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| remember we talked about sound/vibration a while back, and I said I was going to test whether the bill lewis super trap would catch more fish without rattles than with rattles. I've conlcuded so far that I have caught pike on the rattling ones but I didn't even get a strike on the non-rattling ones (I glued all the ball bearings together with epoxy so they don't move anymore). I don't know what can be concluded from this so I will continue to try both styles but so far after a few months it's in favor of the rattles.
Also I have caught more pike this year on "silent" lures that had a lot of resistance, even though I tried all sorts of models, like swim whizz, legend husky 6" crankbaits, 8" reef hawgs, ...
what are your experiences so far this year? |
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| Great feedback Divani!
The comments I made in regard to the rattle traps was simply to help demonstrate the difference between audible sound (high frequency vibration) and water displacement (low frequency vibration). My point was that the "wiggle" of the rattle trap displaces water... so it should catch fish... regardless whether it has rattles or not. But, do the rattles make the bait more productive? Here is an idea that MIGHT explain why.....
Perhaps the "noise" rattles make are not what the fish actually respond to.... but the subsequent LOW frequency vibration those rattles produce by banging on the walls of the lure? You know, like when you ring a bell..... you HEAR the high frequency vibration it is producing.... but if you touch the wall of the bell with your finger... you will FEEL the low frequency vibration it is producing as well. The sound or high frequency vibration from the rattles may simply be a side affect of the FISH CATCHING low frequency vibration they produce. So, rattles MAY make a difference... but maybe not due to the SOUND or NOISE they make...
I certainly can't prove this theory. In fact, some days I think I am totally crazy for concocting such a thought.... but it is a thought worth sharing anyway since I'm sure it will get people THINKING about rattles (ha ha). |
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| I will let you know if my little experiment will turn out different over the next few weeks. |
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| They should catch fish. The vibration should do it. The grease, which is a wood musky lure works on this principle and has no rattles. There are some others as well.
I would love to see a floating or suspending super trap. |
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| they sell a floating supertrap. Check out bass pro catalogs. They hang head down in the water with only the tail sticking out of the water. I have caught my first 40"er on that lure, but that is also the first AND last pike I have caught on it since 1997! It's a good lure for casting weedy bays or shallow water, or for trolling very shallow
you can make a sinker into a floater or suspending lure by drilling a small hole in the back and removing beads through that hole. Then cover it again with 2 part epoxy and smoothen out the glue when it starts to set with a wet finger. I added glue to my sinking one that way to make it into a silent one. It has good vibration but gets no attention from pike so far. |
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