Bowling pin teasers

[alex n]

Has anyone here made teasers out of actual bowling pins, I've come across a few and wanted to try to make some, How have you done so?

[Capt-D]

Has anyone here made teasers out of actual bowling pins, I've come across a few and wanted to try to make some, How have you done so?

The problem I found with them is that they are plastic over wood and once you cut the face slanted the wood is exposed and the water pressure at 6 knots messes with the plastic (starts to warp it and crack) at least that was my experience. I guess you could use epoxy to seal it up again bu I never got that far. I sometimes suffer from ADHD and don't finish things I start messing with. Also think about what kind of paint to use that will stay on at 6 knots.

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[Tuna Taxi]

If you have a lathe, chuck the bowling pin in there and strip the plastic covering off. Then seal/paint the wood however you want. They work great. I've got a bunch of duck-pin size bowling pins I haven't gotten around to painting yet.

[algdog]

I've done it and it worked good
I found small pins at the flea market one yr that were around 9" long
bought 6 for 5 bucks
put an eyebolt in the skinny end, painted them green and painted on eyes
these were all wood with no plastic coating.
put them all on a tarred line at 5ft spacing. they had great action in the water
only pulled them one day. we were catching alot of yellowfins in the 60lb class
after three barrages of fish there were only three little pins left. fish smashed and hit the rest. it works but the little ones are hard to find
I have one of the large pins that I have pulled. I put an eyebolt in the skinny end and it makes a great comotion. plastic is still on it. didn't paint it left it red and white.
if you have a source for pins they make great teasers and you can do them on the cheap.

[Capt-D]

now the duck pins would be a great size as a teaser for the 30-60# class yellowfins that we get up here!

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