Just started using crankbaits after decades of using mostly soft plastic lures and thought maybe some of you fine gents can tell me your method for removing treble hooks from fish especially when one hook is deep and the other lipped. I don't want to have to extract another hook past the barb from my finger with a big crappies jerking all over the place !!:yikes
(Will never feel anything again in that area for the rest of my life.)
Here is a recent discussion on this topic which may prove helpful. You can also try crimping down the barbs. Your loss ratio will not be that much different. Here the link to that discussion:
https://www.crappie.com/crappie/main-crappie-fishing-forum/398966-treble-hook/
all treble hooked crank style baits with fish on them SCARE me ….:yikes
Lots of hook points flying around
Thanks !
I have short shank J hooks and will replace the tail treble hook with one; the front treble hook I'll cut off 2 of three hooks or add a larger treble also with two removed so the lure runs true. I also read years ago to add a second split ring to the rear hook for better hook ups. Seems to work better.
I pretty much quit cranks because of the damage they do to the fish. Like many here I’m also a CAR fisherman. I’m going to get some #6 in line hooks and try those on my collection of Rebel lures.
Bob
I use a pair of hemostats actually 3 pair in my boat and don't try to get my fingers close to the hooks.
Bass pro makes a hook remover with a t handle that pulls a little j up into the body completely grabbing the hook. It is small and cheap (<$10) and works great on crankbaits for crappie and catfish when they decide to bite. If it is a cat and I am not going to keep it, I reach down with the remover and grab the hook and shake him off. Never have to get slimed up.
Just looked it up. Bass Pro calls it the Squeeze out hook remover and it is $9 and change. Works great.
Like Meghan Trainor said, "I'm all about that bass -- no treble."
Just checked out squeeze-out on Amazon: $5.99 free s/h with prime. Does it really work on small mouths like sunfish?
Never tried it on them but I don't see why not. It is about the size of a pencil.
Anther reason I don’t use a lot of crankbait when bass fishing, too many horror stories and bass almost always shake their head. I still like jerkbait and top water sometime but with all the barbs crimped down and with fish gripper to help avoid putting my fingers where the hooks at.
I used cranks with crappie because I think they are small enough that I can hold their body, and with small forceps I could remove the hook easily. I got poked and bloody from crappie’s fin a couple times mostly from the one on two pelvic fins but that still way better than treble hook. Now I have a second thought about crankbait for crappie lol.
I use this jaw grip especially after getting hooked. I loop the strap around my wrist and it locks on the fish's jaw. Doing so paralyzes the fish like a thumb holding a bass's jaw at an angle. Fish stop moving completely.
A friend gave me this a few years ago and I found it works better than Berkley's jaw grip which is heavy and takes up a lot of room. It's around 8 bucks/ free s/h with Amazon prime.
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That could be good for the stray catfish I end up with
They seem to like me:Quote:
Originally Posted by DockShootinJack
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Here I used the Berkley jaw grabbers for this 7+ lb cat:
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this sucka couldn't get loose:
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I have wrestled some big ones out from under docks in the winter time.
That is one huge sucker
...with a face that only another sucka could love! ;) (Give a new meaning to suck face.)Quote:
Originally Posted by DockShootinJack
Very true.
I actually have three, one like in your picture 9” one 6” for carry around in my pant pocket for portability and one metal to stay in a boat. It is a must for me since I normally don’t bring a net with me and yet I have three nets. These grip is good especially bass fishing in kayak, I leash it to a hook on my kayak so I can grip and let the fish in water while preparing camera/scale.
That's most of the reason I carry one considering the fact that I don't use lures with treble hooks.Quote:
so I can grip and let the fish in water while preparing camera/scale.
Of course the large barbs on catfish can inflict some serious pain making the jaw grip especially useful.
(Caught a carp that size from my canoe and it towed me upriver as if it wasn't even hooked. Talk about a really dumb fish.....)
Good post, guys
I am a believer that ONE HOOK rigged on a DROP SHOT will catch you enough Crappie dinner for two. AT my age that many treble hooks flying around near my hand with an angry fish on the other end is just asking for the fish to put those hooks in your hand. As for those larger fish the floating gripper will help keep those hooks away from you.
Mike