Single hooks on topwater?

[AubreyLaHaye458]

I just heard something about someone replacing the trebles on their topwaters baits with single hooks. Is this a legitimate idea? Does it work?! It seems like it would make it harder to get a good hookup with single hooks rather than trebles?


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[Clampy]

Yeah if you fishing around a lot of grass it can work.
Or if you big fish fishing and want to make sure you don't hurt the fish too bad it's a good call.

[AlexOrtego]

Originally Posted by Clampy

Yeah if you fishing around a lot of grass it can work.
Or if you big fish fishing and want to make sure you don't hurt the fish too bad it's a good call.

not trying to be rude but people factor in "hurting the fish"????? i just want them in the boat!

[AubreyLaHaye458]

Originally Posted by AlexOrtego

not trying to be rude but people factor in "hurting the fish"????? i just want them in the boat!

I believe he's referring to the 7-8-9 pound trout that most people like to put back.


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[AlexOrtego]

ONCE AGAIN i wouldn't be worried about that, because it would be on my wall or in my ice chest regardless, when people can go catch 100+ trout relatively often, i wouldn't feel bad taking 1 pig out, bass, a great weekend, you might have 40-50 keepers

[BassYakR]

To me making sure big fish get put back in the water unharmed is a pretty big deal. But that's just me.

[PotLikinisAhabbit]

Originally Posted by AlexOrtego

ONCE AGAIN i wouldn't be worried about that, because it would be on my wall or in my ice chest regardless, when people can go catch 100+ trout relatively often, i wouldn't feel bad taking 1 pig out, bass, a great weekend, you might have 40-50 keepers

The guys who catch big trout catch them pretty frequently same spot year after year. Taking the best genes out of the breeding pool would adversely affect the number of fish genetically capable of reaching trophy class. Everything i just said is backed by no scientific studies.

[AubreyLaHaye458]

lol. I like the disclaimer at the end.


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[BassYakR]

Originally Posted by PotLikinisAhabbit

The guys who catch big trout catch them pretty frequently same spot year after year. Taking the best genes out of the breeding pool would adversely affect the number of fish genetically capable of reaching trophy class. Everything i just said is backed by no scientific studies.

Awesomesauce!

[BuckingFastard]

Everything i just said is backed by no scientific studies.[/QUOTE]
yea but it sounded legit

[Goooh]

Originally Posted by PotLikinisAhabbit

The guys who catch big trout catch them pretty frequently same spot year after year. Taking the best genes out of the breeding pool would adversely affect the number of fish genetically capable of reaching trophy class. Everything i just said is backed by no scientific studies.

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[noodle creek]

Originally Posted by PotLikinisAhabbit

The guys who catch big trout catch them pretty frequently same spot year after year. Taking the best genes out of the breeding pool would adversely affect the number of fish genetically capable of reaching trophy class. Everything i just said is backed by no scientific studies.

By the time a trout is 8-10 pounds, you know how many eggs it has laid. They will still have the same genes, whether the trout is 1 pound or 10 lbs.

[Goooh]

Originally Posted by noodle creek

By the time a trout is 8-10 pounds, you know how many eggs it has laid. They will still have the same genes, whether the trout is 1 pound or 10 lbs.

37, but that's not counting those that are trapped behind the weirs

[PotLikinisAhabbit]

Originally Posted by noodle creek

By the time a trout is 8-10 pounds, you know how many eggs it has laid. They will still have the same genes, whether the trout is 1 pound or 10 lbs.

So I guess it's not a good idea to let them keep laying eggs??

[fishinpox]

Only time I'd put a single hooks on TW is if I'm smoking chicken dolphin

[Clampy]

Originally Posted by PotLikinisAhabbit

The guys who catch big trout catch them pretty frequently same spot year after year. Taking the best genes out of the breeding pool would adversely affect the number of fish genetically capable of reaching trophy class. Everything i just said is backed by no scientific studies.

Thank u

[RickLafayette]

I've been using these with good hookups on redfish. They catch the corner of the mouth and the circle design locks them in but they're easy to unhook.

[Clampy]

Lot of redfish guys us them because if you hook one outside the mouth in a lot of tourneys you can't count the fish and reds seldom get the bait in their mouths good

[cyclerj]

Originally Posted by RickLafayette

I've been using these with good hookups on redfish. They catch the corner of the mouth and the circle design locks them in but they're easy to unhook.

Where do you find these in Lafayette?

[keakar]

Originally Posted by AlexOrtego

ONCE AGAIN i wouldn't be worried about that, because it would be on my wall or in my ice chest regardless, when people can go catch 100+ trout relatively often, i wouldn't feel bad taking 1 pig out, bass, a great weekend, you might have 40-50 keepers

well its not just the pigs, there are a lot of little scrappers you don't want but those treble hooks will rip their gills out trying to unhook them.

I also look at it this way, them treble hooks can slow you down and cost you a lot of fish on a fast bite while your playing around trying to get all those hooks out only to re-snag as they come out.

when you are catching as fast as you can cast you definitely don't want to be throwing treble hook baits.

the way I see it, when a fish crashes the bait a single hook is all you need so there isn't much of a disadvantage in using one. its not like your going to be missing a ton of strikes because he didn't hit it just right to catch that single hook, when he grabs it he grabs it.