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Ice Fishing Tips -Check your local regulations! => Trout => Lake Trout => Topic started by: kasilofchrisn on Jan 19, 2022, 07:08 PM
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So I made a bunch of lake trout rattling tube jigs yesterday.
1 oz 3/4 Oz and 5/8 Oz.
My mold has the option to do a straight eye or a flat eye hook.
So I made some of each.
I'm curious what other people's preference would be aka a straight eye a flat eye or if it even makes a difference?
Also do you think a rattle would actually make a difference on lake trout?
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Nice looking jigs ! Is the rattle the black thing by the hook ?
sorry, no insight on the straight vs flat eye question
My guess is the rattle will help - in summer big lakers go for rattling stickbaits so I assume they'll like a rattling jig in winter too
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Nice looking jigs ! Is the rattle the black thing by the hook ?
sorry, no insight on the straight vs flat eye question
My guess is the rattle will help - in summer big lakers go for rattling stickbaits so I assume they'll like a rattling jig in winter to
Yes the black thing cast into the back of the jig is the rattle.
It's got a steel BB on the bottom and two bb's inside that bounce off each other and the bottom one to create the rattling.
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I throw both in the summer I like the flat I hook as I have them in Trokars. I think for a tub jig it's not going to have much effect how the tube works. I think the rattle will attract and may entice a bite.
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One of my favorite ways to target lakers is with tubes on a bottom bounce. I havent noticed much difference with a rattle vs no rattle. Id assume it comes down to what theyre feeling that day. As others mentioned, lakers do eat rattletrap style baits so the rattle cant be a complete turnoff for them.
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I don't think the eye is important for tube jigs.
Using both styles over the years has not made a difference in my catch rate.
the rattles will help, I catch lakers on rattle baits quite a bit. Ill use it to attract them, dead stick it way up in the column while I work my lure and sometimes it will charge right past my lure and hit the rattle bait. That said, I am also not rattling the thing like crazy either. I don't want to annoy them with constant noise from my area.