Cotton Cordell Red Fins

[The Dad Fisherman]

How about loading them w/ Mineral Oil or some other like oil? Would that keep the Evaporation down?

[baldwin]

I've had excellent results with Blurple and red head white body. Great lure. 10cc water will load it properly, but only use this when you need to chuck it into the wind or get it down a little. Loading dampens the action.

[DZ]

Dad Fisherman,
Read surfcasting rhode island website article linked in my previous posts for alternative loads - includes mineral water.

As far as adding bbs - just add enough to float test - add more if needed.

DZ

[cow tamer]

I found the 7 in. red fins easy to load and straight forward. The 5 in. red fins and 5 in. mambos on the other hand require a little more finess and you need to test them as you fill. 7 in. mambos require no loading.

[Rockport24]

interesting you posted this Bob, I just read Dennis' article on Joe's site the other day and was going to post something similar.
Flap, I think it was you that wrote about loaded red fins in OTW this fall. Great articles from both you! Can't wait to try them!

[Redsoxticket]

I swim tested the 7 inch loaded with baby oil execellent results, tight wiggle with a subsuface depth that appeared to be possibly 2 feet that I was observing which was from a high dock.

I also placed in bucket and it floats at 45 degrees and the head is above the water from slightly above the lip.

I thought I loaded with 15 cc (15ml) and it still floats.
Flaptail, does your float at 15cc in the bucket?

I want to dublicate the same but know I have my doubts at what level I actually loaded the red fin. If may have been that I was undecisive between 10 cc and 15 cc so I went inbetween. What do you do to view the water level thru the smokey gray w/ black stripe because I can't see it thru a bright light.

[Flaptail]

I use water to load mine. Oil, which many of my friends use is tricky cause of it's tendency have more bouyancy. At 15cc's of H2O the lure should sit straight up in the water with just the head from the lip up breaking the surface. It will, as Dennis said, cast like a rocket and will go to the bottom worked slowly against the pull of each receding wave. Like I said, 15cc on the beach with all sand, like we have on the outer cape. 10cc for shallower work.

Also, if you fish the Elizabeth Islands we fish them straight out of the package no loading, casting them into the rocks and work them like a danny slowly back to the boat. they swimm right on the surface with their backs out of the water in a nice wiggle. We use them when we don't want to risk losing a treasured Danny or other wooden plug when the surf or swells are high and the fish are right in the boulder fields. Nashawena on the MV sound side is a place where we always switch to the red fin. It catches and if you break of it only cost you $4.99 instead of 16 to 20 bucks. My good friend Stiff tip loves unloaded reds down them islands and more than once I have had to work my skiff through white water and rocks while he was trying to control a big bass that ate one.