Real Chug bug vs: the knock offs...

I bought a bunch of knock offs, painted and finished a dozen and found that they look great, but they dont sit in the water the same. So I tore apart an original to see the weight system. It appears that the knock offs have similar weights, but are in the wrong places. http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/doh.gif

The original has a large lead ball in the tail section and nothing in the head.
The knock off has nothing in the tail and a large lead ball in the head.

So I drilled a hole just big enough to get a copper BB through into the small rear section on the bottom of the bait. I put 5 bb's in the cavity and thats all it will take. Epoxied the hole up and they cast alot better, and sit in the water like they should tail down some. http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/thumbsup2.gif

http://bustinbassbaits.com/pro...=1033

http://bustinbassbaits.com/images/b-cart/1033.jpg

Good info, thanks for the tip, Mike. I have done something similar to the lipless floater blanks,(like the one's in your bluegill/sunfish post), to make them sinkers. Drilled a small hole in the belly, just behind the front hook hanger, and added some #8 lead shot. Then epoxied the hole before painting. Works pretty well.

Painted a few of the chugbug knockoffs in my early days of painting, missed a lot of bass on the knockoff because of the way it sit in the water.