Thread: Rattle sound for crappie?

Originally Posted by Just_Bass

This one caught my eyes, what is it made of, weight and how loud? I normally use tiny glass tube 3x10mm same as Bobby Garland one. I normally add to hook and line with shrink tube or insert into plastic for bass.
For crappie I used to add sound to bobbers by adding metal ball into bobbers.
For real though I don’t really see big difference using or not using one.

Hey, buddy ... I've used the Mr. Crappie (Betts) rattle pear float on a few occasions, but did not see any great productive effects.

I've used rattles (plastic & glass) in worms/craws when fishing for Bass ... for decades ... with measurable success vs those baits w/o rattles.

I thought about using rattles in some of the larger plastic bodies I use for Crappie, but the rattles I have are just too big to use in anything <3" or that have a slim body profile. The other thought I had was that the rattles wouldn't really produce any sound unless the bait was "jiggled" during the retrieve, or unless the bait was bounced thru the limbs of a brushpile.

If ya'll start showing more productive results with rattles, I may have to look into trying some of these aforementioned "rattle jigheads" or "rattle beads".

It looks like a plastic bead that has small hollow chambers that have tiny tiny metal bee bees. I didn’t weigh one but ate very very light
like I said I don’t have experience good or bad because I’ve never used them.

Bon Temps!!