I am a minnow dunker. I admit it. Now get over it and listen to what I've got to say. I use to take my Texas Tooth Picks and attach what they use to make called a carolina rattler. Once I located a mess of fish, if you dropped your line down to the right depth and did not get a hit immediatley I would hit the butt of the rod with my other hand slapping it so that the jarring affect would go down the line and what I assume was happening make the rattle shake. It's amazing how many times this draws a strike almost immediatley. They quit making these rattlers so I just add some glass beads now. Do you jig fisherman ever try something like this. Do you rig your jigs up with some kind of a rattle? It's amazing how many times it works.

I haven't done that, but I have noticed that if my jig hits a limb, a strike usually follows shortly there after. You can bet I will be trying the Glass Beads soon. Thanks for the tip.

Do you just add the bead up from the jig, or is there a swivel involved that the bead can bump into?

I bet you could tie a drop shot style rig with the jig a foot or so up the line followed by a small but heavy tungsten sinker then bead then a swivel at the bottom. Those sinkers make a lot of noise when they bang against a glass bead.

I put a swivel on, so my beads are bumping the swivel. The Texas Toothpick is a 12" long brass brazing rod. I beat each end flat, drill a hole in each end, attach a 1/0 eagle claw lazar sharp hook with double barbs with a snap ring on one end and a swivel and snap ring on the other end, so the glass beads are on top up against the swivel. If you hold it all up and shake it it's not much noise, but it's enough that it makes a difference. The first time I ever saw one I thougth what? My daddy told me the minnow had to be on nuttin any heavier than 6lb line tied to a gold abberdeen hook and he had to be alive. I started fishing with my Barber back when I had hair - I was blown away. 50# spider wire, 1/0 hook and we double hook the minnow so the crappie can't steal the minnow. Sometimes I will catch 5 crappie on the same minnow. The Texas Toothpick keeps em from gettin hung up in the brush. I've pulled some 4 and 5 lb bass out of a cedar that way. My mom and dad both have pulled a 8 and 10 #bass out too.

I have used glass and metal rattler embedded in the Texas rig worm for bass. A tournament fisherman. Will try most anything to catch the bass!!!!