Author Topic: Homemade $3 JawJacker. WITH RESULTS!!! (Read 12572 times)

SMCSullyMan · « **on:** Mar 10, 2015, 03:16 PM »

I've been watching a ton of videos of the JawJacker and I really wanted one but did not want to spend the money. I figured I'd try to make my own. I picked up a $2.50 rod holder at Walmart, cut it down to size and inserted it into a 2x4. I then cut about 1/2" off a mousetrap, cut a groove in the trigger plate and attached to the other end of the 2x4. Lastly, I put a split ring on the tip top of my rod. To set it, the ring goes through the trigger bar of the mouse trap. The line then goes through the groove in the trigger plate. As soon as there is tension on the line, the trap goes off and the tension of the rod sets the hook.

I went out to Sluice pond today with nateice to test "The Slapper" v1.0. I set the first one in a hole with a salmon egg about a foot below the ice. As i was drilling my second hole we both heard SNAP! I turned and saw the rod bouncing in the holder, ran over and pulled a beautiful rainbow through the ice on the rod. It was awesome to say the least. We ended up with two rainbows caught in about 2 hours on the Slapper. Then Nate got another beautiful rainbow on a jig right under his camera. It was an awesome day of fishing. We'll be testing these rigs with some pickerel later in the week. Stay tuned for more results.

pickle1982 · « **Reply #1 on:** Mar 10, 2015, 04:14 PM »

That awsome man good idea, glad to see it works nice trout

teamtrout · « **Reply #2 on:** Mar 10, 2015, 04:19 PM »

Sweet! Glad you had success at Sluice!

fish333 · « **Reply #3 on:** Mar 10, 2015, 04:23 PM »

Well I give it about 10 thumbs up!!! lol way to go

Raquettedacker · « **Reply #4 on:** Mar 10, 2015, 04:27 PM »

Hahaha.. Nice beard...

I mean nice job, that is sweet...
And nice trout...

rally · « **Reply #5 on:** Mar 10, 2015, 04:35 PM »

Sweet, that's putting the brain to work. Have you got a finger yet?

Nateice · « **Reply #6 on:** Mar 10, 2015, 04:42 PM »

Nice work Rob!
Even though I was there as a witness, I still can't believe how effective it was. Not 3 minutes under the ice it popped, and the rod was bent. Can't wait to see how they work on the other species.

elevatorman · « **Reply #7 on:** Mar 10, 2015, 04:57 PM »

Cool

SMCSullyMan · « **Reply #8 on:** Mar 10, 2015, 05:01 PM »

Quote from: rally on Mar 10, 2015, 04:35 PM

Sweet, that's putting the brain to work. Have you got a finger yet?

Not yet but I have come so close. It's a little scary to set at first.

SMCSullyMan · « **Reply #9 on:** Mar 10, 2015, 05:02 PM »

Quote from: teamtrout on Mar 10, 2015, 04:19 PM

Sweet! Glad you had success at Sluice!

Your help proved very valuable today.

lowaccord66 · « **Reply #10 on:** Mar 10, 2015, 05:05 PM »

Very nice. Second guy I know who makes his own.

SMCSullyMan · « **Reply #11 on:** Mar 10, 2015, 05:06 PM »

Quote from: Nateice on Mar 10, 2015, 04:42 PM

Nice work Rob!
Even though I was there as a witness, I still can't believe how effective it was. Not 3 minutes under the ice it popped, and the rod was bent. Can't wait to see how they work on the other species.

Where's the picture of yours?

craiger · « **Reply #12 on:** Mar 10, 2015, 05:43 PM »

Very cool! Immediate results are always satisfying

THE JIGGER · « **Reply #13 on:** Mar 10, 2015, 06:09 PM »

Great job
Do you use cheese or peanut butter for bait?
Oh I know mousy's

MrE1979 · « **Reply #14 on:** Mar 10, 2015, 06:20 PM »

Nice handy work, and nice bow!! Patent your idea now. I like the name "The Slapper". Pretty cool how you can hear it also.

SMCSullyMan · « **Reply #15 on:** Mar 10, 2015, 06:27 PM »

Quote from: MrE1979 on Mar 10, 2015, 06:20 PM

Nice handy work, and nice bow!! Patent your idea now. I like the name "The Slapper". Pretty cool how you can hear it also.

The idea was not totally mine, I did see it done online. The sound was surprising to me, it was really loud.

craiger · « **Reply #16 on:** Mar 10, 2015, 08:15 PM »

You could put a limiter of some sort on the business part of the trap, so as not to risk snapping a finger. My understanding is that the arm only serves to add tension in setting the trigger mechanism.

I throw that out there as someone who recently moved into a foreclosure and has had to reset many a mousetrap

SMCSullyMan · « **Reply #17 on:** Mar 10, 2015, 08:44 PM »

Quote from: craiger on Mar 10, 2015, 08:15 PM

You could put a limiter of some sort on the business part of the trap, so as not to risk snapping a finger. My understanding is that the arm only serves to add tension in setting the trigger mechanism.

I throw that out there as someone who recently moved into a foreclosure and has had to reset many a mousetrap

Yeah, I have a few ideas for tweaks. Fishing for bass and picks, I think I can remove the spring from the trap and just use the tension of the rod pulling up to spring the trap. It take a lot more tension from the bite to set it off that way, but shouldn't be a problem for warm water species.

jeffice · « **Reply #18 on:** Mar 11, 2015, 07:02 PM »

Bill Nye the fishing guy. That's great ingenuity and even better results. Awesome job.

SMCSullyMan · « **Reply #19 on:** Mar 11, 2015, 10:50 PM »

Fished with nateice and his buddy today. We had a stellar day and Nate got a nice crappie on the slapped. His buddy had set up a gopro and caught the trigger going off and Nate fishing the fish. I'll post the vid when I get the link.

SkunkLuvver · « **Reply #20 on:** Mar 11, 2015, 11:18 PM »

That's incredibly cool.

noobzer0 · « **Reply #21 on:** Mar 11, 2015, 11:24 PM »

awesome idea, i may have to steal your idea some day to try it out.

, nice trout too

SkunkLuvver · « **Reply #22 on:** Mar 11, 2015, 11:26 PM »

Ha!, This was funny… I just poked my head in the kitchen and asked the old lady if she knew where the mousetraps were. She instantly screamed "You're ****ing me!!" and started to climb up on the chair… I can't stop laughing….

I don't know what is… she's generally not a wuss, there's just something about mice.

SMCSullyMan · « **Reply #23 on:** Mar 11, 2015, 11:33 PM »

Quote from: SkunkLuvver on Mar 11, 2015, 11:26 PM

Ha!, This was funny… I just poked my head in the kitchen and asked the old lady if she knew where the mousetraps were. She instantly screamed "You're ****ing me!!" and started to climb up on the chair… I can't stop laughing….

I don't know what is… she's generally not a wuss, there's just something about mice.

My wife had the same reaction when I told her I had to stop at Lowes to get mouse traps.

On that note, here are two styles of those small wooden mouse traps, ones with small metal trigger plates and ones with large yellow plastic plates. For these traps, you need the large plastic triggers. In my area on the north shore I've checked walmart, Home Depot and lowes. Lowes was the only store that had them. $2 for a 4 pack.

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Author Topic: Homemade $3 JawJacker. WITH RESULTS!!! (Read 12572 times)