DT series Rapalas

[elnutsmalljaws]

My buddy and I was fishing Ky last spring and I put on a DT4 Firetiger fresh out of the pack and began to kill them one cast after another for about an hour or so. After catching several fish I reeled in after a cast with grass on it and slapped the water and to my suprise the bill came apart still tied to my line but he body was floating away. I netted the bait and was not happy for I only had bought 1 of that kind. I tied on every other crank in my box that morning and did not get another bite. I emailed Rapala due to them not having a customer service number on their website at that time ( I don't know if they do now or not). Telling them what a great bait they came out with and how it caught fish but it would be better if it did not come apart. They emailed me back with a phone number so I called, long story short, I sent back the DT4 Firetiger crank and got back a box full which contained 6 of the exact DT4 Firetiger that I sent plus 6 other DT4 in various colors, 6-DT6, 6-DT10 and 6-DT16 all in various colors. Not a bad deal, me send them 1 crankbait and they send me 30 crankbaits in return. I did tell them if they did not stand by their product that I had a big mouth and could type all day on fishing websites about them not honoring their defective product. Maybe I got lucky, Maybe this is standard procedure, either way I got plenty in my box now and LOVE THEM because they do catch fish. My first choice when cranking is the DT series.

Tight Lines

[Biggofish]

I have used the DT 4,6 and 10 since they came out and not had a problem with any of them They are probably my most used crankbait. I also started using the Flat DT series this spring and have not had any problems with those either.

[mhall]

Morale of the story, QUIT slapping baits on top of water. That's one of my pet peeves in my boat, I can't stand it when somebody slaps the water with a bait all day. You would be amazed how many fish you are scaring off.

[VMAXX]

Like Mr Hall said you should not ever slap a balsa crankbait on the water to clean it 9 out of 10 will break and it gets worse in cooler water.


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[decker]

How deep do these baits run i have never thrown one?

[Dave Stewart]

I was wondering if anyone was going to pick up on the fact that slapping a crankbait on the water is begging for a broken bait...and I definitely agree with mhall....it is not a "fish caller"

[300ZX]

My problem certainly isn't from slapping the dt's on the water, maybe from bumping stumps and rocks during the retrieve. Just seems to me they have weak bills.