A Easy Way To Make Lures Weedless

[hatrix]

So I a bright idea the other day because I had the River 2 Sea Standing Yarbies I think they are called but were not weedless and they kill it but I was limited to where I could throw them or they would foul pretty quickly in my retrieve. Well any ways I just screwed a screw lock onto the eye and then originally took a piece of the skinniest worm I had and went from the lock to the hook. Problem solved and now it was ridiculously weedless. Well later on I refined it and I had these skinny clear straws that just happened to be in the junk drawer from something. They fit perfectly inside the screw and I would just screw it back a turn or whatever to get over the hook point and it was amazing. Maybe some of you already do this or something similar but I can not believe I never though of this before. I am always building a better mouse trap. That is just what I do and how I think by nature and it kills me I never thought of this till now. This can actually be a huge game changer for me and opens up the door for so much. I would say it is probably the best weedless design I have ever used in a bait. Lots of baits I wish I could throw in places or do but it can be iffy on how soon it might get fouled. As soon as I did this never once did I have weed foul my hook and when setting the hook it pops right down and I hook fish no problem. I actually think I will probably just cut the guards off most my jigs and do this since personally I think those guards can be pretty iffy sometimes and rarely work unless you fishing almost vertically in heavy grass. Think about the fish you probably would of caught if you made it through clean but blew it cause now your dragging 2# of junk back towards you and this is probably waaayyyyy more true with the big ones as if you mess up somehow from the start your chances drop dramatically. Now if I can figure out a way to perfectly keep the nose clean on every bait or a solution for trebles would be all set Actually writing this maybe you I could do 3 locks on a treble. This is still a very fresh idea to me and I have not got to fish it a ton but I did fish some spots that were 100% covered and were always very spotty to fish with these baits and generally more hassle then it was worth and not once did the hook grab weeds.

[Preytorien]

Sounds interesting. Could you post a few photos to show us what you are doing? The post is detailed, but I'd still like to see what you're doing exactly.

 

Thanks for the tip!

[lectricbassman]

Pics!

[hatrix]

Well... In hindsight I actually kind of regret posting this. Really I would rather just leave it at what it is already and that is that. Today I played a round a bit to validate my theory. I went the one of the worst places I know where you cant really fish anything. that isn't on the top unless you find a good lane or luck is on your side. It like maybe 8' deep at most and loaded with crap and tons of slime on the bottom and in places just suspended in the water column. With high sun and no wind its like 100% visibility because of the weeds and slime filtering it. The place has some good fish but its so hard to get them but I have caught a few that went 5# on weedless 68's and punkers. Early this year I bagged one that went 6.6 on a S-Song before it get out of control. That one was actually worthy of busting out the scale to see exactly what it went fish that go 5 if you know what i'm saying. I fished a bunch of different things on different line power rods blah blah and would just try to bury it in the junk  to see what happened. Lots of time I thought I finally got it to fail but I still have 100% success rate and the hook have "NEVER" been what fouls. It is always the actual bait it self and the head will catch but since its the head You can basically always shake it free and never totally be screwed. I also never had any slime stick to it but a little tiny bit might grab the keeper since it is exposed. I also have hooked every fish that ever bit except 1 today that never totally grabbed the jig so that doesn't change my rate. I only actually caught 2 fish today but I wasn't really trying to catch fish but caught 1 on a jig and 1 on a sebile flat shad. Yes I made a weedless treble that also never grabbed weeds. The flat shad is kind of light but I tested with a 1/2 oz red eye shad and those sink like a rock and I could yo-yo it all day in and out of the weeds. So I suppose I will post some pics of stuff even though after my initial post and you have a general idea it shouldn't be to hard to figure out. I would assume most of you are mildly intelligent and it is such a stupidly easy concept I would think you could make it happen if you really wanted to.

[hatrix]

Here is a couple of the baits I tested today and I know how you kids like your senkos so I even made a wacky one just for you.

 

 

A close up 

[ec1]

This seems like a super idea. With trebles, I can see that destroying the suspending of jerkbaits.

Crankbaits seem like they could do, but you would miss some fish if they were only swatting at it.

Some of these could be solved if you turned me into a Texas rig pegged with a light weight, but that is not as cost efficient when using tungsten.

This may open up another option in my walleye fishing when you throw exposed hooks at weeds.

[Preytorien]

Now that's a cool idea. Great job!

 

I have some of those twist-locks laying around for when I want to add one to a swimbait hook. I'll have to try it. The straws would certainly have to be a very flimsy kind to be able to depress at the bite, even subtle one, of a fish. What kind are you using? Looks like the coffee stirring kind I have at the Hardee's down the street

[A-Jay]

Nice ~

 

Simple, economic, & perhaps most important looks effective.

 

Thanks for sharing it.

 

A-Jay

[hatrix]

This seems like a super idea. With trebles, I can see that destroying the suspending of jerkbaits.

Crankbaits seem like they could do, but you would miss some fish if they were only swatting at it.

Some of these could be solved if you turned me into a Texas rig pegged with a light weight, but that is not as cost efficient when using tungsten.

This may open up another option in my walleye fishing when you throw exposed hooks at weeds.

Trebles I did not do the same as it won't really work so I came up with something else but that I will not be sharing. You can maybe get it to work if you tried hard enough and your hardware and live could make a jerkbait suspend again but changing it.

 

Now that's a cool idea. Great job!

 

I have some of those twist-locks laying around for when I want to add one to a swimbait hook. I'll have to try it. The straws would certainly have to be a very flimsy kind to be able to depress at the bite, even subtle one, of a fish. What kind are you using? Looks like the coffee stirring kind I have at the Hardee's down the street

I have ridiculous amount of the twist locks since a vast majority of my hooks are those unless its a straight shank for flipping. I also buy them cause I think I need more but in reality they are in a bunch of cases inside a bait so they pile up. I have no idea on what the straw is but I don't even use those any more as I have made it even better now but they worked amazing. The straws for coffee at the gas station should work but they are bigger and red. I know for a fact the speedway straws that come wrapped work all day. It doesn't actually have to be as flimsy as you think if you see in the pic with the hammer how very little covers the hook. If you can't get it to pop off when a fish bites Then you set the hook like a girl and should put your purse down next time before you go to swing if you use the baits I posted. Maybe the senko since that's a different kind of set but I could make it pop easily with my hand and I don't ever fish those any ways but there is no reason it wouldn't work easily.

 

I can honestly say it is hand down the best weedless whatever you want to call it I have ever used. The only thing that comes close is a texas rig. Even those the hook can pop though or your bait get beat and you don't have a good spot to skin hook any more. Happens all the time with swimbaits or buzz frogs to me and I find my self trying to angle the point a little to grab some meat. They shouldn't even be called weedless lures as none of them really are. They should be called semi or sometimes weedless lure. This is the only thing I ever used that is actually weedless 100% and never had trouble with a hook set yet. Nothing even compares really. I have already used lure I could never dream of using in spots. Even jigs are out of the question and your only option would be to throw a punch skirt at best if you want to resemble a jig. I don't care how stiff the guard is its a joke in thick grass. Now I could toss one any where I want and not even think about it.

[Bankbeater]

Cool idea, thanks.