"Rayburn Red"

What color is "Rayburn Red"?

I'm not talking about one of the lipless knockoffs that are out on the market now. I was having a conversation with an old timer the other day about trapping on Sam Rayburn and between the both of us we couldn't figure out which one of the numerous Bill Lewis color schemes is officially "Rayburn Red"?

This is what I always thought or knew.

X caliber - "Rayburn red"

Dark green back....rust red/orange....gold flecks......I have Rayburn gold too.....black back.....more red....more and bigger gold accents

Gonna be almost as bad as "Brown Eye" Color!

Maybe I got played. Lol.

I can't find a Bill Lewis color chart that shows a Rayburn Red. I have found a Rayburn Red Zombie that is a newer color with a fish scale pattern. However, the Superspot did have an official Rayburn Red color.



I think Rayburn Red traps were a nickname for the one pictured up top. But I think it was called red shad on the color charts

This is the one I buy, not Bill Lewis, though. Is it supposed to match SHAD colors CRAW colors of something else?




It seems close to the Rayburn Red Craw that Rat-L-Trap has now:

Cordell Super Spot was the original "Rayburn Red" and was used more frequently than the Red Craw Trap back in the day. It was used mainly because it would run a little higher on 20lb line than the Trap, and just tick the grass, before we learned how effective ripping the Trap was.

Its been my experience....these reaction baits are moving so fast....bass don't notice all the small details....they don't grab them...look at them...and say..."yum....I think I'll eat this"....they see something red and react...Years ago..I use to make my own spinnerbaits with very intricate paint schemes....then I changed to, either, one color bodies or at the most two color combos....I couldn't tell the difference in catching fish.....however....the pretty baits do catch fishermen.....IMO

Makes sense, HOWEVER real world applications don't follow that. I've seen times when we had to manually paint the white Zombie Stripes on our Traps to make them bite. And it had to be a specific Red Trap with the Gold Back too! I don't know if they had "Calibrated" eyeballs but it made the difference. Same with other colors also. The Brown Eye was a very specific color too. Different shade or different stripe made a difference. But I LIKE your THINKING! It would help me to lighten my boat load.

I have come to the conclusion its the red colored bait that catches fish on rayburn. My dad has a bait he calls rayburn red. I have a box of rayburn red baits.

http://www.nativeoutdoors.com/cotton-cor...fg#.VK_jzNLF-So

This

Dad had an old Rayburn red from the 80s and I have one from a few years back. They are supposedly the same color "Rayburn red" but they aren't. If they are hitting that color that day he usually catches a few more.

While specific lines may not matter, the color of red/orange will definitely effect your catch rates in different colored water.

Sometimes it needs to be bright red, sometimes a rust colored red, and sometimes orange is what they want.

Lol, it's bass fishing, I don't think your going to be able to buy one lure that will always be "the Deal".

The one Fouzman posted is it from what I was told many many years ago

$ 1.99 --- dang 20 bucks will get you a sack full.. I'd say Rock was right on...

This is the original Bill Lewis in Rayburn Red. At least that is what I was told years ago.

But I have caught way more fish on this. Till I tried to cover up the scratches with some finger nail polish, I swear I think they quit wanting it as much after I did that. That Hot Spot has caught one or two fish over the years.

Or maybe Rayburn fish just don't eat red traps like they used to.

There has to be enough fish to eat them first...

SMH.... Funny post...

Here is what the Bill Lewis Site has listed BUT these are the NEW Colors.


Rayburn Red Craw


Rayburn Red Zombie

I honestly do not remember there being a SPECIFIC Color associated with the Rattle Trap Name. I think it was just a generic wording for a "Red" lipless bait.

You guys are proving my point. Same conversation with that old timer Rayburn Veteran.

That looks like fried green tomato.

I agree with Bigron. Years ago I was catching fish on a chrome blue back rattle trap that had black tiger stripes on the side. Fish after fish after fish. Then I thought I would experiment so I tied on a plain chrome blue back rattle trap, same size, and fished. It still caught fish but not as many, so I switched back and the catch rate went up again. On that day the black stripe on the side made a difference.

I carry an assortment of red, orange, and brown in various different brands of lipless baits in late winter,early spring. You never know which one they will like best that day.

Let me find my tournament box from the 70's.....the best I can remember it is not even red. The old timers know.......

Milo!!!

Milo....now that's a bait I haven't heard in years. That thing would catch them though

Rattling Milo! Buddy was throwing a red rattling Milo one winter day on Fork and putting on a clinic compared to my red rattletrap. Finally gave me one and my day got way better. Can't explain why but that day it was just what they wanted. Fork guide gave a couple to him.

Those may be "Rayburn Red", but where I fished yesterday, those fish would have nothing to do with anything Rayburn Red😉
Crank bait or trap

Rayburn Red has a slight Orange tint with the Green back. Looks like a crawfish pattern.

Rayburn red always works.....

In the right hands ....... I can make any lure any color NOT WORK on Sam Rayburn.

There is truth to what both of you are saying. Sometimes burning a bait at high speeds with a simple paint scheme is the ticket. However, there are times i work traps [on a gravel bottom] like a jig or deadstick them on the bottom and lift them like a spoon. When I do this, extremely realistic lures make a difference. I also think that some of these tweaked and intricate baits work better because of confidence they can give an angler.

Put short shank hooks on them and you can go to a larger hoop without them tangling