SMBLifter Posted March 7, 2020 Report Share Posted March 7, 2020 Does anyone have any experience with the blades with the bubble holes in them? What does it do to the action? Anyone tried anything besides the jig dancer type blades from LPO like the blades you can find on aliexpress or ebay chinese knockoff blades? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadman Posted March 7, 2020 Report Share Posted March 7, 2020 I personally don't see a difference other than it might run a little faster when you crank it because there is less water resistance. The holes are supposed to add bubbles when the bait is retrieved. Anyway, to me blades are blades as long as you get the same thickness and same profile it should be fine. However maybe a different style and or thickness might enhance fish catchability. Try it and see, they can't be that expensive to do a little trial and error. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaBehr Posted March 7, 2020 Report Share Posted March 7, 2020 How could they "add bubbles" if they have no access to air underwater? Just wondering! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted March 7, 2020 Report Share Posted March 7, 2020 I think the holes are to let you retrieve it a little faster without the bait rising to the surface. That's also why the tip of some blades are bent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21xdc Posted March 8, 2020 Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 2 hours ago, DaBehr said: How could they "add bubbles" if they have no access to air underwater? Just wondering! They cant... All it does is reduce the waters resistance against the blade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglinarcher Posted March 8, 2020 Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 4 hours ago, DaBehr said: How could they "add bubbles" if they have no access to air underwater? Just wondering! Not to differ from others, but it can if you retrieve fast enough. I doubt that most of us would retrieve a chatter style bait that fast, but.... https://www.google.com/search?q=cavitation+definition&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS859US859&oq=cavatitation&aqs=chrome.3.69i57j0l7.10722j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21xdc Posted March 8, 2020 Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted March 9, 2020 Report Share Posted March 9, 2020 I don't know if cavitation is the reason for the holes, but I do know that water passing over a badly reamed copper pipe end will cause the chlorine dissolved in the water to precipitate out as a gas, and that gas will eat away at the copper pipe, eventually causing a leak. That water isn't passing the badly reamed pipe at much speed, so maybe those holes in the blades do cause cavitation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Good Fishing Posted March 11, 2020 Report Share Posted March 11, 2020 This is my personal, highly unscientific opinion, but, having fished both a lot, I find that the blades with bubble holes (we call them "turbo" blades) have a sharper, tighter hunt pattern than the non-bubble hole blades. I prefer the wider, slower hunt of the standard blades, but we sell lots of both. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingmfg Posted March 19, 2020 Report Share Posted March 19, 2020 I like the original coffin blade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
