Worm Rattles

[BASSKING]

I bought some worm rattles at BPS today and i have never used them. was wondering if anyone uses them? where do you place them in the worm? does it affect the action of the worm? Thanks for any info.

[MrSplitshot]

I've used them before at night....I usually just stick them in the worm near the head, right in behind where I inserted the hook point.

It never seemed to do much to the action, at least the ones I used....they were pretty light.

[crappiepappy]

I ALWAYS use them with my 4" GL plastic craws. I've also found times when they seem to invite more bites on a plastic worm, too. For insertion in a worm - I always push them into the worm, going from the head towards the tail ... so they aren't "pushed out" by the worm being dragged around. I insert them from midway between the head tip and the "band" around the middle of the worm ... or at least between where the hook enters the worm and where it re-enters & exits.
On craws, I push the rattle into the main body portion of the bait ... again, where it will be centered between the hook eye and curve of the hook.
I use mostly the plastic "pencil shaped" ones .. but have also used the glass encased ones. The glass ones give off a higher pitch sound - more of a "tink" sound - than the plastic ones, which give off a lower/heavier pitch sound.
The "action" of the plastic baits won't be affected, other than giving the bait a little more weight in the area where they're inserted. The added sound will affect the amount of bites you get, though. More often than not, it will increase the number of hits you receive. Whether slowly dragging the bait along the bottom, or short hopping it, or dragging it down stairstep rock banks, or crawling it over/thru the wood cover .... that rattle will "click", instantly telling the fish where it is and to come over and investigate what's making all the noise.
But - bare in mind - they won't produce hits .... if you aren't where the fish are !!

.... cp

[elnutsmalljaws]

I bought some worm rattles at BPS today and i have never used them. was wondering if anyone uses them? where do you place them in the worm? does it affect the action of the worm? Thanks for any info.

I will give up the "E-Rig" to all that read. D&L makes a plastic rattle that has 2 rattle tubes on a plastic main body with a hole in it made to go over the hook for jigs. I take this and slide it onto my main line after my sinker and then tie on my hook and use it on texas rigged worms and tubes. The sinker will hit against the plastic hole instead of the knot (saves on any damage to the knot - sort of takes place of the bead in a C Rig) and after the tube or worm is hooked the rattle chambers hang in very close proximity to the hook as you pull it thru the water. I have used this for 2 years with VERY good success and Chunknwind calls it the "E-Rig". When working a tube slowly on the bottom I would think the rattle chambers would also imitate the crawdads pinchers in a way with having 2 of them plus the clicking noise. I really don't care what it does or imitates for I have caught a bunch of fish with it rigged this way and love it. It puts out a good amount of rattle and I have used the plastic or glass inserted rattles in worms but have not had the success that I need to give me the confidence. I have a LOT of confidence in the E-Rig.