Bucca Bull Rat Swimbait

Mike Bucca Bull Rat Swimbait – A Noisy Surface Nightmare for Giant Bass

The Mike Bucca Bull Rat Swimbait is a bold topwater offering designed to provoke the most aggressive bass and predator strikes. Inspired by the natural behavior of swimming rodents, this surface wakebait features a realistic rat profile with a jointed body, oversized ears, and a loud, gurgling action that grabs the attention of lurking giants.

Whether you’re fishing at night, near laydowns, or through lily pads, the Bull Rat excels in triggering instinctive reaction bites. Each lure is handcrafted in the USA and painted with lifelike detail, combining artistry with raw fish-catching power. If you’re hunting for trophy largemouth, muskie, or striped bass, this is the kind of bait that makes memories.

Features:

• Realistic Rodent Profile
  Imitates a swimming rat—common prey for large bass and predators, especially near the shoreline or in overgrown cover.

• Jointed Surface Wake Action
  Multi-jointed body creates clacking movement and a loud wake that fish can hear and track in low-light conditions.

• Durable, Hand-Painted Build
  Made in the USA with heavy-duty components and highly detailed, lifelike paint jobs.

• Slow Floating Design
  Ideal for crawling across the surface at a steady pace, especially effective at dawn, dusk, or nighttime.

• Premium Terminal Hardware
  Equipped with tough split rings and sticky treble hooks to secure aggressive strikes.

Best Used For:

• Night fishing or low-light conditions

• Targeting big fish near brush piles, laydowns, or bank structure

• Early fall and summer when rodents are active

• Covering large flats or open water with a wide, noisy wake

Why Choose the Mike Bucca Bull Rat?

The Bull Rat Swimbait is not your average topwater lure—it's a bold, noise-making, trophy-hunting machine. Designed to mimic the natural motion of a rodent in distress, it’s a go-to bait when you need to call fish up from deep cover or trigger reaction bites in stained water or darkness. It’s loud, lifelike, and lethal—exactly what big fish are looking for.