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| I was wondering what method people use to put extra weight into thier Suicks, I have mine tuned pretty well and they do a nice death wobble on the rise but I want them to suspend more. I am apprehensive about weighting them since they will get waterlogged eventually but I do hit them with some clear nail polish after I use them so they stay pretty tight and dry. I was thinking of some brass or lead epoxied in possibly some in the front some in the back to make it rise how I want. Any thoughts?
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Location: Racine, Wi | I usually take the front two hooks out, put one hook in between where the two used to be. Then drill out the holes from the old hooks a bit and add your weight there. Depending on how much weight you want, you can adjust the amounts, but it's pretty easy, and only gives you two hooks to worry about then. No issues with the hookup ratios on them, and they hang a bit more now.
You can always drill other holes rather than taking the 2 out, but I like only having the 2 hooks on the bait. |
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Location: Sun Prairie, WI | I've weighted a few of them. One I balanced like the weighted ones you buy that have the nice dive and rise action. Another I purposely offset the weight to one side just a bit to give it a roll when it dives and a wobble on the rise. For both types, I just drill out a little bit and fill the hole with solder. Cover the remaining hole with wood filler and coat the worked area with epoxy. |
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| I take 10"ers and drill a hole between the 2 front hooks (where ever the balance point is with the hooks on, then 1/2" in front of that) then I drill a hole and epoxy a 3/4 ounce bell sinker in there and it does the trick. Once in a great while I might have to drill out a very little lead. I think that it depends a lot on the condition of the wood that was used. I've had regular Suicks that vary as much as 1.5 ounces in just wood weight. One blank could be drier than the other, or there could be discrepencies in the densities. Have to play around with them, but that's all part of the fun.
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Weighting and tuning a Suick..