MSBruno Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 My Rapala X-Rap no longer suspends and now floats after it was used to land a pike. I understand that now it's now retired and this stuff happens (it's done it's job), but this raises the question as to what happens to a X-Rap during a hit to make it float? No exterior markings are noticed, so I'm not sure whats going on inside. Any thoughts? Internal weights get moved around, but I know I didn't loose one .... !?!??!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raf Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 it simply lost its mojo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bare foot wader Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 retired?...it'll still catch fish if it floats up..... add some suspend dots to make it suspend again....I would guess that chambers inside the bait have been damaged some how and the balance is off... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSBruno Posted May 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 retired?...it'll still catch fish if it floats up..... add some suspend dots to make it suspend again....I would guess that chambers inside the bait have been damaged some how and the balance is off... I'm just perplexed as to how the chamber was damaged. Doesn't make sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raf Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 cheap, mass produced, plastic lure.. it'll happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSBruno Posted May 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 cheap, mass produced, plastic lure.. it'll happen. understood, but how and what happened? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallyboss Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 Go to the Rapala.com and send them a comment, might get a new lure out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bare foot wader Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 well for starters, IMO at least, very rarely do suspending lures truly suspend....they either float/sink very slowly.... what happened....pike + jaws + lure + hookset + fight = broken lure how it happened....there are cavaties inside the bait, some hold air, some hold steel bb's which are used to create a rattle but also help with casting and to suspend the lure....I'd say that your lure took a big hit when the pike hit your lure, or during the fight, and the pressure on the body of the bait caused one of the chambers to break inside the bait... does the xrap float up head first by any chance?.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSBruno Posted May 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 well for starters, IMO at least, very rarely do suspending lures truly suspend....they either float/sink very slowly.... what happened....pike + jaws + lure + hookset + fight = broken lure how it happened....there are cavaties inside the bait, some hold air, some hold steel bb's which are used to create a rattle but also help with casting and to suspend the lure....I'd say that your lure took a big hit when the pike hit your lure, or during the fight, and the pressure on the body of the bait caused one of the chambers to break inside the bait... does the xrap float up head first by any chance?.... it used to very slowly float head up while suspending, but now the whole thing just floats up much quicker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 Sounds like the pike knocked a few BB's out of it. Call Rapala, they'll most likely replace it without a fuss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSBruno Posted May 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2009 Sounds like the pike knocked a few BB's out of it. Call Rapala, they'll most likely replace it without a fuss. No BB's could've escaped as there are no visible markings. I've emailed Rap-A-La. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted May 7, 2009 Report Share Posted May 7, 2009 No BB's could've escaped as there are no visible markings. I've emailed Rap-A-La. Chalk it up to a glitch in the Matrix then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyb Posted May 8, 2009 Report Share Posted May 8, 2009 MAybe a jealous angler swapped your X-Rap out for an original floater when you weren't looking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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