trebles for cranks

[Kowen117]

what size trebles for crankbait say a 1/2 oz red eye shad?

[burleytog]

The 1/2 oz. Red Eye has #4 trebles.

[uicdent11]

4 in front and 6 in back I believe. A lot of times you can google the companies website and see a list of specifications for each model lure.

[Tin]

Take one off and put on a #2 in the front, I wish I had figured this out before the end of last year.

[burleytog]

4 in front and 6 in back I believe. A lot of times you can google the companies website and see a list of specifications for each model lure.

The Red Eye's hooks are the same size.  The Xcalibur baits have a smaller hook in the back.

[Kowen117]

Take one off and put on a #2 in the front, I wish I had figured this out before the end of last year.

Are you sayin just have one belly hook?

[Tin]

Exactly. I was using just the standard hook on my lipless but after a lot of reading and asking questions I will be going up a size.

I really noticed a drop in fish lost. But at the same time I use small lipless baits so they typically inhale the bait. But it seems like when there is only one set of trebles in the fish it takes less pressure off of that set. Where as with 2 sets of trebles they almost work against one another and one causes the other to pull out. When the hooks have more freedom (I also put 2 o-rings on so the trebles can rotate a full 360* instead of 180*)it  helps in keep the hook from pulling out.

[A-Jay]

From Russ's site (***) ~

A-Jay

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Mustad KVD Elite Treble Hook #TG76BLN

This is the hook that KVD has been clobbering everyone who's anyone in the bass fishing world for approximatley the past two seasons.

It's finally available to people other than KVD. I imagine that must make KVD sad. He had a good thing all to himself there for a long time.

It's Mustad hook model #TG76BLN, also know as the KVD Elite Treble.

I first heard it was on the drawing board (or the need was perceived for it by KVD) at the beginning of 2008, and now it is finally here (early 2010).

Why do I pick this hook as one of the best new things for bass anglers? It obviously is not rocket science or radically advanced new hook technology - but it is the exact quality, strength, shank, point, sharpness, durability and everything else that KVD has ever wanted in a treble hook. That's significant.

As anyone who follows KVD knows, he has practically specialized in crankbaits the past couple of seasons, and during that time, KVD has been figuring out, defining and now Mustad has produced the best possible crankbait hook that KVD requires - and I've been watching it take shape and waiting for it's arrival too. Despite all the many fine trebles already on the market, I think this is an important and needed new hook model. I think you'll like it.

The wire gauge is thicker, 1X stronger (just the way KVD likes it).

KVD Elite Treble #TG76BLN (bottom row) is 2X shorter and 1X stronger than comparable size Mustad Triple Grip Wide Gap Treble #36233BLN (top row)

It has a hard black nickel finish that resists point-dulling and corrosion. I had spoken to KVD about that, and one of the ways he's been using his deep-running crankbaits is to grind them into the hard bottom spots on ledges, channel bars and humps for example. These are hard bottom areas that often contain compacted shells, rocks, gravel. So you can imagine how fast hooks may dull by grinding crankbaits onto these spots. The new KVD Elite Treble is designed to stand up to that abuse as best any hook can, according to KVD.

Not only does the black nickel finish resist dulling, making the hook point stay sharper longer. KVD told me that the black nickel finish on these hooks adds about 20% more strength to the hook, just from the hard finish alone.

It is based on a Triple Grip design that's morphed to be 2X shorter. So you can not only replace old trebles but upsize (another thing KVD likes doing). Since the shanks are 2X shorter, the next size up of KVD Elite Treble is not lengthier than the original hooks and won't marry (tangle each other) any more than the originals, if at all.

Of course the KVD Elite Treble sports an UltraPoint on the business end, with the new 4.3 Micro Sharp Point Technology that's not only the sharpest possible but at the same time strongest possible point ever produced by Mustad.