ARCHER Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 Have any of you modified or altered rattletraps or other vibrating baits? I need a good recipe for this. How much weight to add, how many BB's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basspro48 Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 Welcome to the forum ARCHER, one real good modification for rat-l-traps is if you are fishing extremely cold water or pressured fish and need more of a "finess-trap" drill a small hole in the bottom of it, near the head, and squirt some super glue in there to secure all of the bb's. Then seal and epoxy the hole. Now you must be wondering "why in the world would you do this?" Well, it helps to give the fish a different look and sound, the glue holds all of the bb's together so you have an almost non-rattling trap, and the fish just pick up the vibration of the bait. I picked this up from Randy Howell at Bassmaster University. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARCHER Posted February 4, 2006 Author Share Posted February 4, 2006 Thanks BP, I now have access to a full machine shop and was thinking about performing some alterations to crankbaits that I've fished for the last twenty five years. I'd also like to get into painting them. I'm fishing highly pressured waters here, and thought it would be good to have some baits that are different in action and color. I'll try the superglue trick. I feel they need to be quieted down anyway. I'm glad to join the forum. There's plenty of knowledge here, and I hope I can add to it. Thanks, Archer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 I left one in my car window all summer, it expanded a little bit. I haven't noticed any results. :-/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cephkiller Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 I left one in my car window all summer, it expanded a little bit. I haven't noticed any results. :-/ I have heard you can boil them in water and it will increase therir bouyancy and make them run shallower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cephkiller Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 Welcome to the forum ARCHER, one real good modification for rat-l-traps is if you are fishing extremely cold water or pressured fish and need more of a "finess-trap" drill a small hole in the bottom of it, near the head, and squirt some super glue in there to secure all of the bb's. Then seal and epoxy the hole. Now you must be wondering "why in the world would you do this?" Well, it helps to give the fish a different look and sound, the glue holds all of the bb's together so you have an almost non-rattling trap, and the fish just pick up the vibration of the bait. I picked this up from Randy Howell at Bassmaster University. Di you have to make sure the BBs are in a certain location when they are fixed so you don't negatively effect the balance and running characteristics of the bait? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest whittler Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 Archer, before you start modifing the traps cut 1 in half and see what the inside structure looks like, this information will pay off as proceed. Knowing how many chambers the bait has and the position of the rattles can save a lot of trial and error when drilling later. If the weights are glued in off center you have turned a bait into an ornament. This Mad-N autopsy shows what you dealing with inside, the trap will be different but gives you an idea why you can't just drill without knowing whats there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basspro48 Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 Di you have to make sure the BB's are in a certain location Nope, just drill a hole and squirt some glue in there. But as Whittler said, you better take one apart so you know where the BB's are located and the correct spot to drill the hole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Gatorbassman Posted February 11, 2006 Super User Share Posted February 11, 2006 Archer, before you start modifing the traps cut 1 in half and see what the inside structure looks like, this information will pay off as proceed. Knowing how many chambers the bait has and the position of the rattles can save a lot of trial and error when drilling later. If the weights are glued in off center you have turned a bait into an ornament. This Mad-N autopsy shows what you dealing with inside, the trap will be different but gives you an idea why you can't just drill without knowing whats there. Man I have some X-Rays of a few Traps. Give me a few days and I will see if I can some how post them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARCHER Posted February 11, 2006 Author Share Posted February 11, 2006 I put one of my old traps on the drill press at work the other day and cut the side off it. The one I drilled (1/4 oz., I think) didn't have any internal partitions. There are 2 large BBs in the nose section, that are kept in the nose by the linetie mount, and the bottom hook mount. The other smaller BBs just float around to the rear. I took out the small BBs and it sounded better to me with just the two knockers in the front. Basspro, It looks like if you inject too much super glue, that you could also glue the two front BBs together. Has this ever happened to you. Archer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basspro48 Posted February 11, 2006 Share Posted February 11, 2006 Yes it actually has, but after a little trial and error I figured out the right amount and right place to insert the glue. Or as you have done you can just take the BB's out. Either way works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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