Losing Baits

[EvanT123]

Fished a small pool off a creek today and lost quite a few small plastics crawling across the bottom. Usually fish rivers and reaction baits. How normal is it to lose more baits crawling across the bottom?

[EvanT123]

Worked these baits t-rigged. Should I skin hook or bury it deeper ?

[Bluebasser86]

Depends on the terrain. This time of year if I'm fishing a small pool and get snagged I just go in after it unless I'm planning on fishing it for awhile and don't want to spook the fish, then I'll break off instead. Rocks tend to be the worst bait eaters when you're crawling the bait along the bottom.

[EvanT123]

That's basically what I'm fishing rocks with a craw

[rockchalk06]

I'm a broke single dad/cop so I can't afford to lose much. I fish all plastics Texas rigged weedless and when wacky rigging I use a weedless Mustad hook too.

[Sam]

You will lose baits if you throw them where the fish live.

If you don't want to lose baits then 1) don't throw them; and 2) don't throw them where the fish live.

Try a weedless hook in the future. You can find them at BPS and Cabela's plus Tackle Warehouse, etc. I use them all the time for plastics thrown into the structure and trash.

You can use a weedless hook for a Texas rig, too.

Good luck and keep losing those baits!!!!

["Lunker Hunter"]

One thing I have learned is that when I hit a snag instead of trying to pull it free I will gently lift my rod tip a jiggle the line sometimes the bait just rolls over the obstruction.

[38 Super Fan]

A football head jig may come through the rocks a little better.

[roadwarrior]

If you fish from the bank you are going to lose lures, it's just part of the drill.

If you fish from a boat buy a plug knocker and you will be able to recover 90%

or better.

[BassAssassin726]

If youre not losing baits, youre not throwing them where the fish live. Its all part of the game. I use some weedless hooks, but remember theres a big difference between weedless and snagless.

[Bankbeater]

One thing I have learned is that when I hit a snag instead of trying to pull it free I will gently lift my rod tip a jiggle the line sometimes the bait just rolls over the obstruction.

X2 and try using a smaller weight.

[AndyTN]

In summer, I fish mainly soft baits at night in 15-20 ft of water. The bottom stucture is rocky making my weight more of an issue then my hook most of the time. I can fish a C Rigged worm with an egg sinker easier then a T Rig with a bullet weight which seems to find every crevice it can to drop into. Since it is the weight I can usually clear it by simply positioning the boad on the opposite side of the retrieve and popping it out with no damage to the worm at all.

[bassin is addicting]

try fishing weightless. texas rigged. you will get hung up much less. i fish from the bank alot and find if i use a spinning reel i can throw just about bait far enough, even weightless.