Tiny Rebels

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Originally Posted by Breambuster

Had that same problem with my first cast with one, the small treble hooks were a pain! I took those off and replaced them with #4 short-shanked single hooks and a lot easier to unhook the fish. Pretty easy, just slide the treble off the split ring and replace it with a single hook...you may need a few split rings to replace the original ones on the baits.

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I might try that this year. In addition to the unhooking problems, trebles would snag a lot of weeds and snags in some of the waters I fish.

The single hook swap-out sounds like a good idea.

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Originally Posted by Duckbill

The single hook swap-out sounds like a good idea.

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The best idea!! All of these can be deadly at certain times. Worth having them, that's for sure.

the rebel cricket/grass hopper crank bait kicks butt, the yeller one works best for me along with the black one. like them late evening in the summer worked on the surface for monster gills. twitch them and wiggle them to make a few ripples on the surface and hold on.

i've used the tiny tadpole one,and the cricket hopper with sucess on big gills in spring time

I love the wee crawfish. Have caught just about everything on it.

I like the 1-1/2" Rebel crawdad, cricket, frog, and minnow but never tried the tadfry

Those are all great lures for bluegills and also small bass. I use them a lot when I am fishing farm ponds.

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Originally Posted by njones

the rebel cricket/grass hopper crank bait kicks butt, the yeller one works best for me along with the black one. like them late evening in the summer worked on the surface for monster gills. twitch them and wiggle them to make a few ripples on the surface and hold on.

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Exactly!

Must be a Kansas thang;)

Seriously, big 'gills just murder that lure.

Tom

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Originally Posted by tholmes

Exactly!

Must be a Kansas thang;)

Seriously, big 'gills just murder that lure.

Tom

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I also agree.
Pennsylvania, New Jersy, North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana

The Rebel Cricket/Grasshopper catches big 'gills in them all.
JW