of times one sound will not get bit while the one knocker will or vice versa... Also keep a few with no rattles.

Jody

Xcalibur one knocker, Rayburn Red. One knockers are all I buy really. I also buy sexy shad XR50. Thats should cover every situation.

I like the Excalibur XR50 / XR75

Replace hooks with Triple Grips 2xshort 1xstrong...

What size hooks for:

1/4 oz --

1/2 oz --

3/4 oz --

...thanks

For me #6 with 1/4

#4 with 1/2

#2 with 3/4

Works for me...

Well it looks like i need to go to BPS and get me some XCalibur traps...

Looking at getting the Rayburn Reds, Chrome Black, Blue Chrome Orange belly, and Foxy Shad....

That should get me started...

those are all good colors also check out blue/chourtuse works good in merky water like what the lakes are at now

Any version of Red, Chrome, and Gold are all you need.

I like rattle trap brand and h20 express. I like chrome/blue, shad, and my curent favorite is the h20 express in the hd bluegill, the one that is painted like an actual bluegill.

I have excaliburs, rat-l-trap, sexy shad. My go to however is my clackin' rap in crawdad. my number two go to is......white. I have hit them on most any lipless of choice in white.

Super Spots for me.

Gold

I like Red Eye Shads and the new Rapala Rippin' Raps.

Hey Jar Head I like the Red Eye Shad and I have many colors but I throw the chrome and blue 99% of the time.

Semper Fi

YES

My favorites are all Lewis traps. Half or quarter ounce.

1. Smoke
2. Red eye Shad
3. Classic red

I like excaliber. I also have some H2O and I use them alot.

+1 (red or crawfish color works OK in the spring but Rat L Trap in chrome and blue the rest of the year)

Rattle Trap

Lemon Bleeding Shad

Dollar-(not sure why they call it that but caught a lot of fish on it)

Smokey Joe

CHARTREUSE/BLACK BACK-(This one is awesome first 15 min off light)

The 1/2 oz. classic Bill Lewis Bleeding Shad Rat-L-Trap is one of the greatest baits of all time!

I love the 1/2 oz.Rat L Trap, and the chrome and blue colors are great, but I have never caught a fish on that darn bleeding shad. I think it is cursed!

You should always use multiple brands, many times I work an area and think I have cleaned it out and picked up another brand and catch a few more. This is why the knocker types can pick up a few more as well. Back in the day when Bill Lewis rattle trap was the best thing going, I would never buy one unless I shook it first. There where always a few that sounded different from the rest, and would produce 3 to 4 times more fish than the majority. I also had a friend who used a type called a Speeding Bullet, which are no longer in production, that could out produced the Lewis brand. Currently I favor the XR Excaliburs, Bill Lewis traps, and Strike King Red Eye.

Colors can be kept more simple, reds, croms, golds, with a few exceptios like variations in shad patterns (I like chartruese on one particular lake myself).
My favorites, depending on season are:
Rayburn red, red tiger (old school), gold chrome, chrome w blue back, chrome w black back, golden shiner, sexy shad, and smokey Joe.

This double digit was caught fishing behind 2 people throwing XR50's by a client using my traditional Bill Lewis red.