Replacing treble hooks: Sense the beginning most all crank baits,top water baits and a few I’m forgetting have treble hooks. Take em off. Think the fish haven’t noticed? Replace em...

Mister twister Loc: Foxworth,Ms.

Sense the beginning most all crank baits,top water baits and a few I’m forgetting have treble hooks. Take em off. Think the fish haven’t noticed? Replace em with a good short shank hook. To the fish it’s new and you will have more hook ups. The one leg to them is a different offering.

flyguy Loc: Lake Onalaska, Sunfish Capitol of the World!

Mister twister wrote:

Sense the beginning most all crank baits,top water baits and a few I’m forgetting have treble hooks. Take em off. Think the fish haven’t noticed? Replace em with a good short shank hook. To the fish it’s new and you will have more hook ups. The one leg to them is a different offering.

It could very well be. Some salmon lures only have single hooks. Any thoughts on this guys/gals? I very seldom fish with lures.

Mister twister Loc: Foxworth,Ms.

flyguy,some how I have a lure like that, don’t know where it came from but it has 2 single hooks. Our salmon around here are in cans.

Fishon Fishon Loc: Baton Rouge Louisiana

So you’re saying to replace treble hooks on hard baits with short shank single hooks ???

Mister twister Loc: Foxworth,Ms.

It sounds strange but it’s worked for me. It’s just different to the fish.

Spiritof27 Loc: Lincoln, CA

Mentioned this in another post - in California it's not legal to fish for some species (salmon, steelhead) (?) with more than one hook. So some lure manufacturer's recognize this and provide both. Never heard of doing it to present a different look, but why not? And it sure is easier get one hook out than three. I think it's a great idea.

Mister twister Loc: Foxworth,Ms.

Have to watch how you put the hook on though,if your not paying attention it will turn and be in a backward position.

Spiritof27 Loc: Lincoln, CA

That's how I learn to do it correctly. That's how I learn most stuff - by screwin up.

Mister twister Loc: Foxworth,Ms.

I should be a professor by now.

Robert J Samples Loc: Round Rock, Texas

Remember Guys: The school of experience, first the test, then the lessons? Goes for hooks and fishing too.
Just Sayin...RJS

Fredfish Loc: Prospect CT.

Mister twister wrote:

Sense the beginning most all crank baits,top water baits and a few I’m forgetting have treble hooks. Take em off. Think the fish haven’t noticed? Replace em with a good short shank hook. To the fish it’s new and you will have more hook ups. The one leg to them is a different offering.

Hey again MT, VMC,makes a special hook just for that purpose. It's called an inline hook. The eye is inline with the bend of the hook. That way it rides either up or down,not at an angle off to one side..They make them from size 6 up to 4/0. Check em out.

Fredfish Loc: Prospect CT.

Fredfish wrote:

Hey again MT, VMC,makes a special hook just for that purpose. It's called an inline hook. The eye is inline with the bend of the hook. That way it rides either up or down,not at an angle off to one side..They make them from size 6 up to 4/0. Check em out.

Robert J Samples Loc: Round Rock, Texas

Well, almost a professor, remember the Movie, Good Will Hunting? the janitor correcting the black board calculations of a college professor. Just Sayin...RJS

Mikie707 Loc: Cape May NJ now-Was in Vero Beach Fl

Yes I learn everything the hard way to! Lol You don't forget that way! Fredfish that's a neat hook, didn't know that they made those! Thanks!

Flytier Loc: Wilmington Delaware

I swap out a lot of my spoons and put single hooks on them, especially for bluefish. It's a lot easier to take the hook out of that mouthful of teeth.