BassBob5's Coring Tool

[LittleMac]

bassbob5's coring tool
BassBob5 sent me an email the other day including the concept of making soft plastics fall more slowly by coring them and adding styrofoam. After awhile, he explained, the styrofoam deteriorates somewhat and the lure still falls very slow. Being a slo-fall fan, and discovering that the lures fall slower just by being cored, and not using styrofoam at all I wanted to relate the following information: Bob uses an old car antenna and I found an old portable radio antenna....cut it into sections and use the thinnest topmost part as a reaming tool to remove any copper sleeves contained inside.

I then sharpened the inside of one end (each piece) by using a countersink on my drill press. Be gentle, as too much enthusiasm creates a flare. I got rid of the flared end by sanding carefully and using the side of the antenna section as a guide. I cut each section down (cutting the non-sharpened end) so that all sections are just a little shorter than the final (solid) piece I use for ramming out the cut cores.

My first coring experiment was on a Zoom Speed Worm with the tail cut off (making an imitation senko type lure) and it worked well to slow down the fall. An added plus to coring is noted in wacky fishing the lure as it is not only more subtle in the fall, but is much more supple and quivers much better on the short twitches.

I use the smaller coring tools on finesse worms as well as the smaller grubs.

You can also use the tools to put eyes in grubs, flukes, etc…by punching a hole through the head and inserting a small plastic worm through the hole, clipping both sides and lightly welding the eye with a soldering iron.

[trout]

Thanks for the tip .
Have you ever used some small lil corkies in front of your worm to suspend it?I'll bet with some effort you could find the right combo that would be just past neutral bouyncy. Letting the bait fall ever so slow.

[LittleMac]

Thanks Trout for your suggestion and input. I have some very very small splitshot...I could use one on each end of the corky to keep it...let's say, a foot or two up the line so the worm would still be the main attraction. Good Fishing, Mac