durden1086 Posted May 30, 2011 Report Share Posted May 30, 2011 has anyone loaded lures before to make them heavier? I am looking to load some storm mag thundersticks. Is there a limit besides volume to how much you can load a lure? will you sacrifice the swim profile if you add too much weight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassAsssassin Posted May 30, 2011 Report Share Posted May 30, 2011 Id like some more info on this too would be great stufff... I was talking to my buddy he was playing with different CC amounts of water, sumtimes good and sometimes bad. I wanna load some bombers and rapalas I have. - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
durden1086 Posted May 31, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2011 I took a 7" yellow bomber and just added 2.5oz of #5 shot and sealed it up with foam-in-a-can. ill see how it holds up when its done drying. total weight of 4.06oz hopefully it does not change the swim profile too much. I do expect a bit deeper retrieve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranger Posted May 31, 2011 Report Share Posted May 31, 2011 I load bombers all the time. Get a very small drill bit, drill a hole in the side of whatever your loading. Use a 10cc syringe and fill with the desired amount of water you want (i usually use 7-10cc). Get some 2 part epoxy at wal mart or something and apply a small tab to the hole, let dry and you have a loaded bomber. You can do this with lead shot (as mentioned) and some people use oil for bouyancy, good luck, hope this helps. In the Surf somewhere... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishalicious Posted May 31, 2011 Report Share Posted May 31, 2011 ... total weight of 4.06oz... hopefully it does not change the swim profile too much. Are you kidding? "Some people are immune to good advice." - Saul Goodman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete F Posted May 31, 2011 Report Share Posted May 31, 2011 I took a 7" yellow bomber and just added 2.5oz of #5 shot and sealed it up with foam-in-a-can. ill see how it holds up when its done drying. total weight of 4.06oz hopefully it does not change the swim profile too much. I do expect a bit deeper retrieve. I think it might swim like a rock. but just think of it as a college credit, only way cheaper. "Plugs There are about 4,000,000 of these on the market. Not really, but that's just the way it seems(and some guy invented 3 more while I was writing this sentence)from How To Catch Salt Water Fish by Bill Wisner published in1955 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
durden1086 Posted June 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2011 ... total weight of 4.06oz... hopefully it does not change the swim profile too much. Are you kidding? amazing advice. dont run your suck in this thread. As for the actual test, well... I should have checked my knots before i did the test cast today. I mad a 4.06oz contribution to the sediment in Lake Lillanoah today. I will try again later and will actually take pictures and post the process i used I have access to a material called hysol, which I can use to create a larger spoon if need to be to maintain the proper swim profile. this is like college but cheaper! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayfish Posted June 1, 2011 Report Share Posted June 1, 2011 Small drill????? heat a tin piece of metal and send er in it will go through the plug like hot butter 5 min epoxy or jb weld to close the hole up what to put in the plug is everyones opinion some like more some like less its all preference if anyone tells you other its all BS its time to ruin a few plugs to see what you and the fisk like . There are no shortcuts on loading plugs .My bagis full of plugs with different loads for different situations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete F Posted June 1, 2011 Report Share Posted June 1, 2011 I'd start with a quarter oz and move up from there. "Plugs There are about 4,000,000 of these on the market. Not really, but that's just the way it seems(and some guy invented 3 more while I was writing this sentence)from How To Catch Salt Water Fish by Bill Wisner published in1955 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tman1 Posted June 1, 2011 Report Share Posted June 1, 2011 Yes- I'd agree with slowly increasing the weight and test swimming. A good start might be to going with a beefed up hook arrangement on those plugs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ditch Jigger Posted June 1, 2011 Report Share Posted June 1, 2011 I took a 7" yellow bomber and just added 2.5oz of #5 shot and sealed it up with foam-in-a-can. ill see how it holds up when its done drying. total weight of 4.06oz hopefully it does not change the swim profile too much. I do expect a bit deeper retrieve. In effect, what you have now is a fast-sink needlefish. "…if catching fish is your only objective, you are either new to the game or too narrowly focused on measurable results.” - D. Stuver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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