Today my son and I hit the lake.WE caught our first of '08.Also it was the first I ever caught on a rattle trap.Some of you who read the great lure for some thread I had a few weeks ago will note the trap was the bane of my fishing existence.But I tried something different today and it worked.At least once.,lol.

 Glad to see somebodys out there havin fun. It was a good day for fishing here today but I did not go. Working on a few boat mods still.

Share the wealth dude,

just what was that "something different" you tried today?

well avid it was actually an article on here that pointed me in the right direction.I thought I had tried everything with the trap and was about to give up(cast and crank.jerk it,yo-yo,etc,).But yesterday I'd cast it then reel up the slack and jerk pulling my rod to tip to the right.Then i'd reel up all the slack from that jerk and pull it to the left and repeat.

   I tried it in the shallow water where i could see it and it makes the bait kinda roll to one side or the other.It worked at least once,lol.

Nice keep at it

You can send me all your traps when you give up on them.

yesterday I'd cast it then reel up the slack and jerk pulling my rod to tip to the right.Then i'd reel up all the slack from that jerk and pull it to the left and repeat.

Oh yeah,  I invented that technique....It's called

Avid's famous roll the rat.

Some people bought it thinking it was a rodent exterminator.

that's when I changed the name of my company to

Avid's famous fishing and rat killers.  

Sorry avid I hope I didn't infringe an a patent of yours,lol. ;D