I've been doing it with my salmon & steelhead plugs, spoons, and spinners forever and it works a lot better. Those fish have way harder mouths and are a lot bigger. They also don't slap at stuff.
Bass swipe and bump plugs a lot and the trebles do increase your chances of at least getting some kind of hook in them. It's also why most of us fish much more parabolic rods with treble hooks to keep that poor hookup pinned without applying a ton of pressure like it would with a stiff rod.
Long story short, if it's something thousands and thousands have been doing forever and a new style hasn't emerged there is a reason for it. Keep the trebles.
Power fishing is an art!
Wind & Points- Spinnerbait
Points & Minimal Wind- Buzzbait
Submerged grass- Lipless
Surface weeds- Swim jig
Wood- Chatterbait
Rip Rap- Squarebill
12-25ft- Deep Crank
25+ft- Swing Jig
Now go wear your arms and thumbs out.
I use them on my punch gear, 8' Heavy rod, 80lb braid, punch hook, punch skirt, 3/8oz lead, bobber stop and flip it straight into wood. I mean like right into the heart of a tree.
Great bait in wood. Around pads pretty much anything will work. Make some jig rigs with bass cast weights. The way they drop and clang around in there are deadly.
I use the Lamiglas Infinity 723 for weightless and I really love it. It's rated for 3/4oz but it has a really soft tip which let's you cast a mile and has the backbone for solid hook sets.
Fish size has nothing to do with tournaments. The elites and FLW might catch five double digit bass combined in a season with hundreds of guys fishing multiple days.
I completely cover myself. Compression bottoms, long sleeve shirt, sun gloves, buff, sun hat, and sun glasses.
I still feel sun faded and worn out when I get off the water, but the next day I don't feel destroyed like I used.
You will get a ton of favorites and advice but the consensus will be less action in colder water, more action in warmer water.
I use the KVD perfect plastic in winter, Rage chunk in summer, and a Paca chunk the rest of the time.
Yes, it's another tool in the deep water arsenal. By the time you've ran a crank bait, football jig, magnum worm, flutter spoon, swing jig, shaky head, drop shot, Ned, and lipless through a school you've done about all you can.
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