I'm new around here and new to fishing as well. Appreciate any suggestions!
I bought a few new crankbaits (BassPro "The Egg") tonight and ran into some issues with the treble hooks. I had success early on with them, but found the double treble hook arrangement to be a little awkward. The crankbait is so short that the treble hooks catch each other fairly often. Also, my wife hooked a bass solid in the lip, and also in the gill - took some patience to get both out and kind of seemed like overkill to me.
So, questions:
1) Have any of you experienced similar issues with a crankbait and removed one of the treble hooks? If so, did you remove the tail or belly hook? Did this affect it's effectiveness?
2) Have any of you replaced the treble hooks on a crankbait with single hooks (I'm seeing them called "Siwash hooks", but not sure if that is correct terminology)? Does this affect effectiveness?
