Hooks getting caught
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Vaalboy101
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If you are using inline spinners, like Mepps, you can cut two of the hooks off, or change to a single hook. Rather look at using weedless baits like a spinnerbait, topwater frog, or plastic rigs (see the great post on rigs in this forum)
Good luck
Good luck
Torpedo Jack
Senior Member
I agree - the trebles are a b!tch - always snagging my inline spinners. Change to a single, but then you still have a 33% chance of getting hung up.
The best solution I've found is the titanium Lure Saver split rings. VERY nice stuff, got a few for you if you'd like to try them.
http://www.ultimateluresaver.com/prostaff.cfm
Mike
The best solution I've found is the titanium Lure Saver split rings. VERY nice stuff, got a few for you if you'd like to try them.
http://www.ultimateluresaver.com/prostaff.cfm
Mike
Hooking Up A Plastic Bait!
http://www.sabaa.co.za/tips&tricks/fishing.htm
[align=left]One of the first questions the novice angler asks is, "How do I put a plastic bait onto a hook? It looks so easy yet my bait never looks anything like it should!"
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[align=left]The answer is a simple one. A normal worm hook has a shoulder near the eye of the hook. The distance from the eye to the first bend on the shoulder is the distance your hook should go into the front of the plastic worm / lizard before it should come out again. Any longer than this and the plastic bait will start to bunch while you are retrieving it; any shorter than this and the plastic will tear off on the first bite or the first underwater obstruction that you hit.
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[align=left]The point must come out at the bottom of the bait. In putting a plastic lizard on this is fairly obvious, the bottom side is the flat side, the top side is normally shaped and a look at the head will quickly tell you if you are on the right road. With a worm this is a little more difficult as the worm is cylindricalwith no obvious top or bottom side. The tail is the giveaway. The tail always points downwards, so the hook must come out on the side where the tail points downwards.
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[align=left]Once you have pushed the point of the hook through, pull the remainder of the hook through until the eye is just sticking out of the front of the bait. Now turn the hook around so that the plastic rests on the shoulder of the bait.[/align]
[align=left]Before pushing the hook back through, have a look at where the bend of the hook is in relation to the plastic bait. Push the hook back through the body at the point where the bend is in line with the lure. The often-made mistake is to push the hook back through the body where the point lines up with the lure. This stretches the bait and will cause it to pull of the shoulder very easily.[/align]
[align=left]Once the hook is through, all that remains to be done is to lie the hook along the back of the bait and just pull the bait slightly forward so you can skin-hook the point of the hook into it. This will make the lure a lot more weedless and result in far fewer snags and hang-ups.[/align]
http://www.sabaa.co.za/tips&tricks/fishing.htm
[align=left]One of the first questions the novice angler asks is, "How do I put a plastic bait onto a hook? It looks so easy yet my bait never looks anything like it should!"
[align=left]The answer is a simple one. A normal worm hook has a shoulder near the eye of the hook. The distance from the eye to the first bend on the shoulder is the distance your hook should go into the front of the plastic worm / lizard before it should come out again. Any longer than this and the plastic bait will start to bunch while you are retrieving it; any shorter than this and the plastic will tear off on the first bite or the first underwater obstruction that you hit.
[align=left]The point must come out at the bottom of the bait. In putting a plastic lizard on this is fairly obvious, the bottom side is the flat side, the top side is normally shaped and a look at the head will quickly tell you if you are on the right road. With a worm this is a little more difficult as the worm is cylindricalwith no obvious top or bottom side. The tail is the giveaway. The tail always points downwards, so the hook must come out on the side where the tail points downwards.
[align=left]Once you have pushed the point of the hook through, pull the remainder of the hook through until the eye is just sticking out of the front of the bait. Now turn the hook around so that the plastic rests on the shoulder of the bait.[/align]
[align=left]Before pushing the hook back through, have a look at where the bend of the hook is in relation to the plastic bait. Push the hook back through the body at the point where the bend is in line with the lure. The often-made mistake is to push the hook back through the body where the point lines up with the lure. This stretches the bait and will cause it to pull of the shoulder very easily.[/align]
[align=left]Once the hook is through, all that remains to be done is to lie the hook along the back of the bait and just pull the bait slightly forward so you can skin-hook the point of the hook into it. This will make the lure a lot more weedless and result in far fewer snags and hang-ups.[/align]
onther thing that i have learnt from the old pro's is when you are pulling a plastic or spinner over some timber go slow dont jerk it as the is when you get caught, and if you do get a little snaged dont try pull it free as you are only going to drive the hook deeper, rather try pushe the hook in theopposite dirtion it got hook, i have not lost a single hook doing this.
good luck happy fishing, now go catch a monster
good luck happy fishing, now go catch a monster
