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My brother in law bought this in USA a few years ago and recently gave it to me. The head is weighted and the hook is roughly 4/0 size.
I have no idea what the little rubber bit is that is on the back of the hook, it has a glass/ plastic prism in the end which can be seen on the photo.
The poor chap has really bad Parkinson’s now and I told him I would catch a Bass on it for him.........
 
Goatfish said:
My brother in law bought this in USA a few years ago and recently gave it to me. The head is weighted and the hook is roughly 4/0 size.
I have no idea what the little rubber bit is that is on the back of the hook, it has a glass/ plastic prism in the end which can be seen on the photo.
The poor chap has really bad Parkinson’s now and I told him I would catch a Bass on it for him.........
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joe carp said:
To me it looks like its a light attached to the jighead goatfish . Is there a way to unscrew it to see if there is a small battery in it ?
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Actually Joe, I just squeezed it to see but no there isn’t a battery.......but it does rattle quite well so I reckon that’s it’s job. Why glass / plastic though, I don’t know.
 
Goatfish said:
Actually Joe, I just squeezed it to see but no there isn’t a battery.......but it does rattle quite well so I reckon that’s it’s job. Why glass / plastic though, I don’t know.
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Glass beads/rattles are pretty common in lures. Must be the pitch. Is the plastic on the hook point side to make it weedless?
 
Valleyboy said:
Glass beads/rattles are pretty common in lures. Must be the pitch. Is the plastic on the hook point side to make it weedless?
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On the hook point side it’s actually a load of stiff bristles hanging down so I guess that would help make it weedless.
Ive yet to try it, cannot imagine what it will actually do in the water, looks such a weird shape.
 
Goatfish said:
On the hook point side it’s actually a load of stiff bristles hanging down so I guess that would help make it weedless.
Ive yet to try it, cannot imagine what it will actually do in the water, looks such a weird shape.
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Looks like a bucktail minus the bucktail. Whip a load of maribou or something on it
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Valleyboy said:
Looks like a bucktail minus the bucktail. Whip a load of maribou or something on it
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Ah, think your right Valleyboy. The difference being the feathers on yours and a little rubber rattle on mine.
certainly lashing some feathers on would make it more visible, the waters generally a bit coloured where I fish.
Not sure whether a Bass would be tempted...
 
Goatfish said:
Ah, think your right Valleyboy. The difference being the feathers on yours and a little rubber rattle on mine.
certainly lashing some feathers on would make it more visible, the waters generally a bit coloured where I fish.
Not sure whether a Bass would be tempted...
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Great bass lures. Big both in the states and around the med
 
Goatfish said:
Actually Joe, I just squeezed it to see but no there isn’t a battery.......but it does rattle quite well so I reckon that’s it’s job. Why glass / plastic though, I don’t know.
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Ive never seen one with that kind of attachment on it before ? It gave me the idea that It would be good to use a light attached to a lure in deep sea fishing . Maybe that idea has not been thought of yet ? A pirk would be great with a few small lights flashing in the deep ocean .
 
joe carp said:
Ive never seen one with that kind of attachment on it before ? It gave me the idea that It would be good to use a light attached to a lure in deep sea fishing . Maybe that idea has not been thought of yet ? A pirk would be great with a few small lights flashing in the deep ocean .
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I bought some starlights to fit near my bait when fishing the murky Humber but have been unable to try them for obvious reasons..
I could maybe try one on a lure when my usual lure venue is very coloured Joe.
 
Goatfish said:
I bought some starlights to fit near my bait when fishing the murky Humber but have been unable to try them for obvious reasons..
I could maybe try one on a lure when my usual lure venue is very coloured Joe.
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Yeah thats a good idea for sure goatfish . You could change the colour of the light aswell to a colour the fish liked . I suppose that is a small industry in itself (y)
 
joe carp said:
Ive never seen one with that kind of attachment on it before ? It gave me the idea that It would be good to use a light attached to a lure in deep sea fishing . Maybe that idea has not been thought of yet ? A pirk would be great with a few small lights flashing in the deep ocean .
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They sell them on Far East sites.
 
Beach said:
They sell them on Far East sites.
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They look abit odd the way the rattle is sticking out from the jighead like that dont you think beach . I dont know if it would effect the movement of the lure when trying to work it ?
 
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