The emerging popularity of silent crankbaits should come as no surprise to those of us who recall the 1960s, when you couldn’t find a rattling bait on tackle shelves. That all changed in the early ’70s when Bill Lewis Lures’ Rat-L-Trap became one of the greatest lure phenomena in the history of bass baits. Other lure makers began filling hollow cavities with tiny BBs or solid metal balls to create clunking or high-pitch clatter that seemed to drive bass wild
