Sealine Reels

[Shannon Woods]

coyotewhacker said:
Ahemmmm! Such talk is expected of Cheeseheads, but the rest of you should be ashamed! Go to your rooms and don't come out until time to go to Hooters this Thursday. The politically correct word is "floater"....like when I lived in a fraternity house in college and we would make high octane punch with Mountain Dew (yep, it's been around that long) and float Baby Ruth candy bars in it....the punch would be iced down in a commode bowl. I never asked where the social chairman got the toilet.....after two or three drinks it didn't matter anyway.

[powerdivehome]

CW, it would take more than a few SuspenDots to make a Floating Rogue neutrally buoyant!

I use the Dots on suspending baits to level them out...very few hang level right out of the package, it seems.

[bullitt]

PD, there are several ways to weight a rogue. I like the lead tape that golfers use to weight a club. I also wrap solder around the hook shanks. The new tungsten "sticky weight" is ok. A more invasive technique is to drill a hole in 'em and add lead shot. It rattles, but that is not always a bad thing. You can also fill them with water.

I wasn't sure if these would float or not, so I unwrapped one and tossed it into the dogs' 5 gal water pan. I don't reccommend that particular method. I barely got it out of there before the labradog clamped down!

[coyotewhacker]

The golf club lead tape is a lot thicker than Suspendots.
With the access to lures you have, why not just buy the suspending or sinking Rogues to start with? If you want to play with drilling the lure bodies, you are welcome to come up and use my little drill press and the little machinist vise that keeps things centered under the bit. I originally got it to hold wood cylinders while I drilled them, but crank and minnow bait bodies would certainly stay put while you drilled a hole. There's also some lead shot in the basement left over from shotshell reloading. You're welcome to that, too. Personally, CW would get a bit nervous putting a drill bit to a five buck lure. Bullitt is probably pretty skilled at such things and would not have an anxiety attack.

[bullitt]

I have the same vise/drill press set-up that you describe,CW. I looked for the "walleye rogue" in a suspending model, but there were none to be had.
The real problem with drilling lures is sealing the hole. The air inside the lure cavity tends to expand and blow out the sealant. I tried refrigerating the lures after applying the goo, but that just pulled the stuff back into the lure. I'm thinking that a cool, not cold temp might work better.
I "ruin" lures all the time with markers, etc.