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| I've caught a lot of fish on spinner baits. Especially effective on the neighborhood tiger lake. Never noticed any issue with keeping them pinned compared to other baits. Whether it's a single hook spinner bait, or an in-line with a treble, I never hesitate to give a second hard hook set, once the fish gives me an angle. A common issue with these baits is that the fish will often be moving toward you when they strike, and continue in the same direction. It's hard to make sure you have a good hook set when their coming at you. Frequently, you never move the bait in their mouth. |
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Location: SE, WI. | North of 8 - 10/24/2024 7:50 AM jdsplasher - 10/23/2024 8:23 PM chuckski - 10/23/2024 8:22 AM I had a Spinnerbait (a Hi Fin) that had a treble hook rather than a single hook it was a pain to store so I gave it to my dad and he went on to catch our largest fish by long shot on that lure. He also caught some other Muskies on that lure too. Then the arm broke off just above the tie on. So I still have half the lure. This winter I'm going to see if I can have someone rebuilt it. I still have the bucktail part along with a weight I'm sure one of you handy guy's could fix it this winter. I will post an add in the lure building after the season is over. I build many spinner baits with trebles. Leverage free, and love them cuz rarely do you miss a bite!!! I can certainly see the advantage of a treble attached with a split ring for hooking and staying hooked, but I typically use spinner baits in thick cover. Don't they get fouled much more frequently than a fixed single hook? NO8: yes trebles get hung in weeds. Fishing through weeds then use single set up. There are other scenarios for use of spinnerbaits with trebles. Trolling OVER weeds! Burning OVER weeds. Running spinnerbaits over rock bars/ sand bars, shallows that are weed free. Use the right tool for the job. The split ring isn’t my set up with the treble. A lot better system I use. JD |
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| jdsplasher - 10/24/2024 7:57 PM
North of 8 - 10/24/2024 7:50 AM jdsplasher - 10/23/2024 8:23 PM chuckski - 10/23/2024 8:22 AM I had a Spinnerbait (a Hi Fin) that had a treble hook rather than a single hook it was a pain to store so I gave it to my dad and he went on to catch our largest fish by long shot on that lure. He also caught some other Muskies on that lure too. Then the arm broke off just above the tie on. So I still have half the lure. This winter I'm going to see if I can have someone rebuilt it. I still have the bucktail part along with a weight I'm sure one of you handy guy's could fix it this winter. I will post an add in the lure building after the season is over. I build many spinner baits with trebles. Leverage free, and love them cuz rarely do you miss a bite!!! I can certainly see the advantage of a treble attached with a split ring for hooking and staying hooked, but I typically use spinner baits in thick cover. Don't they get fouled much more frequently than a fixed single hook? NO8: yes trebles get hung in weeds. Fishing through weeds then use single set up. There are other scenarios for use of spinnerbaits with trebles. Trolling OVER weeds! Burning OVER weeds. Running spinnerbaits over rock bars/ sand bars, shallows that are weed free. Use the right tool for the job. The split ring isn’t my set up with the treble. A lot better system I use. JD
Thanks for the explanation. |
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Location: Brighton CO. | My dad's large fish was caught in a little bay off the main river channel in a Canadian River system it also had a mini rock wall by the shore. I like to grind my Spinnerbaits (single hook) thru the weeds and on the Canadian Lakes it works in rocks too without dulling up your trebles. |
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| I don't catch many muskies. To lose 3 in one season is a lot for this guy. Regardless of how big they are. Frustrating to say the least. |
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| I lost 5 in one day on a spinnerbait... Removed the silly single hook and the hookup ratio shot up considerably. I get they are great in the weeds, but that wasn't worth the payoff of less hookups. |
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| Reading some of the positive comments, I wonder if for me at least, I simply am not giving a hard enough hook sets for spinners. Large single hook as opposed to smaller trebles. Decades ago, when I was old enough to go out by myself and fish for pike, I lost some on a big Silver Minnow. My uncle reminded me that that big single hook took a little more umph to penetrate a pike's jaw. |
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