curious if anyone uses any type of quick attach swivel or fast attach hardware for their trolling baits. never used them and asking for reviews.
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curious if anyone uses any type of quick attach swivel or fast attach hardware for their trolling baits. never used them and asking for reviews.
I pretie my rigs with a barrel swivel at the top and use a snap swivel on the main line. Makes changes a little quicker.
Amazingly, 95% of this I have to break off break between the weight and the barrel swivel. Haven’t noticed anything negative on the setup.
Wannabe..
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I had not used them for trolling. I have used then for shooting docks. I had some of the smallest I could find. I had one straighten out on a big catfish. I got it to the side of the boat and on it's last run it pulled loose. I was using braid otherwise it would have broken the line limg before straightening the quick clipQuote:
Originally Posted by mississippi
like them a lot . Make sure you get the stainless in a size large . Brand called fast-knot . Bought 500 8 yrs. ago still have some . Some one named jerry from Arkansas I believe . will come to me later . Already has meat getter jigs .
I use #12 snap swivels on all of my long lines pulling crank baits and jigs
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I use some of the fas snaps to change out jigs quick and easy seem to work ok
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this is what i am referring to. slow trolling. quick change out of jigs, hooks, gnats. i see several devices for this and was wondering if there was ever a problem with them......hooks coming off unintended, affecting motion of the bait, etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by Erin Brewer
I tried the FastKnot style, a C shape, and didn’t care for it. They make corkscrew types and I prefer those. They are far more secure and strong. The trick is to get small ones and get good at undoing and redoing jigs without the glasses. I hold the clip in my left hand, jig in right, and I know I rotate the jig towards me to undo, and away from me to attach. They will hold big fish no problem and add very little to the presentation.
For spider rigging I use a locking snap swivel on my main line which is 10 lb. hi-viz mono. I tie my own double hook rigs with a 3 way swivel at the top and use 6 lb. mono for the rigs. May not work for everyone but works good for me.
I haven’t had any come off yet even caught a couple fish on just the snap the hook wasn’t even in the fish. The only issue I have had is sometimes the snap will flip down and get hung on the under side of the jig eye and it will make the jig sit all funkyQuote:
Originally Posted by mississippi
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That is the main reason I do not use them, afraid of a big fish straightening them out!Quote:
Originally Posted by DockShootinJack
These are the ones I use on occasion.
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It took some pressure to strengthen it out. I was using braid, it was what I estimate to be a 20 pound blue under a pier built dock. I locked the drag down and pulled away with the trolling motor trying to get it to deeper water to tire it out. Had I not horsed the fish around so hard I would not have gotten it out from under the dock. I do not fault the quick snap. I would could have broken the line just as easily. That was an extreme case I was pointing out
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Originally Posted by Eagle 1
Jerry Gross with MeatGetter Jigs. He is on C.D.C as Meatgetter and sells the FasSnaps. And I believe he’s down around Lake Washington now.
I use a VMC 00 30lb crankbait snap and they are great. They are small enough I will snap em straight to a jig as well. Great product.
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used these tuesday. worked ok.
Been using those for years with no complaint.Quote:
Originally Posted by mississippi
Same hereQuote:
Originally Posted by Cray
15 lb. flathead did not straighten mine .Quote:
Originally Posted by shadow
I use #10 Eagle Claw barrel snap swivels from WalMart. 35 in a pack for about $2.50. I make my living with them and use my exact same client set-up for tournaments. In years of using them we’ve caught 60 pound Bighead carp, 20+ pound flathead cats, and hundreds of drums up to 20 pounds.I may have had one break in all this time.
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Just bought 500 for 13 bucks on ebayQuote:
Originally Posted by Cray
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