If you go fishing with a rattle trap this is what you can expect to hear before the day is over ” Jump, rattle, rattle, rattle, REJECTED!!” You will hear it a lot more if you don’t change out the hooks to some  sharp Gamakatsus.  It seems like a rattle trap inspires a bass to make a Bass Olympics qualifying jump each time.  The first fish I hooked today rejected me and I had to laugh. It was about 2 pounds and the hooks had not been changed.  Quickly I changed to one with good hooks and had pretty good success until about the middle of the time they were biting well. Then another “2-13” sized bass made a spectacular leap and slung the trap back hard enough for it to skip two times before it hit the boat. Had to laugh again. Toward the end of the day one about 4 1/2 gave me the reject. Didn’t laugh that time. Eighteen was the day’s total, with a FOD (that didn’t get away) at 4 1/2.  Had 4 others over 3 and a lot of 2-13s. Here’s one that did not throw the hook. It inhaled the trap.I forgot to add I was on Lake Ferguson.

I just refurbished and expanded my rod rack.  There is a shelf for the butt of the rod to sit on and a pool noodle cut halfway through to hold the top part of the rod. Here is the photo.