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Rapala CountDown Hard Bait

About This Item

When you cast the CountDown® Hard Bait, it’s only a matter of time before landing your next big catch. Constructed from balsa, this hard bait has a slow-rolling swimming action that entices predators. In addition, it sinks at a consistent rate, allowing you to target specific depths. Hand-tuned, tanked-tested and equipped with VMC® black nickel hooks, the Rapala® CountDown Hard Bait is made to perform.

FEATURES:

  • Balsa construction
  • Slow-rolling swimming action
  • Sinks at a consistent rate to target specific depths
  • VMC® black nickel hooks
  • Hand-tuned and tank-tested
  • Ideal for casting

Model: CD01

  • Length: 1 in.
  • Weight: 1/16 oz.
  • Running Depth: 1-3 ft.
  • Hooks: One #12

Model: CD03

  • Length: 1 1/2 in.
  • Weight: 1/8 oz.
  • Running Depth: 2-3 ft.
  • Hooks: Two #12

Model: CD05

  • Length: 2 in.
  • Weight: 3/16 oz.
  • Running Depth: 3-6 ft.
  • Hooks: Two #10

Model: CD07

  • Length: 2 3/4 in.
  • Weight: 1/4 oz.
  • Running Depth: 5-8 ft.
  • Hooks: Two #7

Model: CD09

  • Length: 3 1/2 in.
  • Weight: 7/16 oz.
  • Running Depth: 7-10 ft.
  • Hooks: Two #5
  • Brand : Rapala
  • Country of Origin : Imported
  • Style : CD01, CD03, CD05, CD07, CD09
  • DSG Pro Tips
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REVIEWS

4.8
100%
Recommended

19 Reviews

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Great Lure

Bought this for trout and panfish. Works great. Highly recommend.

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Rapala

These little lures are trout magnets! I would recommend using in any PA or MD stream!

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I Never Leave Home Without Them In My Trout Box.

Hands down, a CD-1 is my go to lure for trout stream fishing. It really is a cant lose, unless you cast it in a tree.

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Works Amazing

Bought it runs amazing for steelhead and everything else

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Fishing Lure

I bought this lure just in time for spring crappies. Caught 3 over 10 inches my first day out

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Bass Fishing On The Golf Course

Bought this cause it works. The colo4 drives them mad.

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I Needed A Hard Bait

Needed something to go down through the water column. I use other Rapala crankbaits so this was my natural choice.

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Good For Panfish, Bass, Perch

I’m using these in a variety of colors in the late spring just after warmer temps move. Best success with black/white and bass colors. Lots of success with pan fish, bass and perch. Mostly smaller fish hit this but pan fish 6” and larger can get the look in their mouth. The occasional spotted bass will hit them in Lake Wylie SC. Use a Rapala knot and a medium retrieve speed for good action. I usually let them sink near the bottom and bounce along there. Not too much to hang up on with only the tail treble hook in the spring. Summer would be a different story with all the vegetation.

Rapala Countdown

In smaller sizes, this is a great lure for early season smallmouth bass!

Used This For Years!

I have used this bait for a number of years now. I use this silver Countdown #7 for white bass fishing in the spring. I have also used it to catch large mouth and small mouth bass in rivers during the summer. It is a really well made bait. I have only lost a few of these lures throughout the years. I have lost them because of being in a tree or snagged something underwater and broke the line trying to pull it in. I caught a Muskie one year on this lure and the teeth from the fish broke into the bait. I wasn’t fishing for it, but still caught it. I saved the lure just as a keep sake.

Awesome Bait!

I love this bait it is so versatile I have caught bream, crappie, catfish and bass.

Sinking Rapalas.

Sinking Rapalas are excellent trout lures. I use them 99 percent of the time that I fish for trout. If you were to look inside my fishing vest today you would probably find twenty assorted colors.

Best Little Trout Lure Ever

Been using these for years . Great for trout fishing , especially in rivers and streams . The front blade is bit fragile when hitting a rock or log , thus needing to buy more .

Rapala Fire Minnow Countdown #7

I purchased this Rapala at Dicks in San Luis Obispo. I'm glad I did because, with it, I caught an 8.1 pound Trout on March 25, 2019.

Great Lifelike Movement

Bought this item last month and it didn't disappoint. Countdown depth 1 ft per second as advertised and controlled depth with retrieve. Landed 2 rainbows over 18" in an hour of casting the river...

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