JBean Posted April 5 Report Share Posted April 5 Hey guys, are there any tips or tricks to quite down a glide bait? Have a couple old faithful's that have become really squeaky. I figured any lubricant will be washed off the first couple of casts. I thought maybe I could get a small flathead and try to tweak the pins but im afraid I will really mess them up. Does the noise even matter? Not sure if they are loud under water or just out of the water? I just know every time you move the tail out of the water they are metal on metal squeaking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SumoNinja Posted April 5 Report Share Posted April 5 Many would say a squeak is better. Especially one that was developed over time Me personally I never mess with the joints bigpoppabass, basskickinrednick and Mason 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dink whisperer Posted April 5 Report Share Posted April 5 I've always heard for wake baits especially that the squeakier they get the better they are. Not sure if that's true or not. I have some glides that are developing a squeak but it doesn't seem to affect them getting bit. I would imagine the only way to fix it were to be to constantly keep adding something like WD-40 to the joint. Not sure if that would be worth it. bigpoppabass 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigpoppabass Posted April 5 Report Share Posted April 5 I guess you could hit em with a swab of wd40 which some claim is a fish attractant. Also a fan of squeakers but I suppose some squeaks could sound like orcas or other predators. northeast_trev 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Born 2 fish Posted April 10 Report Share Posted April 10 Maybe a dry silicone spray. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnMarino Posted April 11 Report Share Posted April 11 Can try using some sort of bumper / silencer on the joint if it’s noisy hitting the body, I honestly wouldn’t mess with it just send it. And I wouldn’t use a flathead to tweak the pins could ruin the action of the bait and would need to be adjusted to get it to swim right again If you have dirty water even better to have it be a little noisier, clear water I would understand trying to silence it down a bit. The fish will tell you what they want Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splitshot Posted April 11 Report Share Posted April 11 Use a little grease stays on pretty good in water apply a little with a toothpick it won’t take much .I actually like the squeak some of my best fish catchers have a nice squeak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj1975232 Posted April 11 Report Share Posted April 11 I leave them squeaky. But if I had to I probably would use a small amount of Superlube. It's a clear food safe grease that doesn't smell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stkbass Posted April 13 Report Share Posted April 13 I had a sweaky glide and it was a fish catcher...I would leave it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BASS_SWINGER Posted April 18 Report Share Posted April 18 Spit on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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