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Re: Truth About Using a Rubber Mallet to Call Stripers [Re: WildEd] #9075819 06/27/13 06:33 PM
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Don't know about all this hammering and thumping stuff, but when I was just a kid we would go to the creek in the summer when it just had pools of water and my Grandpa would have me turn the handle on an old telephone and tell the fish to come up and pee. It dang sure worked on catfish and Pa got a big kick out of it.

Re: Truth About Using a Rubber Mallet to Call Stripers [Re: WildEd] #9076549 06/27/13 09:42 PM
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I have one of these attached to my trolling motor and I run Swedish Death Metal music thru it, seems to work better than thumping

Re: Truth About Using a Rubber Mallet to Call Stripers [Re: WildEd] #9076709 06/27/13 10:35 PM
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Re: Truth About Using a Rubber Mallet to Call Stripers [Re: WildEd] #9076763 06/27/13 10:57 PM
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Saw a guide on texoma that used an old broken trolling motor that was still attached and he would dunk it in and out of water to make the splash noise

Re: Truth About Using a Rubber Mallet to Call Stripers [Re: WildEd] #9077498 06/28/13 03:09 AM
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Re: Truth About Using a Rubber Mallet to Call Stripers [Re: luv to fish] #9077761 06/28/13 05:00 AM
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It could be that, when it works, that a school of baitfish are nearby, and are suddenly spooked by the banging, and dart from reaction to the noise, thus this sudden movement of the baitfish may in turn, trigger a feeding response from the predator fish below. While trolling I have caused (I think) baitfish to jump out of the water seemingly just from the boat approaching them. When it dont work, maybe it was the wrong phase of the moon, or sunspots (maybe even liverspots), or (your favorite excuse here).

Re: Truth About Using a Rubber Mallet to Call Stripers [Re: Budward] #9079031 06/28/13 05:35 PM
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Originally Posted By: CaptBud
Saw a guide on texoma that used an old broken trolling motor that was still attached and he would dunk it in and out of water to make the splash noise
I have seen them use the kind you attach to the cavitaion plate and trim it up a little.


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Re: Truth About Using a Rubber Mallet to Call Stripers [Re: WildEd] #13257884 08/24/19 01:40 AM
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Bringing this to the top because it took me so long to search and find the audio clip of Stripers feeding on page 3.


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Re: Truth About Using a Rubber Mallet to Call Stripers [Re: WildEd] #13258378 08/24/19 06:16 PM
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Loved reading all the comments from the past. Most people now know that thumping works well. I wouldn’t have sold Bobo’s Thumper’s in 23 states if it didn’t. Lol


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Re: Truth About Using a Rubber Mallet to Call Stripers [Re: WildEd] #13259915 08/26/19 01:07 PM
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Always thought it must mimic the same shock sent through the water as gill flare vacuum when feeding. Other fish feeding, me hungry too... Works better in stained water or where they don't catch on so quickly

Re: Truth About Using a Rubber Mallet to Call Stripers [Re: WildEd] #13259976 08/26/19 01:49 PM
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Fun old thread revival LOL. Chris Richardson was the first that I saw on TFF who shared his mechanical thumper device...many moons ago....inside an igloo cooler? Several G generations later, the hubbard boys all have thumpers and we can build thumpers with our eyes closed LOL. Your post motivated me and got my engineer brain going, Chris cheers

Looking forward to meeting ya and fishing with ya this Fall, Chris. I won the bid for Chris' guide service at CC tourney 2 months ago woot

Re: Truth About Using a Rubber Mallet to Call Stripers [Re: WildEd] #13260045 08/26/19 02:32 PM
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That is correct Mr. Todd. In 2013 I was taught the "thump" by A+ guide Matt Cartwright. I threw together a prototype thumper in our machine shop at work the next day!

Ready to fish with you guys. We smashed some very solid hybrids on Cedar Creek Saturday.

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Re: Truth About Using a Rubber Mallet to Call Stripers [Re: WildEd] #13260247 08/26/19 04:53 PM
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I got into thumpers last year and don’t fish without them now! They have made me a better fisherman and many of the people who have purchased thumpers from me are seeing the same results. The other folks just got tired of beating their paddles on the bottoms of their boar!


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Re: Truth About Using a Rubber Mallet to Call Stripers [Re: WildEd] #13261044 08/27/19 04:03 AM
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Your kidding, that really works? Can’t believe all you read on the internet.


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Re: Truth About Using a Rubber Mallet to Call Stripers [Re: WildEd] #13261254 08/27/19 01:14 PM
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Catch more hybrids, sand-bass and striper with the Thump’emup Thumper!
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