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The following information was submitted from email on Wednesday, September 21, 2011 3:59 PM
Hey Charles,
So I finally had a chance to fish the new jig heads...
there was 4 of us on the boat, person #1 caught a keeper red, person #2 caught a keeper trout,
person #3 caught 4 keeper trout, I was the only one using the rockport rattlers and I came home with 3 keeper reds, 2 keeper trout and a flounder. Not bad...
Ray De La Rosa
Marina Village Inc.
Pirate's Landing Restaurant & Pier,
Black Jacks Grill, Pier 19
and Laguna Bob's Bar on the Bay
956-943-6800 office
956-943-2318 fax
The following information was submitted from your website at www.rockportrattler.com at 2011-08-22 14:32:32
Name : Logan S.
Comments : Just wanted to stop and tell yall thank you! Started using your jig heads this year and my catches have doubled in the muddy water of East Matagorda. I ran a test and was quite about them for 3 trips with buddies until one asked me what I was doing differnt than them... I am intrested to see how they fair in the clear waters to come this fall.
Thanks again!
Great Catch! - GREAT PICTURE - Tom Miller - Snook Caught 5/31/2011
This 10lb. snook was caught in Everglades National Park on a 1/4 oz. Red Rockport Rattler jig & a white 4 inch Berkely Gulp mullet. It was the 1st time I used your jigs & my grandson & I caught everything from snook,specks, flounder to lizzard fish & even a blowfish!
We will be using them again... by the way, do you have any plans to make any heavier jigs for us folks up in the northeast? I think they would be deadly on our summer flounder[ fluke ].
Fishing in Baffin and Catching! on Monday, April 04, 2011
Fishing in Baffin is very good right now. water temp is in the mid 70's. We caught these fish in 2 to 3 ft of water, targeting isolated grass patches. All fish were caught using 1/8 oz. Rockport Rattlers and 5 in. Die Dappers w/ any type of chartreuse on it. Slow retrieve worked best ! Just "chunkin and windin" , bottom contact was the key. The water was off color ( because of the relentless wind!!) So the rattling head and the large paddle tail helped the fish find the bait. Largest fish weighed 6lbs. several over 4 lbs. All those fish were released! All these fish were feeding on mullet, so find the bait...find the fish !
Great product Charles ! Keep it up !
Books and Magazine Articles
“Jigheads with rattles such as the Rockport Rattler™ have also been proven to be effective …”
Jay Watkins – GCC Texas Saltwater Fishing Magazine, December 2006 issue, “Let’s make some Noise”
“There is a local entrepreneur and fisherman in Rockport who makes a very unique jig head called the Rockport Rattler which I have found to be very productive.”
Ray Crawford – page 117, Wade and Kayak Fishing on the Coastal Bend of Texas. http://www.texascoastalfishingbooks.com
Pro Guides and Tourney Anglers
“I’ve been fishing the same areas for the past 25 years; only now are we catching the 30” plus trout and winning boats in tournaments since using your Rockport Rattler jigs”
Sonny Trujillo, Corpus Christi, Texas
Fishing Reports and posts from I-Net
----- Original Message -----
From: <Bryan Norton>
Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 7:37 PM
Subject: I'm hooked, and so were the trout!
>
> Fished Memorial day in bad conditions with the wind howling. I fished off the Surf Court pier, using Norton Sand eel Jrs.
> Friday night I used a generic jig, and caught 10 specks, but the largest was 13". I didn't realize how frustrating it was to catch trout you can't keep!
>
> So I had to try the Rockport Rattler after reading the good reviews and went to Rockport Tackle Town and bought some Saturday morning. Second cast with the Glow head 1/8 oz hooked up to the same Sand eels and caught an 18" keeper!
> Fishing was outstanding! While others watched, I pulled in trout regardless of where I was on the pier.
> Wound up with 4 nice keepers (18") 16 I had to throw back, and even caught a few sand trout and a mullet (?!) looks like anything will hit this rig!
>
> I have never had that many strikes, I lost a few more but it was nothing short of amazing how often fish would hit the Rattler! I'm already telling my friends and we can't wait to get back on the water to show them how great it is.
