Thiskidlikes2fish Posted June 5, 2021 Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 I have been trying to make rat drawings and baits for a while and nothing seems to work right. I have made 2 styles and both had the problem of the front moving and the soft plastic tail moving but the back not in the non-rounded one there was a lip but I tried to take it out but broke and in the other I made a lipped and non-lipped version. I don’t know what I am doing wrong. Any help welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willlliw Posted June 5, 2021 Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 What I did with a rat I made is it was orininally going to be a single jointed bait, similar to the second one pictured, but i wasn't happy with the action so i threw another joint in the middle of the back section and the last joint whipped side to side much more and i was happy with that action. Going from front to back the joints were 2:1:1 ratio pretty much. I'm don't have much experience building baits but I had the same problem and that's just what I did Thiskidlikes2fish 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LO_804 Posted June 5, 2021 Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 youll need a lip to get any sort of decent action out of it. Im sure you know this, but that is where I would start as far as movement goes. Thiskidlikes2fish 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chefchris Posted June 5, 2021 Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 lip required 100%, i go anywhere from 5-15 degree angle on the top bait, i would have done the front section longer than the back, like 2/3 front, 1/3 back or close to it. seems like theres a lot of wood in the back and the front section may not be swinging enough to move it. ive found that two sets of screw eyes in the joint also help a lot (think of the toxic mink) i do one set on my smaller rats and two sets on my bigger rats, helps create a more rigid bait that wants to swim straight instead of having the tail section dip down. you may also need a small amount of ballast centered in the bait to help act as a pivot point and also keep the bait from rolling. the bottom bait looks a lot like some of the striper plugs ive made in the past, again, lip needed, and rounded belly baits definitely require some ballast to keep them on track that top design looks solid man, probably just needs a few small tweaks to get it going. Thiskidlikes2fish and azsouth 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thiskidlikes2fish Posted June 5, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 So I sounds like from what I am getting the lip is needed and I need to have more wood in the front vs back as well as try 2 screw eyes? ZachThomas 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chefchris Posted June 6, 2021 Report Share Posted June 6, 2021 On 6/4/2021 at 11:58 PM, Thiskidlikes2fish said: So I sounds like from what I am getting the lip is needed and I need to have more wood in the front vs back as well as try 2 screw eyes? Yes that would be a good start Thiskidlikes2fish 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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