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Location: Eagle River, WI | I don't know if this is the correct forum for this, but I have a weighted squirrely burt that just never seemed to run right. So, I dunked it into the utility tub and I found that it is extremely buoyant. I strarted to weight it down with some 50/50 solder but then I realied that I could get enough weight with just some heavier hooks.
My question is:
It seems like the weights in the bait are meant to help it give off a rattle, the only problem with that is that they move back and forth and it makes the bait come up head first instead of a more horizontal return to the surface. I think this is where all my problems with this bait start. So, I was wondering if anyone has ever drilled a hole in these baits and then tipped it forward and filled the bait full of hot glue to keep the bait from coming up nose first?
Or maybe I'm taking this in the whole wrond direction? Any advice with these would be greatly appreciated. |
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Location: Grand Rapids MN | This would get more hits if it was under the Tackle forum but I'll give you some feedback. I happen to like Burts, seem to be very few of us, but I added weight to one of mine this winter. The regular burt has very small BB's and lays fairly flat on the surface and is really bouyant. Even though the weighted version seems bouyant it stays down quite a bit longer and runs deeper than the regular/shallow. If I tip with weights back on the weighted models and lay it in the water it will sit nose up but it doesn't take much movement to get them to tip forward so I know what you are talking about.
I took my shallow version (which I don't like as much) and drilled a hole in the top and added some copper BB's to it. I kept comparing it my weighted one in the sink until it sat a little lower in the water and it nosed down slightly. I'm hoping to get this one to run much deeper than the weighted version. I used epoxy to seal up the hole. I can send you some pics of where I drilled because the lure has seperate chambers inside so if you drill to close to the head it will just become nose heavy. I can also send some pics with how it sits in the water if you like. Just PM me your email I'll send them out.
Good luck w/ the Burt.....
Edited by Targa01 2/16/2009 5:54 PM
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Location: London, England | Sounds like it's got water in it too. They are notoriously leaky and the first thing to do with a new one is to seal up all the hook hangers and attachment point with superglue and epoxy. The weighted ones are buoyant often. It depends what you want to do with it whether youwant or need to add any more weight, but if you decide to then adding shot in a couple of places can give different movement to the bait. Internally they have chambers, so shot added into different chambers cause the bait to do different things.
If I were you I'd work on getting the water out of your bait, then sealing it up before you go any further. |
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Location: Grand Rapids MN | I found that out the hard way Tim about the leakage issues. Originally I was going to oil weight that shallow burt until it started to run out the 'eye' that you snap onto. I had to drain that thing out and wipe it down over and over so the epoxy would stick and seal up. So good advice.
With my first attempt I had drilled right next to a chamber wall and luckily was on the side I wanted for weighting the center of the bait. That's why I said I would take some pics so they have an idea of where that chamber wall is. The lure sits the way I wanted it to but I have yet to see if it runs they way I'm hoping. Just gotta wait for the ice to melt! |
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| Glue a small peice of lead to the front of the Burt, you can gauge the amount you need by sticking the lead to the Burt with tape and testing in water.
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