In this video I try my hand at making my version of a floating rattle trap lure. I run into some real challenges and make some rooky mistakes. www.amazon.com... / engineeredangler www.instagram.... / engineered-angler-9424...
Lots of you got it right...rattle number two was mine. Lots to improve on with this one. One of my complaints with the original floating Rattle Trap is that it casts like leaf in the wind. The one I made casts nice and straight...not sure why.
This one definitely had a few unique challenges. Magnets holding the BB's is genius, it's so simple and effective but how many folks would think of it! Most lipless crankbaits are designed to sink, so yours is a functional lure.
Great build and explanation as always. I love to know the "whys" when it comes to building lures. Over 20 years ago when I started building wood lures I always thought wouldn't it be great if someone could explain the physics. Several years ago you showed up. Interesting you mention trout, we used to do well on rattletraps on their northern cousin the weakfish. For several years we slayed them on the Bill Lewis. Great video.
Nice build Franco! Floaters have their place but I'd rather have that lure - I often fish smallmouth bass with rattle trap style lures and this time of year the bass are hanging off the deep weed edges (12 feet) and rock piles (15 - 20 feet). Like the paint job... there are golden shiners in my local lake :) Cheers!
My very favorite fishing lure that is along the lines of the Rattletrap is the Heddon Sonic. You final product looks more along the lines of the Sonic than the Rattletrap. I’ve pestered Heddon to reintroduce the Sonic but they whine about the cost of recreating the molds. Since the parents have surely long been expired I hope someone will give us a clone of the Sonics in a variety of sizes, weights, with and with out rattles. The original had a super tight vibration and action and worked extremely well as a trolling lure. You have sparked a desire in me to try and reproduce the Sonic in some weighted larger sizes to get down to 15 feet or deeper where the bigger Stripers live.
Number 2 sounds like the original to me. Thanks for this build, exactly what I was wanting to see. I had it in my mind that I would have to use some of those plastic beads that are full of air to help support; wasn't thinking about a middle piece of wood. I'm going to have to look into a build as I just lost my only and original floating Rat-l-trap this Saturday at the river and can't find any replacement that don't cost a car payment. Thanks!
A very interesting vlog and lure. My question is that still using the same thickness of material, if you used a smaller weight but glued it into the chamber would you get a better floating lure. My thinking is by moving back the weight to the edge of the chamber and flying it in place then it should float without going nose down if you wanted it to go through the water nose down, just move the tie eye. Two years ago wouldn't have had any idea but since watching you're vlogs I have picked up so much knowledge allowing me to think the above..
I’d love to see you do a strength test with twist ties in balsa wood. I made the mistake of making some of my first lures that way instead of through wires and I’m curious what they can handle. I just used super glue and twist ties for hook hangers and line tie.
That looks really good! May have to try this but I might see if I can sandwich some metallic gold vinyl between the wooden middle and the Lexan outer sections to really give it that mirror like look. I think rattle 1 sounded like the OG Rat L Trap and 2 was yours.
The original lure looks flatter on top front. That might give it more action. Do you think a tail fin would harm the action on it? Another nice looking lure Franco and I'm guessing the original is the first one.
Do you have any videos where you cover buoyancy by wood type? I am new to lure building and have trouble getting the buoyancy of my lures quite right. I imagine the correct amount of lead (and positioning of such) could be reasoned out with a kitchen scale, but I’d love your take on it.
I cover the topic on nearly all of my wooden lure build videos. You should check out a few of the videos in this playlist ru-vid.com/group/PLEVBv_zywucRBsqOYuC2py1b3rgDKrsxW
Cool project. I think I remember having floating Rattletraps when I was far younger. I never had luck with any Rattletrap except for a massive lady fish once. Would it be possible to make a jointed version? I guess the rattle part would be harder but it could be a fish catcher.
@@EngineeredAnglerI was thinking it would be like a little glide bait. There were also Rattletraps with crank bait lips but I guess they didn't really catch on. Maybe jointed with a little lip would work?
Love your videos! I am struggling to get a bigger profile shad glide to make wide glides. Do you have any videos with tips on weight placement or joint angles?
Have you done a test on the strength of plain old closed ended screw in eyes in the specialty resin straight from a casting? With no epoxy or glue added?
@@EngineeredAngleryes those screw eyes. I started installing them with the closed part facing the fish (rear of lure), so the force of the pull is on the solid shank part vs on the opened ended side. Hoping that prevents the screw eye opening up on a big fish. 🤞
Hi Franco. I enjoyed the video. I wonder if you have any scale you recommend - either a specific one (like if you threw a couple on your amazon list) or by spec. Would you say get one to the hundredths of a gram or is tens enough? Should I consider max weight too like for when I would want to do the weight by putting in water? I enjoy the channel.
I try to be sure to show the wire in its package every time I use it in a video. It's 174lb stainless steel leader wire. You can find it in my Amazon store.
I have a very unique one of a kind lure that is hand carved. It falls in the category of jerk baits but it shines when being trolled. Extremely erratic behavior. This thing does not exist online anywhere. I would like to bring this to market. Any pointers on where to start? This is one of 4 lures that survived musky northern and walleye, I've kept it for for over 15 years solely because this one only swam right with 4 ounces of weight added 4 feet up the line
I'm not very knowledgeable about the commercial and production scaling of the lure business. To me the hard part is scaling up production. A good lure will find a market. Good luck.