A little trick I did with my top water lures.
Post By: Steider Posted: 11/7/2009 2:56:13 AM
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I have a ten year old son and he loves to fish alot with a Rapala's skitter pop at horsetooth, but he had a hard time of hooking the fish. Either the fish would short strike the lure or he would pull it away to fast. This is what I did, I added a extra split ring on the back treble hook so when the fish strikes the lure the hook would go deeper in it's mouth. It sets the hook 1/8" farther back. it doesn't seem much but this has made his catch rate with a skitter pop triple. This year he was all smiles. feel free to try this sometime... it makes a big difference.
Good Fishing to everyone.
Reply by: fish 
Posted: 11/7/2009 3:50:33 AM
Points: 3500
cool nice job getting your son in to the fish. that's whats make it fun. fish
Reply by: MikeBass Posted: 11/7/2009 2:32:45 PM
Points: 343
Hmm, never thought about that... thanks for the tip!
Reply by: brookieflyfisher 
Posted: 11/7/2009 2:39:26 PM
Points: 3186
That's a nice trick. I'll definitely try it.
Reply by: Bass4life Posted: 11/7/2009 3:15:47 PM
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That same setup was on Bassmasters winning ways this morning
Reply by: eholm Posted: 11/7/2009 7:14:37 PM
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Cool, nice tip. I will keep it in mind, and I suppose the same would apply for some other lures too...
Reply by: Good Sam Posted: 11/7/2009 7:33:03 PM
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I just saw the same trick in the "In-Fisherman ice fishing annual" magazine. They did that to their jigging spoons.
Steve
Reply by: PJL1985 Posted: 11/22/2009 5:40:07 PM
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Try using suspendstrips from Storm. They will accomplish the same thing.
Reply by: njh Posted: 11/22/2009 6:06:12 PM
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Thanks for the great tip. I'm definitely gonna have to try it out!
Reply by: basscat Posted: 11/22/2009 7:36:07 PM
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can I get a pic of this trick?
Reply by: jamesp Posted: 11/22/2009 10:01:33 PM
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Appreciate the tip, and nice job fishing w/ your son
Reply by: waterwolf Posted: 11/24/2009 10:30:37 PM
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Good idea! Glad you're catching some fish.
Reply by: Fredo Posted: 11/25/2009 9:47:22 AM
Points: 311
Ironically, I just read about that trick in a book last night. The reason they gave is that the split ring provides for more movement of the hook thereby giving the bass less leverage to dislodge it. I guess the reason it works is not that important....just that it works! thanks for sharing.
