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| Who thinks rattles make a difference? I use lures with and without and I don't see where they help. I think the action of the lure is what gets the strikes. |
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Location: oswego, il | I think vibration means more than rattles do. Take this for an example. If you have high muddy water and fish for bass, one of the best ways to catch them is to use a thumping spinnerbait in shallow water. No rattles. Given the length of a muskie's lateral line, I think vibration is more important than rattles are. Trolling is another example I can give. I do much better with flat sided crankbaits with no rattles than I do a minnowbait or a rounder bait with rattles, same depth and presentation in murky water. |
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| I think rattles sometimes make a difference, but very rarely. I like believers because they have great action and rattles. I think they would still catch fish without the rattles though! I think they sometimes help in murky water systems and at night, but that is about it.
As Todd said, vibration is much more important, but noisy topwaters I sure like!  |
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Location: Algonquin, ILL | I hate rattles in clearer water even at night, on dark or muddy water rattles seem to work better |
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| I really don't care that much for rattles, used to think they were the shizzo, and have caught a few fish on them but silent baits that displace water seem to outproduce annoying rattles. Seriously, on baits that I can hear the rattle when they're 20-30ft from the boat, never caught a fish on them. |
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| Look at the fish caught on 10 inch Jakes for the past few years. Pretty good case that rattles work in my opinion. |
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| I have been rattling up clearwater fish and using the silent runners on the poopie water! Go figure! |
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Location: oswego, il | Jakes definitley catch alot of fish. I will ask this question about them though. Is it the rattles or the flat sides that displace alot of water that is the better feature of the bait? I would bet the flat sides. |
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| Yeh, what he said. Jakes catch a lot of fish, but they only come with rattles. Nine inch Grandmas don't have rattles and they catch a lot of fish. Half of the fish I got this fall came on rattles, but four of the five biggest came on no rattles. I don't know if they become conditioned to rattles or not. Baits with rattles have been in the water more this fall than those without. This all started when I tested a new crankbait I made and found out it was to boyant. I have a few blanks cut and have the choice of throwing them out, adding weight to the keel, or cutting them in half and putting rattles in them. Looks like I will do some with and some without and see which do the best. Later |
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