Strike King Rage Tail Craw

The Strike King Rage Tail Craw is one of the most versatile craw-style soft plastics in bass fishing, combining a streamlined body with oversized Rage Tail pincers that create aggressive swimming action, vibration and water displacement.

Whether you're flipping it into heavy cover, dragging it across the bottom, swimming it through vegetation or using it as a jig trailer, the Rage Craw produces action that bass can see and feel.

It's a proven choice for largemouth bass, smallmouth bass and other freshwater predators whenever crawfish or bluegill are part of the forage.

Signature Rage Tail Action

The defining feature of the Rage Craw is its pair of oversized Rage Tail pincers.

The specialized claw design produces aggressive flapping action as the bait moves through the water, creating substantially more disturbance than a traditional craw-style soft plastic.

That action makes the Rage Craw effective whether you're slowly working the bottom, swimming it through grass or using it behind a jig.

4" Crawfish Profile

The 4-inch body gives the Rage Craw enough size to attract quality bass without becoming difficult to rig or fish.

Its streamlined body works well on a variety of hooks and jigs, while the oversized claws create a larger visual presence once the bait starts moving.

It's an excellent combination when bass are feeding around crawfish, bluegill and other shallow-water forage.

Multiple Ways to Fish the Rage Craw

One of the biggest reasons to keep Rage Craws in the tackle box is versatility.

Texas Rig

Texas-rig the Rage Craw weedless and fish it around:

• Hydrilla

• Lily Pads

• Laydowns

• Docks

• Brush

• Reeds

• Shoreline Vegetation

• Heavy Cover

The claws generate movement as the bait falls and continue working as you hop or drag it across the bottom.

Jig Trailer

The Rage Craw is an outstanding trailer for flipping jigs, football jigs and swim jigs.

Pair it with the Strike King Tour Grade Swimming Jig for a high-action combination designed to cover grass, docks, wood and shallow cover.

The Rage Craw's large flapping claws add substantial movement behind the jig and can help keep a swim jig riding higher in the water column during slower retrieves.

Carolina Rig

The Rage Craw can also be Carolina-rigged when bass move onto deeper points, ledges and offshore structure.

Its active claws continue producing movement behind the weight, giving fish a craw-style presentation with considerably more action than a conventional soft plastic.

Swim It Through Grass

Don't think of the Rage Craw strictly as a bottom bait.

Its aggressive claw action makes it highly effective when swimming through hydrilla, along grass lines and across submerged vegetation.

A steady retrieve allows the Rage Tail pincers to work continuously, creating a presentation that can imitate both a fleeing crawfish and a small forage fish.

Excellent for Florida Bass Fishing

The Rage Craw is especially well suited to Florida's vegetation-heavy bass fisheries.

Texas-rig it around hydrilla and pads, flip it into thick shoreline cover or put it behind a swim jig when bass are feeding along grass lines.

It's exactly the kind of versatile soft plastic that earns a permanent spot in a Florida bass tackle box.

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Choosing a Rage Craw Color

Green Pumpkin — One of the best all-around choices for natural crawfish presentations and clearer water.

Watermelon Red — Excellent around Florida vegetation and in clearer lakes and ponds.

Junebug — A Florida favorite that excels in stained water, vegetation and lower-light conditions.

Black & Blue — Excellent for dirty water, heavy cover and situations where you want a stronger silhouette.

Match the color to water clarity, available forage and the skirt color of your jig when using the Rage Craw as a trailer.

Features

• 4" craw-style soft plastic

• Signature Rage Tail design

• Oversized flapping pincers

• Produces strong vibration and water displacement

• Streamlined body for easy rigging

• Excellent jig and swim-jig trailer

• Texas-rig and Carolina-rig capable

• Can be flipped, pitched, dragged or swam

• Effective around vegetation and heavy cover

• Multiple proven bass colors

• Designed for largemouth and smallmouth bass

Best For

• Largemouth Bass

• Smallmouth Bass

• Florida Bass Fishing

• Flipping & Pitching

• Texas Rigs

• Carolina Rigs

• Jig Trailers

• Swim Jig Trailers

• Hydrilla & Grass

• Docks & Laydowns

• Heavy Cover

• Offshore Structure

Why Choose the Strike King Rage Tail Craw?

There are plenty of craw-style soft plastics, but the Rage Craw is designed to create considerably more movement than a traditional craw imitation.

The oversized Rage Tail claws begin working as the bait moves, allowing one soft plastic to cover techniques that would otherwise require several different styles of bait.

Flip it into cover, drag it along the bottom, put it behind a jig or swim it through grass.

That versatility is a major reason the Rage Craw has become one of the most recognizable designs in Strike King's Rage Tail lineup.

Premier Tackle Take

The Strike King Rage Tail Craw is one of those bass baits we like because there isn't just one way to fish it.

For Florida bass, we'd especially use it Texas-rigged around vegetation or behind a swim jig.

If you're fishing grass, pair it with the Strike King Tour Grade Swimming Jig. The streamlined jig and high-action Rage Craw make a very effective combination for covering hydrilla edges, reeds, docks and other shallow cover.

For colors, Green Pumpkin and Watermelon Red are excellent natural starting points. When the water gets stained or you're fishing thicker cover, we'd move toward Junebug or Black & Blue.

If you want one craw-style soft plastic capable of flipping, dragging and swimming, the Rage Craw is an easy bait to keep stocked.

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