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  1. 12-21-2013, 11:15 PM #1
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    Can you tune a jerk bait?

    I threw a Megabass Vision 110 today and it didn't run right. When I reeled to crank down it wouldn't dive and when I twitched it it just flopped around on the surface. I tied on a second one and it ran the way it was supposed to so there's something wrong with the first one. I had this happen with an Ima Flit before. Can these jerk baits be tuned, or are they just defective?
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    #2 12-22-2013, 07:58 AM
    Sounds like it doesnt have a bill
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    #3 12-22-2013, 09:09 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by jkarol24 View Post
    Sounds like it doesnt have a bill
    I miss a lot but I would have noticed that :)
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    #4 12-22-2013, 02:42 PM
    After threads by this, you never know
    http://www.bbcboards.net/bbc-lounge/...-megabass.html
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    #5 12-22-2013, 10:22 PM
    I don't know about a MB, but I have tuned other brands before.
    "The man of system is apt to be very wise in his own conceit; and is often so enamored with the supposed beauty of his own ideal plan of government that he cannot suffer the smallest deviation from any part of it…He seems to imagine that he can arrange the different members of a great society with as much ease as the hand arranges the different pieces upon a chessboard.” Adam Smith, The Theory of Moral Sentiments
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    #6 12-23-2013, 01:14 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Jeff Hahn View Post
    I don't know about a MB, but I have tuned other brands before.
    I just can't figure out why it won't dive. It looks exactly like the others.
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    #7 12-23-2013, 04:59 PM
    Any chance it is a knock-off? Are there Japanese characters in the pupil of the eyes?

    Is the weight tranfer ball stuck in the tail?
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    #8 12-24-2013, 09:59 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by socalcranker View Post
    Any chance it is a knock-off? Are there Japanese characters in the pupil of the eyes?

    Is the weight tranfer ball stuck in the tail?
    I got them from a reputable dealer. The characters are in the eyes and the balls moves freely. It's the craziest thing. I can't find anything wrong with it.
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    #9 12-25-2013, 06:16 PM
    I have the same problem whenever my lake ices over.
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    #10 01-02-2014, 09:50 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by waynem View Post
    I have the same problem whenever my lake ices over.
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    #11 01-04-2014, 07:21 PM
    Try both of them in the washbowl. How does it sit in the water? I'd bet that one is tail-down. Probably an assembly error; they should replace it. Who "they" is may be difficult to pin down. I don't think it's fair to pin this on the retailer. Importer, sure.
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    #12 01-05-2014, 08:03 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Walkabout7781 View Post
    Try both of them in the washbowl. How does it sit in the water? I'd bet that one is tail-down. Probably an assembly error; they should replace it. Who "they" is may be difficult to pin down. I don't think it's fair to pin this on the retailer. Importer, sure.
    I tried it and they are both exactly the same. It the ball bearing is in the front it sinks nose down. If it's in the front then it sinks nose down. I think I'm going crazy. Maybe i need to tie it in again.
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